Trip to Ikea

It's half term - and so far we've barely left the house as Elias has had a stinking cold. We postponed a trip to Ikea yesterday but this morning I deemed the boy fit enough for the planned (and much looked forward to) trip.

We loaded, my two kids, my good friend and her baby into the car and set off just after 9am this morning - and we got there with no problems from the London traffic (yipee!)

First thing that threw me was that they had moved it all around - the entrance has moved significantly and the layout - although still using the planned route through was a little modified.

So we were testing the comfy chairs, sofas and went through to the beds - all the time being wowed by the prices - when disaster!

Joy and Elias were sat on a bed with a mosquito net draped over it, giggling. No harm there I thought, they'd obviously banked on kids doing that. What I had not banked on was the shoddy way in which it had been put up - suddenly the net came down - bringing a strip light that it looked to be attached to with it.

You can imagine that the kids sprang off the bed in fright pretty sharpish - both offering profuse apologies. After I had checked them over, and was satisfied they were in fact just fine, a member of staff appeared, someone who had seen it had found her. She was a bit bemused, but did ask that the kids were okay.

It's only in hinesight that I wonder if I should have made some sort of complaint, I was so relieved the kids were okay I thought it best to keep on to the kids area for a bit of fun. But, maybe if I'd complained they would take a bit more care over fixtures and fittings to avert another accident in the future?

Anyway, the rest of our visit was pretty straightforward and fun - although I was worn out when we got home. I think these were my star buys today. Great price - happy bums!

(I was a bit grumpy that a couple of perfect pieces of furniture were reduced in the bargain corner, but wouldn't fit in our car though!)