IKEA! IKEA is my big blue Swedish friend and unfortunately, I hadn’t seen my friend in quite some time. A visit was long overdue so I headed over there faster than you can say lingonberries for some quality shopping time!

There was some business to take care of first- I returned the under the cabinet lights we bought because IKEA’s lights were not able to be hard wired and I picked up two previously out of stock cabinet side panels for our kitchen. But after all that ‘take a number’ and wait, wait, wait mumbo jumbo, I was off wandering through my very own hipster Disney World.

I bought a lot of kitchen organizational products like pot lid holders and drawer dividers and all that. Plus the most perfect round mirror for our half bath and a navy blanket for our guest room because you know me and navy! (read here and here) But I also just meandered through the magical Swedish wonderland and dreamed about these patio tiles covering the floor of our sun porch…

And oh the things I could do to our walk in closet…

And at the end of it all, I got myself a Combo #2 at the IKEA Market which is a beverage and the most delicious slice of cheese pizza at the lovely price of $2.50. I’m pretty sure I’ll get mobster death threats for this but I’m saying it anyways- IKEA pizza is better than anything you can get in the North End. There. done. Bring on the mean tweets! Haters gonna hate but I sure do love me some IKEA pizza!

So that’s my tale of Julie and her Big Blue Swedish Friend. Och de levde lyckliga efter! (And they lived happily ever after!)