The "joys" of Ikea

Since we moved into the new place we realized that our old furniture is way too crappy for a nice place like ours, so we have been slowly replacing items. Since we are not rich, and we pretty much need new everything, we have given up our hopes of shopping at such luxurious places like Walter E Smithe and have been reduced to shopping at Ikea. Don't get me wrong I love Ikea, it's like a whole nother country when you go there. Their stuff is cute, reasonably priced and very versatile. However whatever you buy you have to assemble when you get home. And when you purchase 6 large pieces of furniture and a closet organizational system in 2 days and then have to assemble them all you can see where the "joy" kinda gets lost. We finally got away from particle board furniture and actually have real wood, wow! I guess it's baby steps, maybe in our next home we'll be able to afford just going to a furniture store, picking out what we like and having it delivered. Of course then we would be missing out on the comedy of watching a very frazzled Christy push 3 carts through Ikea, trying not to knock over any thing or person, while navigating to the check out aisles. They were so afraid of what I would do, that they opened a lane just for me. Then watching 4 men try to puzzle piece everything into our Prius, with just enough room for me to drive home. At the time-not funny, now-hilarious. I'm sure John will post something about his end of the bargain, putting everything together. Everything looks great now, but of course he had his inevitable trials.
Coincidentally today I saw an article about a man who is living in an Ikea for a week. Check out his website www.marklivesinikea.com . Maybe John and I should just move into Ikea!