What shall I buy from IKEA tomorrow?!

[Ludos]

I'm tagging along to IKEA tomorrow - never been. What do I NEED to buy? Small budget, I'm just going along for the experience

Ingabritta coral chunky knit blanket
Angsvide or Kungsmynta pillow protector
Tankvard throw
If they are still doing them this year.. gingerbread houses
Fat robin tree decorations

Strala and Vissvass LED lighting chains from the Christmas department

Nothing, it's not that cheap anymore and so much of the stuff is needless plastic rubbish that you don't even need. Sorry to be grinching! Love a meatball in gravy though OP, get yourself to the cafe. The best bit is wandering around the fake room displays wondering why your own house never looks as good.

Thanks everyone. I'm up and ready to go already - we aren't leaving for another hour I will be referring to this thread as I make my way round

Meatballs, mash, lingonberry sauce. To die for.

Ignore the joyless ones, and enjoy!
I'm actually a little jealous of your trip

Actually, a question for you all. My teenager was there with her father the other day, and I asked her to pick up some light bulbs. She said the size was wrong, and that they only fit IKEA lights/lamps.
This surely can't be right?!

@Dieu no they do fit other lamps. You just need to know what size or screw in or bayonet x

Thanks @feelinghelplesstoday.
I think she was a bit befuddled by all the different ones, daft thing.

We, DD and I, usually go to get ideas from all the little flats they create.
And then go home an rearange our Kalax'es and IVAR's. I have just created a room within our bedroom with some sets of IVAR shelves, and an old table. It's practically like my own little den now.

And the meatballs - of course.
I resited the big cuddly bear and the tiny cat.

Princess cakes. A trolley full

I went last week and bought a serviette holder and serviettes and meatballs.

Dieu no not true. They probably just 'couldn't find them'. A common problem with husbands teenagers.

Check out the TALRIKA series - renewable starch based plastic plates and cups that look absolutely lovely. And I have several of the LINDKNUD rugs - so soft, made out of recycled plastic bottles, and machine washable.

Get a few of the big blue bags, cheap and useful. I use them for grass cuttings and garden waste as well as humping laundry about.
And, not so cheap but my DDs love their transformable "Death Star" light shades.

www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/koppla-b22-to-e27-bulb-converter-90295615/

@Dieu I think you need these. Put them in your bayonet fitting then screw the Ikea bulb into it.

Did you know the blue bag also comes in rainbow limited edition?
www.ikea.com/gb/en/p/kvanting-carrier-bag-large-multicolour-00450804/

@Ludos
Hope you had a lovely day, did you buy anything?

We went yesterday and bought a new mattress. I had the best night's sleep, for years, last night.

I couldn't get near the Christmas stuff because it was mad in there.

Food clips. I'm listing after a socktopus but ikea is my idea of hell tbh. Hope your day cheered you up op xx

That was fun - even though the queue for the car park was an hour long!!

I bought:
A tin of gingerbread thins
A washing up brush
Napkins
Freezer bags
Coat hangers
Cushion
New girly duvet cover
Pack of three scissors
Lampshade
Shark soft toy.

And when are you going back for everything else you saw?!
Enjoy your new stuff.i

I wanted to move in!

@Ludos did you get the washing up brush with the sucker on the end?
Welcome to Ikea 😂

How did you get out of there without any candles?

I can never pass the check-out without picking up armfuls of them. They're all so yummy I can never decide which I'd prefer..... so I end up getting them all!

I did @feelinghelplesstoday !

@IcedPurple - I was too overwhelmed when we got to the candles, next time!