AUTHOR: Linn Woodard TITLE: Ikea Love DATE: 3/21/2008 01:56:00 PM ----- BODY:

I LOVE Ikea. It is perhaps the best store on earth. I go just to get their meatball dinner with boiled potatoes, gravy, and delicious lingonberry preserves. I come home with lots of little treasures that are "only a few dollars" (which miraculously add up to $194.73 at checkout.)

Today I went in search of rugs for the living room. I arrived back at the car with lots of finger puppets and hand puppets for some future gift for the boys, some vintage looking jars to store craft stuff in, twelve beautiful moss green velvety drawstring bags for some future embroidery project, and a new bedspread. And best of all, a full tummy from what could arguably be one of my favorite meals out on the town. How can it get any better?

I read somewhere that there's a guy on YouTube who's living in Ikea and filming it all. I could get into that. Either Ikea or Target. Both are tempting.

I hope you all get to go somewhere wonderful and cheap (or $194.73) today.

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