suburbs?

[faceless_wonder]

alright...off to the suburbs. *shudder*

i need to get some furniture shopping done...and seriously. despite the fact that i'm not in college anymore, i still am of the opinion that ikea rocks. i mean...dressers, desks, bookcases, and swedish meatballs all in one place? sign me up!

this also means a long, relaxing journey on public transit. the store is in schaumburg...it's an hour and a half on trains and buses each way, so that will give me lots of time to read more of the awesome new book i picked up at HOPE and haven't had the chance to read much of yet.

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Because Ikea is awesome and Jonathan Coulton is the man.

[hilabeans.livejournal.com]

Ikea:
Just some oak and some pine and a handful of Norsemen.
Ikea:
Selling furniture for college kids and divorced men.
Everyone has a home,
And if you don't have a home
You can buy one there!

Re: Because Ikea is awesome and Jonathan Coulton is the man.

[faceless-wonder.livejournal.com]

i'd say that song was *not* ringing in my head all day today...but then i'd be lying. ;)

[coldwarunicorn6.livejournal.com]

Ikea love. They're definitely responsible for our glorified futon, dining room table (via Craigslist), weird silverware, shower curtain...wait, basically everything except the Risk board coffee table.

[faceless-wonder.livejournal.com]

risk board coffee table? WIN.

[coldwarunicorn6.livejournal.com]

I thought you'd like that! It was custom made by Tyler's uncle--Ty won the board playing Risk at GenCon two years ago.

[a-beautiful-mes.livejournal.com]

And you will be in my neck of the woods...seeing as though I live in Schaumburg. Enjoy!

[faceless-wonder.livejournal.com]

i didn't know you lived there!

i wasn't there for long, really...i think i was in the store for an hour and a half, tops...compared to the four hours i spent on public transit, ha. still...the trolley around the woodfield area made it totally worth it.

[ironblossom.livejournal.com]

How did you (or did you intend to) get everything you bought back???

[faceless-wonder.livejournal.com]

you can arrange home delivery.

[ironblossom.livejournal.com]

Did not know that. I've taken so many friends there just because I have a bigger car! :-)

[faceless-wonder.livejournal.com]

yep! it's not free by any means...it was $89 to ship it, and then i have to pay another $30 to have them hold it until i get back from Idaho, because they weren't going to be able to deliver it until tomorrow. [i'm leaving today]. but, it's still not absurdly expensive, and my one friend with a car does not have one big enough to drive my furniture back.