Getting to Ikea from PH

erikka wrote: [quote=pitu][quote=WhyFi][quote=meganlibrarian]Also, the Swedish meatballs were sweetly crooning my name and I felt the primal need to respond.

I always get sucked in by the meatballs (what are they, like 18 for 35 cents?), but I always feel worse for the wear later...

I'm sorry, those things are dog food.
My Minnesota Hot Dish spouse goes right for 'em tho . . .


They're the meat version of ikea furniture--they look like meat on the outside but inside it's a bunch of stuff chopped up and pressed together.

This is all so very true. However; I justify my eating them essentially because:
1. I eat them perhaps once every 1-2 years.
2. I never, ever eat at fast food restaurants - this is the closest I get.
3. Lingonberry sauce, baby!
4. My husband hates cream sauces, so I'd never make these at home.
5. Sometimes it's nice to... cleanse the digestive system.

I like getting the french fries instead of the potatoes, and getting extra gravy poured all over the fries.

I like the hot dogs and ligonberry soda.

I get the hot dogs as an extra snack on the way out. Meatballs and fries for the lunch!

ooh. and I like the non-martinelli's ligonberry NA bubbly.

pitu wrote: Ikea's website allows you to check what's in stock at which place. If you're going for something in particular, check that it's in stock. Big saving of headaches, that.

Thank you for this tip! This future Ikea trip is already pissing me off. ALL the NY/ NJ stores do not have what I want in stock... I wonder if they'll get it before I plan to go in a week and a half, or if I'll just have to scratch the whole Ikea idea.

http://ikeahacker.blogspot.com/2006/08/how-to-make-your-own-swedish-meatballs.html#links

Does anyone know if IKEA delivery is $100 per item or $100 flat fee (regardless of number of items)?

Just FYI, I read this not-too-encouraging item on Consumerist about Ikea's delivery service not too long ago:

http://consumerist.com/consumer/ikea/ikea-ships-broken-merchandise-wont-send-replacement-parts-243055.php