the blue blog archives: the big blue store

It's been a busy week! After overtime blogging on two knitalongs, a trip with the boys to the yogurt factory, and a day-long yarn storage re-org (look, it's a sock yarn bin!), guess where we went yesterday?

The boys wanted to see grandma, but I wasn't up for another trip down to NYC again so soon, so we met halfway at IKEA.

And we bought stuff. After a three-hour drive each way, you know we got some good stuff to bring home, right? Wanna see?

posted by alison at 9:50 am | in just blogging 05

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I´ve been reading your blog for quite a while now and always liked it a lot! There´s always something that makes me smile and I love the things you´re working on. Me, I just finished a Nothin´ but a t-shirt and it looks great!
In case you find it a little bit strange how I write, I apologize. But as I found out in your blog you understand German, so I might mix the languages up a little bit, when it becomes too difficult for me! ;-)

Viele Grüße aus Deutschland!

Posted by: Katrin at August 21, 2005 1:05 PM

There will be an Ikea opening much closer to Boston this fall! I'm betting that the MA Ikea will see even more of you! Really though, how much furniture can one family need?

Posted by: Johanna at August 21, 2005 1:16 PM

Darn! I was at IKEA yesterday too and I missed you! Glad you had a good time (that is a lot of driving). Do let us (New Haven area bloggers) know if you have time for a visit the next time you need to satisfy that IKEA craving. :)

Posted by: Jessica at August 21, 2005 2:16 PM

I was at Ikea (the same one!) earlier in the week with my boys. We too came home with some cinnamon rolls! We looked for the meatballs but, unfortunately, they were sold out. I'll have to pop over there this week for some.

Your boys look like they had tons-O-fun!

Posted by: Emily at August 21, 2005 4:40 PM

you went to a furniture store, and came home with meatballs and cinnamon rolls? i'm confuzzled. here i was all set to see yarn storage devices (i'm in desperate need of some myself, lol), and i see food. sigh. hey, there's a sock update on my blog, on today's post. and no, i didn't finish the second one in time to tie and soak and dye. sigh. (wow, i'm rhyming, can i do more? that is such a chore.)

Posted by: minnie at August 21, 2005 10:52 PM

Oh how I wish I could curl up in that bin of sock yarn and take a nice long nap. I also wish I had that much sock yarn. Is it abnormal to dream of travelling the world to find sock yarn?? I think it is. Last night I dreamt I was in London looking for sock yarn... and I found it! So it was a good dream :)

Mmmmmm sox ^_^

Posted by: Vampy at August 22, 2005 8:37 AM

Wow, what a nice mommy! A three-hour drive to an Ikea to see Grandma, PLUS cinnamon rolls. You rock, Alison. :)

Posted by: Laura at August 22, 2005 9:02 AM

There's a group of us knitters that are taking tomorrow off and going to our just-opened IKEA here in Dallas. (Big time excited!) Although we won't have fun with kids, I think we'll all be acting a little juvenile and giddy. And yes, a bag of meatballs will be coming home, too.

Posted by: nanc at August 22, 2005 1:00 PM

mmm...cinnamon buns...

Damn Ikea keeps advertising their new catalog and tempting me with their 99 cent breakfast. I love those taters...EVIL. Oh well, I have to get shelves there anyway. :-)

Posted by: Eklectika at August 22, 2005 7:59 PM

We have an IKEA about 40 minutes away from us. I could spend hours in there looking at all the neat stuff! Unfortunately hubby can't, lol.

Posted by: K. Anne at August 26, 2005 9:25 PM