This made my day

Doesn't it feel good to do a secret surprise for someone? That's what me and a few others did today. I hope the recipient liked it and that she had a great day.








On my way home, I stopped by the mail box and wouldn't you know it, I just had feeling it would be there today. Hurray!

Ikea is one of my most favorite places in the world, and now that they have opened a new store in Portland I can shop there tax free. Hurray again! When we moved into our house we bought a ton of stuff from the Ikea in Seattle and I'm amazed at how little we spent for how much we came away with. I'm glad they have a place to eat inside because I can spend hours and hours in that place. I just feel like I'm steeling every time I buy something from there because it's so cheap. Here are some things that I liked from the new catalog:

Aren't these cute storage boxes?

This storage bench is only 84.99

This measuring cup looks like a beaker from a science experiment:

This cute mug, coaster, and mini stirrer set would make me want to have hot cocoa every night:

This chair looks so fun:

These bibs are ingenious. Why couldn't I think of that?

Who doesn't love polka dots? These look like they would make cooking way more fun.

I love how Ikea's items are a little more funky and non-traditional and it makes me want to be braver with my decorating and not be afraid to try something new once in a while. OK, so now that I'm done doing a non-paid plug for the store, I better go so I can do my Oprah workout, (I pre-record the show and then watch it while I'm on the treadmill) and as an added bonus Kendle has soccer practice today so I will have one less child interrupting my O.W.

Hope you all had a great day as well!