Fridays fun

The day began slightly stressed. Trying to get everyone out the door, including myself, proved to be close to chaos. It went as well as can be, I was on my way shortly by 9. Today was Ikea day! Yes, two friends and I had a great day at Ikea. After a nice lunch at Chili's, we were able to wander around Ikea and find the treasures we wanted to bring home. Baby Girl did a great job, she was perfect company for our journey. My whole trip was based on getting new desks for the kids. They are cheap, but will work. $20 each, couldn't have done it for less than that. We have chairs, I will paint each child a chair. They've been waiting for awhile on these desks and were thrilled I was going to get them today. I found some other great things to bring to our house. Two new rugs, but I'm not crazy about the runner for the front door. Might try to find something else. I love the rug, but its tan. Everything in our house is tan and white. We can't paint the walls. Tan doesn't do much for our entry. An 8 pack of colorful hangers caught my eye. They are bigger than kid hangers, but smaller than regular hangers. I found a three pack of wooden cars/trucks for Cousin #9. He will be two in a few days. We also got him a Tigers t-shirt. We've got a new project going on for Christmas gifts. I picked up a few things to work on it. They are turning out better than I thought. Um...we stopped at Michaels after and I found some pretty purple flowers to make hair clips with. I also got some canvas prints for Christmas gifts. As a treat, I bought a new picture frame to put the kids Christmas pictures in. N wasn't feeling well tonight and stayed home from work. The kids were to be picked up from school by Zinnia and brought to her house until I got home. Instead, she brought them straight to our house. I guess this upset her group quite a bit. Not sure how mine felt at the time, but I hope they rolled with the change. Everyone was in a great mood when I got home, just before 6 pm. It turned out to be a great night. N was home. He put together one desk. Everyone was pleased.