I visited Ikea today. It is a strange place.
Everything is really cheap, but I always manage to spend a fortune and have little to show for it. On the plus side, if you manage to steal enough pencils, you end up in profit. Or you do if you have an fireplace.
I learned this week, from my two favourite americans, that nik-naks are also known as chachkis, which is nice. So now I have some chachkis.
Candle holders, statuettes, bowls, pictures, plants and tableware. And then a motherlode of pickled herrings and chocolate, which will make for a taste dinner.
Comments (5)
:( guess I don't count as one of your favoUrite americans... never heard of that expression before. :)
Posted by Lauren | January 28, 2006 8:51 PM
Posted on January 28, 2006 20:51
you are a favourite in the way that the sun is little warm
Posted by Gerald | January 28, 2006 9:34 PM
Posted on January 28, 2006 21:34
I use the term chachkis, in fact we are ordering some for a client to give away at their trade shows, like those stress balls, paper weights, chachkis like that. I say it like 'chach-keys' though.
I enjoy going to IKEA, but also have the same problem of over spending and then having to prevail upon my step dad to put the stuff I buy together for me. My latest purchase was a DVD rack and glass candle chachkeys for my mantle.
enjoy your purchases!
Posted by Tara | January 28, 2006 11:37 PM
Posted on January 28, 2006 23:37
When I worked in London, one of my colleagues asked me if IKEA was actually Swedish or if that was just a marketing gimmick.
I am still a- and bemused by that question. (The answer is yes, of course.) And I'm incredibly amused by the fact that they keep the Swedish names for things. I've never managed to find out if the shelf GIT was ever a big seller in Britain. (Incidentally, have you played the IKEA game? http://www.iamcal.com/games/ikea/ )
Posted by nea | January 31, 2006 12:30 PM
Posted on January 31, 2006 12:30
I love Ikea, but I can never walk out of there empty handed-even if I was just going along for the ride.
And the smell of their cinnamon rolls is too much for me. I have to scarf down 2 or 3 just because I've smelled them baking the whole time I was shopping.
Posted by Mags | January 31, 2006 4:47 PM
Posted on January 31, 2006 16:47