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An obsession was born, accidentally of course. Ikea has thrown up in my apartment and I am the only one to blame for this. I mean, Bruce had never been to Ikea and I casually suggested that we go and explore the wonder that is Ikea. So we went and bought somethings. And then we went the next day and bought two more somethings. And then we went back again, and well you get the point. BUT, what you don’t know is the time frame. Approximately one week.

Sure Ikea is a mere 12 minute drive, but I think that something has gone terribly wrong. We were hungry. And we went to Ikea. Damn those meatballs, they just pull you in.

We are stalking a bookcase. It’s a combination of cubes in a black-brown finish. It’s been sold out every time we’ve gone in for it. And today in a fit of weird obsessive compulsive behavior we HUNG OUT AT IKEA waiting till they closed in the hope that they would restock the shelves we wanted. I suspect that we are going to be there 5 minutes before they open one day this week. Yes, we will be waiting for Ikea to open.

These shelves are just so key in the whole getting-my-stuff-out-of-boxes (STILL!) “process”. These shelves are also cheaper than the garbage can we bought for the kitchen. Yeah. That’s right, we bought a trash receptacle that cost an obscene, sick and totally wasteful amount of money. We are ashamed by this and are planning to return it. Well actually, we are not returning the can due to the utterly shocking wasteful behavior thingy but because the dang thing doesn’t fit correctly and even if it did, there are these anti-skid pads on the bottom that make it virtually impossible to remove the can from underneath the kitchen sink. We were resigned to leaving the can outside and in an effort to find a replacement (there is one that is smaller and was what we were looking for on-line) read some reviews of the thing. Turns out the whole thing is a big ol’ dud. Bags are hard to fit, there is some weird vacuum suction thing and the stainless steel that pulled me in (Ohhh shiny!) dents very easily. All this means, that the best garbage can and possibly the most expensive per liter garbage can is a bad investment, is more trouble than it’s worth and quite frankly made us feel a bit bougie (after the fact of course).

Seriously.  Trashcan: $6 at Walmart.  While not as exciting as Ikea, Walmart and Target do tend to have relatively good household shit for way less than $140.

Hey, I love stainless steel appliances. I never use them, but I have a stainless microwave, blender, and coffee grinder. So pretty on my counter!

Ikea’s a dangerous place and should have a big red warning label on the door.

I don’t know if there is a Walmart around, but I do know the cashiers in Target by name. Target is a ten minute walk from where I live and when I am bored or need a thing or two, I will wander over that way and see what’s what.

We still haven’t resolved the issue, but I am sure whatever we come up with will be at least a little bit shiny.

That’s why I love the kitchen aid mixer. I got the black one, to match the coffee pot, the blender, the food processor. Black and silver. I like the things that are shiny.

I totally love IKEA. They helped me outfit my entire house when I moved to HK from Japan.

Nice bookcase. I approve. Not sure about a rubbish bin that cost more than that, though. Does it provide oral pleasure as well? If something in my house cost that much and did that little, I’d have to question my own sanity.