I went to Ikea over the weekend with my wife. We like Ikea and think that there storage ideas are always neat to look at. Our bed, bookcase, coffee table and kitchen table are all from Ikea, so it wasn't like this was our first time in the store. We were looking at new sofas and generally browsing through the store when we came to the children's section. Once again, as a general rule, Ikea does have some nice things. We bought our first wooden train set for our son there which has since exploded into many, many, many more pieces, but that is another story. Anyway, we noticed their stuffed animals which we have been guilty of buying for whining children as a way of keeping them entertained and maintaining peace and a tantrum free shopping trip. yet, on this day, we were struck by how ugly these stuffed animals were. There was a bat, a snake, something that looked like a weasel, and a gopher. And, of course, our favorite, a rat! Has buying unnecessary crap become so ingrained in American society that we now buy ugly stuffed animals in the shape of nasty creatures just so our children won't whine. The Swedes have to be laughing at us. It is probably a contest who can design and sell the most ugly toys to us. Wow, talk about being smacked in the face by consumerism, that was it.
It should go without saying, that we decided our old sofa wasn't really that bad. We bought a picture frame, and a box to store magazines. That was enough for us for one day.
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