Had the worst trip to Ikea ever yesterday. We have to really plan it when we go, because it's quite a drive into London, so we had yesterday all planned. We knew what we were looking for, a side table type thing for the dining room as wellas some small items.

We went, and we found one that we liked, so we made a note of it's location in the pick up area. We also noted the location of the slightly smaller version of it, because we weren't sure which to get at that stage. By the time we reached the pick up area we'd decided, we wanted to get the larger version, so we headed for it's location.

It wasn't there.

Not in the sense that it was sold out, but it just wasn't meant to be there, we looked up and down the aisle, but nothing. Thankfully, we'd noted down the location for the smaller version, so we headed for that instead. The larger version was there too! Now, if we hadn't looked at the smaller version at all, we wouldnt have found what we wanted. So, we picked it up, put it on our trolley, and headed for the checkout.

At the checkout, I forgot to remove the yellow bag from the trolley, and the checkout person accused me of attempting to steal it, but we eventually got the table out and to the car.

We drove home, opened the box, and discovered that some of the pieces were split. We had to go all the way back to Ikea, and exchange it. Of course, simply exchanging it would be far too simple, no, they refunded my payment, and then we had to go back into the shop, get another one, queue at the checkout again, and then pay again!

Anyway, we now have a nice storage side table in the dining room.