my first shopping adventure

my first ikea shopping experience was on friday with my friend sarah (who we had dinner with on tuesday night).  my goal:  furnish john's office with incredibleness.  mission accomplished (well, with the exception of a couch).  i couldn't get over how inexpensive most everything was there.  i mean, obviously, i realize the quality isn't top notch, but the stuff is so cool.  we ate lunch there and then we went to target afterwards and picked up a few things that i didn't find at ikea (again, with the exception of the couch).  i came straight home and began putting together the hanging light that i purchased for only 30 bucks.  (it's the same one bec had in her nashville house).  take a wild guess how long it took me to put it together...(i went a little wild with the pics - but you have to understand how intimidated i was in putting this together)...

the phone is for a size reference

only 30 minutes!!  i was so shocked how easy it ended up being.  anyway, i'll take before and after pics of his office and post them once i get it all put together.  it's been killing me to have to wait til monday.  still gotta find a black leather couch somewhere (craig's list, maybe?) for a good price.

thursday, john and i looked at more houses, and i took a nap.
friday, i shopped, took a nap, then went to the young adult bible study.
today, we looked at more houses, took a nap, then had dinner with 3 young adult couples.

o yeah - thursday my car got delivered!  woo hoo!  i was so excited that i even got choked up walking over to it.  ha.  sounds lame, but it was just so nice to see a little more familiarity - something i don't have much of right now.  i'll probably get choked up, too, when all of our stuff gets delivered to whichever house we decide to purchase.