Twice-a-Year Sale

If you have an Ikea in your area, you probably know what I am talking about. The infamous “Twice-A-Year-Sale” where Ikea marks down all the overstock at often 50% off the regular price. We have been known to go in the past, persuaded in by the free breakfast (which is actually pretty good) or just to go and let Harrison play in the children’s section. If you haven’t ever been to Ikea - it’s really something. They have model displays of various types of rooms (kitchens, bedrooms, family rooms) for all different styles of living. This time they had a whole apartment laid out - 550 square feet - that you could walk through. Pretty cool. But we were on a quest. We needed some kind of new entertainment center. Our current solution was a white children’s wardrobe which we had configured to work to hold our TV. It was on it’s last legs as the kids had been pulling a little too hard on the front doors for a little too long. So the twice a year sale was more than we could pass up. Since going to Ikea is a fun trip anyway, we decided to go and see if there was something we just couldn’t pass up. So after walking through the amazing showroom, we found it. A very nice looking TV armoire, with lots of storage, and the ability to child proof. The best part was that it was marked down to $150 from $300. So we just had to get it. And getting it home was similar to the picture to the left, with 2 kids, a double stroller and a Honda Civic. But we made it, and we love our new entertainment center.
Mollie