I spent a lovely day at the zoo yesterday with our daughter’s class. I really enjoyed spending this time with her and her friends from school, getting to know some of the other mothers and having a nice day out with her without brother and sister along too.
Other than that, nothing much blog worthy has been happening. We are in the process of redoing the girls room to make it more organized for all of our enjoyment. So, we made a trip to Ikea. Of course, they were out of the beds I wanted so I had to pick some that we twice the price! LOL - we are waiting and seeing…making the decision of do I want the nicer beds but fewer cutesy accessories or do I want the original beds and all the accessories and money left over? What would you do? It is a harder decision than I thought it would be. I’m usually pretty good at deciding these things and pretty quick too. If I were better at this, I would link you to the two beds, but I’m not so here is the breakdown. The less expensive bed is very plain. Basically a platform with three storage drawers underneath. The other is a very girly daybed, also with three drawers. I like the daybed much better but it is twice the price and remember we have to get two! I chose fairy tale bedding for them and they love it so that is the current theme. BTW – did you know you can get bedding there for 12.99? They are also getting two new chests of drawers. These were chosen because they are the ones that will fit in the space not for cuteness! They are very plain but very good storage and are the same color and finish as either bed. And then it depends on the bed choice what else we will get. Also, if you haven’t had a chance to visit the nearest Ikea…we enjoyed the cafe and the LIVE BAND that was playing. We picked out our next anniversary present too! I could spend the entire day in there! I am an IKEA convert. We also enjoyed reminiscing about our Europe trip (was it really NINE years ago?) because it very much reminded us of something you would find in Germany.
Have a great weekend and if you have the chance let me know your vote on the BIG BED DECISION 2008!
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The decisions……the decisions……..I am bad at that, too! I say pick the ones YOU like best……..because really—-when it comes down to it—do the girls care one way or the other? ALSO…….in a few years they may not want the cutesy cutesy bedding!! I only say that because that is what happened to me. When J was in Kindergarten, she picked out her new room accessories and they all had some kind of PINK. About a year and a half later, she informed me that she no longer liked pink and asked Santa for new bedding! He brought it! : ) I’ve never been to IKEA.
I will have to check it out.
your girls are going to be in those beds a long time. Since I too am an IKEA shopper (did you go to RR or Frisco?) I think I know which ones you mean. Go with the girly ones!
Thanks for the input! We are STILL debating. We’ve been doing a lot of measuring and rearranging the furniture they have now to see what might work the best. We are thinking we need a shopping trip for the whole family to get the girl’s input (a little bit!). AHHHH! I don’t like being indecisive…this isn’t like me at all! I am actually losing sleep over this! TIme to chill out about it a little! BTW, Stephanie, it was RR…Is the Frisco one the same or better?
Frisco is a bit bigger, but I’m not sure it’s better. I prefer Frisco, but that may be because I am more familiar with it and because it is across from the Frisco mall -which I love, Sam Moons, and the Cheesecake Factory!