I had a joyful trip to IKEA yesterday. Fun for all the family. Ick. The day didn't go well from start to finish; we were hours later than we wanted heading out because the car was showing an engine fault, and that was just the start to the fun. It meant that, by the time we got back, it was getting dark. By the time we'd unloaded the car, it was very dark. We had lots of heavy flat-pack boxes to carry about 100m into the house, and lots of small bits and bobs, which I just put on the patio to deal with once the boxes were in. Except, I forgot. This morning, I let the dogs out for a run around the garden while I put the kettle on. Five minutes later, I went out to them, and there was Willow, ripping up the cardboard from the big box of biscuits I'd bought. Not a biscuit in sight. Now, I don't know whether she ate them, or whether another critter came into the garden last night and had them away. All I know is that all my biscuits, that I remember loving but haven't had in about 15 years(!), are all gone. Bah.
Oh dear....I've never heard of IKEA biscuits though! Having visions of custard creams and jammy dodgers flat packed, ready to be put together at home....
They're just thin, oaty biscuits. Not that massively exciting, but I remember eating masses of them the last time I had them, which is unusual, because I don't have a sweet tooth. I guess it wasn't meant to be! I reckon you could be on to a winner with your jammy dodger idea, though Here they are... http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/49650057/ 600g of sweet biscuit heaven for someone!
I was laughing until I realised that Bramble had eaten almost whole pack of mini M&S butter shortbreads....I am quite partial to those too!
Oh, Bramble! At least I'm not absolutely sure that it was Willow who ate the biscuits! Over half a kilo! That's a lot of biscuits!
Yes it was quite unlike her....madam was watching me though out of the corner of her eye as she snaffled the last one!
Haha, I love that look! I get a similar look when I walk past Willow when she's having a kong. She doesn't resource guard in the slightest, but you know she's watching you to just make sure you're not coming to steal it (which I don't do anyway). There's something about how the black ones look at you. The whites of their eyes are so white against their coats that their eyes become so much more expressive than the yellows.
Oh dear, that's a lot of biscuits... not inside Willow, I hope! At least your trip to IKEA was productive. I went to a new branch with some of my family last weekend, only to find the vital flatpack items weren't in stock (even though the website said they were!) and then queued for an hour to get out of the car park. Apparently those who queued for longer than that were eventually given biscuits and water...
Oh, I heard about a big holdup at an IKEA carpark somewhere in the UK! Eeek! I couldn't believe how busy it was - especially on a Monday. There are three (yes, THREE) IKEA branches in Barcelona. This one was rammed, and I imagine the other two were the same. Watching everyone queuing up to pay at the vast number of tills, I couldn't help but wonder how much money was spent there every day! We managed to get everything we went for, except a €3.99 throw, which I wasn't too bothered about. We did get the last of one of the furniture items, though, despite the website saying they had several. I guess we were lucky!
I made the mistake of going to Croyden IKEA a couple of months back - I haven't been to IKEA since I was a student. It was a nightmare. I felt like I was in the Mines of Moria....We cannot get out....We cannot get out....the helpful assistant is coming..... Just follow the arrows, through home, child bedrooms, storage, kitchen, adult bedrooms, bathrooms, more random storage just for desks, lights, basket storage, towels, fake pot plants...and you are almost (but not quite) there.....
You should all come to the Canberra IKEA. It's not busy at all. You still have to endure the same never ending maze of blonde wood and flat-pack bathrooms etc...
Spare a thought for those poor souls in NZ - no Ikea! I've heard the legends - how it destroys relationships etc, but I want access to cheap Scandinavian furniture dammit. Those biscuits though...I think the wildlife/dog did you a favour there
Forget the biscuits, you should have got the meatballs! Yum! IKEA in general is a nightmare....crowds of people shuffling around....kinda like a zombie movie....
