Over Christmas Josh and I went to the Ikea store in Phoenix (thanks to Mr&Mrs Amos for sending me that catalog a year ago!), only to find that the experience rivals that of EIGHT SUPER WAL-MARTS PUT TOGETHER. The parking lot was the size of Searcy, and there was not ONE spot to be found. Not even with my mother-in-law’s handicapped tag! Ridiculous, I tell you. We managed to get in and end up going backwards against the one-way traffic, which I’m still marveling about. After some crazy shipping costs (thanks, Caron), we got it all installed. The cats are still finding peanut pieces around the house because I was too excited to bother getting a trash bag and dumped them all on the floor…

see the living room lamps that replaced Josh’s college halogen cheapies here.

bedroom nightstand lamps here in off white.

my new clock here.

this dvd storage tower in birch here.

yay!