It was about a four hour drive in Dave's dad's tank (aka suburban). Got to Brian and Brooke's house at about 10, just in time for dinner, a movie, couple of beers and a not-too-late night.
Saturday morning we all went out for breakfast before Brooke, Dave and I headed out to Ikea. I have to say I had my doubts about whether Brooke would ever talk to us again after it!
So I was an Ikea virgin, and spent the first, um three hours, walking around with my mouth open saying 'i want that, ooh and that! and that!' The place is evil.
We spent Saturday mostly doing reconnaissance. We went throught the whole store trying to decide what we liked and what we wanted to do this trip. Then we went back to Brian & Brooke's and made sure that the stuff we wanted would actually fit in our house.
Sunday we were furniture buying machines! We went through Ikea solely to buy our bedroom furniture.Bed, bed-side lockers, a chest of drawers and a massive mirror. We did really want their wardrobe but our house is vertically challenged so we had to pass, although there was a long conversation about the height of the carpet!
When we were through, we spent an hour packing the car up much to the amusement of everyone else around. But in the end, that suburban was solid, nothing was moving!
But it just wasn't enough of a challenge so we were ready for round 2! Back through again for some bookcases, an entertainment centre and lots of little stuff for the kitchen.
After the second round it only took us another hour to completely repack the car and then we were off home to leave all the ikea boxes in our spare room until we can face the marriage-endangering Ikea build.
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