our latest ikea experience
was spent looking for a few cool things
we didn’t even know we needed or what they were exactly
but
it was really all just an excuse to spend the afternoon
finding secret shortcuts
through this blue and yellow warehouse of good stuff
by using the trial and error approach,
good guesses, maps, fancy footwork
and leaps of faith
what a grand adventure it turned out to be
(and we even ended up with the omsorg of our dreams as an unexpected bonus.)
—
“what romantic terminology called genius or talent or inspiration is nothing other than
finding the right road empirically, following one’s nose, taking shortcuts.”
-italo calvino
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I have been to Ikea myself and remember, because of the one way flow of people, that it was very hard to escape once you had entered the store. That one visit has put me off visiting the place again, but you have shown it to me in a different light 🙂
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yes, i always think of it as being caught in a rat maze. but – if you go in with a mission of finding your way out, in new and unmarked ways, it becomes a fun challenge and adventure. )
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It’s a weakness I know, but “Fun” and “Shopping” are words I seldom use in the same sentence !
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maybe think of it as a sci-fi-fi adventure then – ‘escape from ikea!’?
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IKEA, every woman’s dream shopping adventure. Every husbands nightmare. It’s a bit of a maze though and you need to pack food for your short trips!
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it is a maze, and hard to get out of, and you are right, you have to pack for a long journey )
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Even if you start with a plan, it ends up being good old trial and error!
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it absolutely does )
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I saw the title and thought you were in one of my two countries…but then you were, kind of 🙂
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hahahaha, yes, in a way )
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No map has ever gotten me where I wanted to go, more interestingly than the follow my own way kind of traveling.
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i’ve had exactly the same experience throughout my entire life –
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Always appreciate an IKEA adventure!
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it is never dull )
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IKEA is a wonderland.
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that it is!
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Lol. We used to go there just to eat dinner when they opened
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yes, we had a fun lunch there while we plotted our escape path )
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Ikea is is the Swedish version of Target. I go in looking for votives and I leave with everything under the sun!
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so true )
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Ikea is fun for me IF I don’t have a particular item in mind to buy. I like the maze aspect of it, especially when I get to the end of the maze and find Daim, the chocolate-covered toffee candies that are to die for! BUT if I have to find one small thing in the store, then I feel doomed.
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i’m not a fan of the maze, but that sums it up very well )
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I always enjoy browsing through IKEA
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you never know what you’ll find )
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Omsorgs are currently illegal in North Carolina, I think, Beth. That place is an adventure. Last time we got cinnamon rolls there, they tasted like pressed wood, so we complained, and they gave us ice cream instead.
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i can certainly understand why they are both extremely dangerous (both the omsorgs and the cinnamon rolls)
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Heidi loves shopping there and I buy everything I can (including nearly all groceries) from Amazon, so usually she has to sweet-talk me into going shopping with her, and even then it only sometimes works (and I often regret it.)
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yes, i think you have to have a certain mindset to enter those doors )
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Those dear helpers and explorers help improve your shopping experience, no matter what, Beth! 😉 Still not sure what it was you got. . . No one else had to ask so I must be weird- ha ha 😀
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We shared the adventure and that’s always part of it there, being unsure of what most things are. It was actually a long shoehorn. Who knew?
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Glad you ended up with the shoehorn(?) of your dreams! I dream about living in one of those showcased “apartments” they have inside IKEA, with all the modern kitchen fittings and fancy bedding, lovely wooden things and… oh, yes – I love IKEA! (P.S. Their meatballs are good too.)
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We enjoyed a lunch while there too )
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I visited Ikea one time, and they sure do carry a lot of items! Had to look up what an omsorg was – ha-ha. My 2-year-old grandson thought a shoehorn was really cool when I showed him how it made getting his shoes on easier! Looks like a fun place to take the grandies for a day of fun when it may be cold & wet outside. Kids do like to explore!
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Yes, one of my grandsons was thrilled )
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Thrilled with the omsorg? or being able to run free at Ikea? Being a Grandma can be so much fun!
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I’m going to say some of each. Not kidding, said he’s always wanted a shoehorn)
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Ha! We spent the afternoon of New Year’s Eve there and wound up with 20 pieces of Tupperware. There were so many bins of stuffed animals everywhere, that I wound up early with a stuffed camel in my arms and probably looked foolish carrying it throughout the various kitchens/living quarters/yellow brick road path for the next hour. I had no use for a stuffed camel, but that is the spell of Ikea.
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i thought about how fun it would be to be a cashier there, to see the odd combos of things that customers leave with. enjoy your camel!
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will do!
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I love IKEA 🙂
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it never fails to be an adventure. you can count on it!
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Everyone needs an omsmorg.
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or two …)
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So… what’s an omsorg? I still can’t tell from the picture.
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a really long shoehorn )
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Ah, thank you!
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It is always a well-planned excursion for us. Navigation is key, I sometimes feel we need a GPS for Ikea.. don’t you?
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hahahhaha – yes
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