Right, What do I NEED?

[tootles]

So, I am off to Ikea this afternoon.
Now what do I really need??

(and can I pick you up anything while I am there?)

[piskieinboots]

you need:
- flask with hot tea
- a folding seat
- food
- warm blankets
- a sleeping bag

...you may be some time!

[Nicos]

You can NEVER have too any candles!!!!

[allotmentlady]

plenty of cash, sweets for the kids, something for YOU !!

[scarey55]

You can NEVER have too any candles!!!!

'specially the way the wind is howling around here atm

[janeyo]

I would like those little plastic plates and bowls and cups please, they come in a set of 6 and are brightly coloured and great for little ones!

nearest Ikea for us is a day out!

[Nicos]

Do they have a restaurant there???..what's the nosh like compared to the UK ones..identical- or 'franglais-sweedified'???

[smallblueplanet]

I've just ordered another of these (they 'clamp' on to a table, they've no base) they're good value.

IKEA | Luminaires | Lampes de table | TERTIAL | Lampe de travail

I'm going to use it to trial it above some early chilli/aub seedlings using a daylight bulb.

I think their wooden shelving units are very good value and sturdy too. What sort of stuff are you looking for!

[HeyWayne]

ooh, ooh, can I have some pencils please?

[tootles]

I need;
fabric (to serve as curtains/doors in the kitchen)
crockery (people keep dropping the plates)
glasses (those big chunky ones - ideal huge G&T)
washing up brush with a sucker on the end (last one has just died after 1 year)
candles (nicos)
rugs (to hide the green chipboard floor)
Matress (small daughter can then have her own bed, rather than sharing with No.2 son)
mustard (yummm)

hhmmmm still thinking..............

[HeyWayne]

What you need to do is keep an eye out for the Ikea fairies. They come along and put stuff in your trolley and you don't realise until you're at the checkout and it's too late...

[lynda66]

You can NEVER have too any candles!!!!

actually you can ........ when my parents moved to spain i got all the stuff they weren't taking ....... 27 boxes is toooooo many ...... and that's without adding in the tealights

i also seem to have a massive tin full of ikea pencils ..... *sends em to wayne* ........ i do actually think my parents may have an ikea problem lol

anyway, you NEED the little round biccies in a blue box with cellophane over the top ........ they is yummmmmmyyyyyy ...... actually i may have to go get some now you got me thinking about em lol

[Nicos]

The ginger biscuits are yummy!

Any cheap house plants????

The little cotton rugs are ridiculously cheap- and are perfect for inside the front door to wipe feet on! ( very French...beats using a tea towel!!!)

[SlugLobber]

ooh, ooh, can I have some pencils please?

And some of those tape measures. And a Blue Bag.

Yep. Can't have too many of those blue bags. Don't forget to take your sense of humour and a translator! Our store always has loads of foreigners in it and I'd love to know what they're yakking about!

[lynda66]

and light bulbs