Ikea…..

[Fuckallthetories]

You go in for a rug and some cushions and come out with

a giant cuddly toy dog
all the food
a fake plant
tea lights
2 blankets
a mirror
two shelves
a cupcake tin
a toilet brush
hooks
plastic bags
glass mugs
and other associated gubbins

I can literally go to any other shop in the world and buy only what I need but ikea? I think they put magnets on your hands and on the products….

Yep you nailed it...all of that, plus a bag of frozen meatballs

You forgot a socktopus!

And sandwich bags.

Those meatballs contain buy me hallucinogens

I can’t get out the door without spending at least £200.

Yep it's full of stuff you didn't know you needed til you got there!

Swedish fish. Might need a trip to IKEA soon.

Totally get it. We’re in at the weekend as I need to replace my desk chair.
it won’t just be the desk chair.
Socktopus. Meatballs. Daims. Tupperware. Candles. Little plastic whisk that’s marvellous for making a roux. More tea towels probably 😂

Last time I went I spent £10.50 and £10 of that was a voucher. So it cost me 50p
Oh and about £12 for lunch for 4 of us.

Benefits of being super skint is o don't go to shops and come out with more than I planned!

Went to get a frying pan and storage boxes. Came back with those as well as:
Christmas decorations, tin of biscuits, candles, cushion cover, sheet, colouring pens, baking tray, cinnamon rolls and lightbulbs.

You need at least 200 tea lights

You forgot the Daims, shame on you!

Pear cider. Note: make sure you buy the non-alcoholic version for dcs!

We brought our -trough- tin of ikea tealights with us when we moved four years ago and I'm down to may last five. A trip to IKEA is sorely needed.

I bought a bag of their miniature orange dime bars and ate dozens of them and made myself feel sick 🤢

I like their candles though.

I can never leave without a few tubes of Kalles cod roe spread. In fact, now I think of it, I might have to make the 90 miles round trip to stock up. Will probably end up with a trolley full of furniture while I'm at it.

If you're not leaving with at least 1 kallax unit, some drona boxes and yet another billy book case, you're not ikeaing properly.

(Which is why I rarely go anymore)

DISHES!! I swear everytime I go i end up buying another set of the kids plates (in a no kid household). There the perfect size for portion controll

Oh and a couple items you thought would fit in the car but dont (such as a clic klak futon which we completly unpacked in the parking lot, piled into the car, and I rode home sitting on!)

Toilet brush?!?

I live about 10 minutes drive from an Ikea. I've been before....and NOT BOUGHT ANYTHING AT ALL... 💃

I'm stuck in an infinite loop of buying a load of stuff I didn't go in for/need, returning some of it, "popping in for a look while I'm there", buying a load of stuff I don't need, returning it, "just popping in..." I don't do this in any other shop!!

We went in a couple of years ago and ended up coming out with a surprise sofa from bargain corner, dd and I sat on it in the carpark getting funny looks while dh went and borrowed his mates van, we didn't go for a sofa.

Sometimes I go to ikea just for a break on my own

It’s not a proper IKEA trip without some bickering.

Bïckërïng, I call it.