Day 1: Shopping

I literally just got off the plane from a week long vacation and I feel ready to go, NOW! I chose not to waste any time and headed straight over to IKEA to start buying the things that I know I need, and also to let myself be inspired by the store.

Here begins the spending spree (which, as I mentioned before, although I will try my best to stick to the tighhhhtttt budget, I know in the back of my mind that that figure was more like an uneducated guess than a qualified budget based on the scope of work). What that really means is that yes, I am checking prices, but I can't help the math. Even when I'm spending only $9.99 or $12.99, I can't help that that suddenly becomes a total of $669 in one trip!!

I bought my bulky basics: bought the bed with the storage which is fantastic, you just lift up the mattress and can fit the world inside. This will help eliminate the need for his mini storage-- a monthly cost that will now most likely go towards spoiling me, hehe-- (heyyy I'm volunteering here!) For some reason, I'm not finding the bed on the IKEA website, but I'll be sure to post a picture once I find one... It's the Sultan Alsarp bed, only $300 for queen sized. I also bought picture frames, plants, planters, sheets, pillows, and miscellaneous items like hooks, screws, an apron, etc.


What I have yet to buy are: shelves, wood blinds, some additional frames, and in the future (not included in my little budget) mirrored closet doors (currently his closets are wide open), and replacing his bathroom door with a pocket door. There's a good amount of work cut out for me/us, yeah essentially, me.

Little did I know how heavy this box-of-bed was going to be, but luckily it fit in my car... I only had to open the box and put it all in piece-by-piece. At least that will also make it easier to unload and bring it into the apartment.

I stopped by Home Depot to get ideas about paint colors, the closet doors, and the pocket door. Useless. Home Depot sucks. It's not the same as it used to be, or the same that it advertises to be. Home Depot just sucks. It's always crowded, the people who work there are more often than not- unhelpful, they usually don't know what they're talking about, and it's nothing short of a hassle to go there. I got so tired of standing around waiting for someone to help me that I just left.

So for now, I've got a car stuffed with goods that smells like IKEA unassembled furniture.