I finally made it to IKEA yesterday. Seems there’s a lot of that going around; I’ve seen many other web loggers mention IKEA recently. I’ve been wanting to go since opening day, but decided that the massive crowds would not add to my enjoyment. So I contented myself with the catalog until a weekday opportunity arose. There were people there but not a big crush of them, so it was very manageable. The most amusing thing I bought was a plastic box full of bendy drinking straws. Everything at IKEA has an amusing Swedish name (well, maybe it’s not funny if you know Swedish) and these straws were labeled “GROGGY”. All the prop books in the display rooms are in Swedish. My boyfriend described IKEA twice during our excursion. First he said “This is like Costco but with lots more furniture.” Later he said “This is like a giant Swedish Crate & Barrel.” I’m not sure how I would describe it because, well, IKEA is…IKEA.