I love IKEA's meatballs... and the crunchy toffe dessert thing... I cheap though, I always order the $1.95 meatball children's meal. Yum!

Goddess of Slimming!!! LOL! Damn, I knew I was praying to the wrong Goddess.

Ruth-That sounds GREAT!!!! We'll have to be quick though, because I'm joining Ellis on the South Beach Diet on Sunday!!!!!

Ellis-NO FOOD?!?!

Jessica-At least you have an Ikea. I checked them out on-line and they look great, but there are none in Michigan. (BOO HOO):(

No WAY! No IKEA!?!?! You poor darling... you MUST come up! :D It's the best place to shop for those of us with not-to0-much-money-but-hoping-for-a-little-style.

I like those IKEA meatballs too! And the little pastries. And shrimp and dill sandwiches. I think the chocolate/Marzipan things are great (I think that is what is in them). And they used to sell the bags of my fave candy, mint/chocolate things like round pastel Smarties, but mint & chocolate. Called Peps, not to be confused with the large Peps like York peppermint patties, that are my little weekend treat--

Lidian

Ikea had a big open house here last night too
 

........but I couldn't go.......I was too busy scrapping! Not the fists up type....the picture cutting type.......how was it? Lots of great sales? Since they moved the Ikea here in Edmonton from the west end to the south side I haven't set foot in one.....have a good one everybody!

Eliz

Did all of you have fun at the sales? I REALLY want to visit and check one of them out (and go for Dim Sum too!!!)

I didn't go. :( I fell asleep at around 7:30 . Just as well. I don't need anything, and I have to learn how to budget. Again. :rolleyes:

HAHAHAHA!!! I'm the same!! I budget like crazy and then spend it on something I don't really need!!! (Today I bought a polo-style shirt and shorts in an orange sherbet color!! But they WERE on sale, so it was only $14.)

oooooo.... what a bargain, dah'ling. Walmart? :)
I was at Malwart yesterday. I got suckered in by one of their flyers. They had old DVD's on sale for $4.88. Picked up about 8 oldies. Including an Abbott and Costello (my son LOVES them), a couple of Alfred Hitchcocks, and Murder on Flight 102, with Farrah Fawcett. Should be real winner. snicker.
And DD picked up a few items of clothing for herself. I'm trying to convince her to shop at the Sally Ann like the rest of us, but she's in a "stage". I'll just have to periodically pick her up things from there and tell her they're cast-offs from her Aunt. Which she is totally cool with.

The Ikea sale was a blast. We were walking around with our friends mocking everything ie. saying stuff like "Ikea - Swedish for poot eet togezer yoorself stÜpid!" "big box of Swedish wood coming through" in a fake Swedish accent :lol: we are so mature :rolleyes: but hey, at least we keep ourselves entertained.

I bought some cd shelves, a storage bin, a frying pan for $4.00, a wooden lazy susan for $5.00, 2 sets of spice jars for $1.00 each set and a set of six huge candles for $1.00.

They were also giving out cookies and drinks (mmm...lingonberry juice) and serving breakfast for $2.00 -yummy! :T

We also went to Futureshop and bought a new VCR to replace the broken one.

Hey, Ellis -we were at Walmart on Saturday too! :) we had to buy a new BBQ since our old one died last week. :chin: how come everything breaks at the same time? :?: I bought a couple of those DVD's too - The Cabinet of Dr. Caligiri = an old black and white silent film from some German director and a collection of 3 Hammer films on one DVD= Dracula with Christopher Lee, The Devil's Bat and one other film I can't remember the name of right now.

So now we are in the poorhouse again :( oh well :shrug: I have to get my budget back on track too!

Hey, I bought that Dracula, too! :D

Mauvais-Sounds like you had a BLAST!!! I love shopping with people who have a good sense of humor!!!

Ellis-NO!! I got my outfit at TARGET!!!!! (Picked up a pair of jeans for DS on clearance rack too...)

Oh man... it's so hot. I've had a headache for three days. And now I've got my period. Whinge... whinge...
I hate winter, but I wouldn't mind staggering the seasons. A week of summer, a week of winter...
Right now I could handle winter. Briefly. I could curl up on my bed with a hot drink and a book. Under blankets. While the wind hurled itself against the house.
I can't even go upstairs right now. The higher I climb, the more it feels like the house is on fire.

Periods in the summer especially s***, don't they? It should always be October when TOM is in town - or your week of winter. That is an excellent idea, by the way! Maybe a week of autumn too, in between.

And summer should not be as hot as this anyway. I'm not walking, I'm staggering. Up and back from school again and again. And again...

Lidian

:lol: Oh, well... if you're going to be THAT fussy, then YES! Autumn! My favourite time of year. Actually, I could take autumn year round with NO complaints!

Last day of school today!! No more walking to schedule! :dance: