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ikea+marriedcouple=ROW

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cod · 28/05/2006 19:04

duscuss

see frennys thread
I tell you mroe harm is dont ot relationships buy ikea htan any other store
men want BIG and DARK

women wnat SMALL and LIGHT

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Original poster
cod · 28/05/2006 19:15

no credit?
Shock
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booge · 28/05/2006 19:17

Are all these gay men in the Brisle one then? I;ve never noticed.

intergalacticwalrus · 28/05/2006 19:17

The Bristol Ikea is being refurbished at the mo, so you can't find anything in the warehouse bit, which means you have to find on of the yellow shirted jam rolls and ask them for help, upon which they just look at you as though you are deranged.

franke · 28/05/2006 19:18

Indeed, cod, I was shocked and appalled.

Original poster
cod · 28/05/2006 19:18

the brissle one is dire
t he parking thing is odd

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booge · 28/05/2006 19:24

Always nip round the back (right at the roundabout) for parking...it's a good nip.

LadyTophamHatt · 28/05/2006 19:27

We used to live about 5 minutes from the croydon Ikea.
My family would come to visit on the proviso that we went to IkeaShock

We had one visit on a bank holiday monday, they asked to go and I told them I'd rather sell my sole to the devil.

Thank god we now live 60+ miles from one.
Strangely though the first weekend we moved here we drove those 60+ miles to Ikea for rugs(not red rugs thoughWink) and lamps etc that we so desparately needed.
We were real Ikea shoppers then....shoppers that travel miles...for a whole day out at Ikea.....shoppers that spent 100's on tatt Grin

LadyTophamHatt · 28/05/2006 19:28

sole???

Yes I'll sell the soles of my feet....

charmkin · 28/05/2006 19:30

What is that parking thing at Bristol about? If you are with kids you have to load them in and out twice!

Agree about the gay man thing too. What is that about?

Blandmum · 28/05/2006 19:32

Ikea makes DH glaze over. Within 3 minutes he has a vacant expression and takes no notice of anything until we get to the cafe

intergalacticwalrus · 28/05/2006 19:32

And those daft bollards that you can't get trolleys through (at Bris) Bloody nightmare when you are on your own, and you have a toddler and a fecking bookcase to get in the car.

cece · 28/05/2006 19:33

We had a massive row last time we went. DH swore he would never go back.

Meanwhile we have moved house and now need some more billy bookshelves for all of his books and a CD holder for all of his CDs. It has to be IKEA to match the ones we already have.....

Blandmum · 28/05/2006 19:34

IGF they have the same thing at the Nottingham one. How the hell you are supposed to lug the stuff over if you are on your own, I simply don't know!

cece · 28/05/2006 19:37

oh had forgotten about the getting the stuff in the car trauma - was going to go on my own but may have to take dh now Sad

intergalacticwalrus · 28/05/2006 19:41

Take a friend, cece. That's my advice. I ususally go with my mum,

Blackduck · 28/05/2006 19:45

Dp stays outside, I go in and we liase by mobile Grin....he would sooner stick pins in his eyes..... best time to go (if you have to) is when it's really sunny and hot (everyone is in garden centes...)

snowleopard · 28/05/2006 19:53

We love going round IKEA but have the row after we get back, during the "assemblage".

NotQuiteCockney · 28/05/2006 19:54

Oh, F&Z, I'll happily visit to assemble flatpack or something, sometime. I really do enjoy it.

DH once gave me a flatpack bookshelf as a VD gift, much to the horror of all his friends. But as I needed a bookshelf and like assembling flatpack, it was quite a sensitive gift really.

My Ikea plan, for our next trip. I will work out what we are getting from the catalogue or website. Then I will go in the exit doors, and get help from those desk folk to find out which aisle everything is in. Buy it, leave. No faffing about in the bizarre maze of unreal rooms full of strange furniture. No wending our way through the other rooms full of glasswear etc.

Blackduck · 28/05/2006 19:55

oh - and I assmble - dp just does the final tightening of the screws...

NotQuiteCockney · 28/05/2006 19:58

The assembling is fun. Really. It takes patience and time, and you can't have any little ones underfoot, but it really is enjoyable. It's a puzzle, but 3D, and with a usable result.

NotQuiteCockney · 28/05/2006 19:59

Oh, though, when I did our kitchen table, my SIL helped with the electric screwdriver thing. She was really good with it.

And it turned out she'd used the same model, lots, to put screws into people. Ugh.

oops · 28/05/2006 20:04

i go to ikea in the week.

it is a good drive to get both ds1 and ds2 to have a nap in the car. ds1 won't go down early enough in the am some days to make going to playgroup work iyswim
we get out and play in the kids' section and then have luch at the cafe and then onto ds1's playgroup.

i don't usually buy anything except the food- which ds1 always eats..

nobdy has a row and i quite enjoy it.
Smile

PiccadillyCircus · 28/05/2006 20:07

I hate shopping in IKEA. It makes me very frustrated with life.

So DH goes on his own.

octavia · 28/05/2006 20:08

We used to go to Ikea at Brent Cross, but as we had to battle with the north circular and the car park (why can't you take your trolley to the car ) the tension wasn't worth it ! However now the Milton keynes one is open with sensible parking & lifts you can fit the trolleys in it's less of a chore

edam · 28/05/2006 20:19

Made the mistake of going to Ikea for the first time in donkey's years recently. V. stupid. Thought the Milton Keynes store would be easier than Brent Cross. But same old same old useless staff and frustrating hunt in the warehouse for the stuff you have just spent hours traipsing through their ruddy store choosing. And then when we finally found something to buy the only one left in the effing warehouse was damaged. Oh, it's a longer saga but am boring myself now.