day 5 - jag älskar ikea
So today, we went to Ikea. If you haven’t ever been to Ikea, it’s difficult to describe. It’s a furniture and homewares store, but unlike anything in the United States. It’s HUGE (much bigger than a Wal-Mart Supercenter), has two restaurants, a playground, etc.
Here’s what I ended up purchasing today:
- “Stockholm” pillow (129:-)
- Yellow pillow (39:-)
- White pillow (also 39:- and the yellow and white pillows match the Stockholm pattern)
- A couple “fångsts” (I have no idea what the word for this in English — it’s hanging storage thing) for 49:-
- Two sets of potholders (29:- each)
- Bath towel (29:-)
- Fleece blanket (39:-)
- Stuffed animal (39:-)
- Set of six cups (13:-)
- Set of six bowls (13:-)
- Piggy bank (29:-)
- Cafetière (I don’t know an English word for this either… it’s a type of coffee maker. 99:-)
- Suitcase (149:-)
- plus some other things that are gifts and therefore I won’t mention
Total: 891:- (that’s about $130). Considering that a) Sweden is really expensive (expect to pay about $8-10 for a regular meal at Burger King) and b) Ikea is really good quality, $130 for all that stuff is an AMAZING bargain.
We also got two sets of track lights, a cast iron skillet, three pots/pans, a cutting board, a silverware holder and setting of silverware for 6 people, spaghetti strainer for around 800:- ($120).
After that, we went shopping at approximately 9075305309235 more stores but nothing worth writing about.
I took some pictures but nothing super special, so I’ll upload them later.