I had the best day yesterday!

Seriously.

The weather was amazing…in the 70’s.

The sun was shining.

I was driving ALONE in my car for two hours.

No kids fighting in the back seats.

Listening to my own music.

Sipping on a large Coke from McDonald’s.

Perfection.

Do you feel me?

Can you picture the goodness in your mind?

And to top it all off, I was on my way to IKEA to go shopping with my buddy, Sarah.

The Thrifty Decor Chick!

{Do you hear the alleluia chorus?}

I was beyond giddy!

Sarah and I both live about two hours away from the IKEA in Ohio, so we met there for some shopping fun.

That place is so huge!

(Some of the following pictures I had to borrow from Sarah.  Thanks, Sarah!)

Sarah just did a post about IKEA that you have to check out.  She has a ton of great pictures that showcase all the great stuff in this store.

Check out her post, HERE.

I only took a few pictures because my camera battery was low.  Ugh.

{blogger big fat fail}

I absolutely loved this pillow! 

I thought it looked very PotteryBarnish.

And I was right.  Look at the pillow in the background of the next picture that I got from the Pottery Barn online store…

See the resemblance?

I also fell in love with this gorgeous bedding!

Okay….Sarah may have fallen more in love with it…

See how sweet that girl is?  She even smiles when she is sleeping!

Precious!

After Sarah’s little cat nap, we continued walking the aisles of goodness.

I loved this little set of two metal bucket thingys for only $9.99.

Okay, that’s all the pictures I took of stuff.  I told you I was lame.

But here is Ms. Cutey Patootey checking out.

We were laughing because we know that people had to be wondering why we were taking pictures of us checking out.

Duh.  Hello?

We are bloggers.

That’s what bloggers do.

:)

I got a few cute little things.

I love these little jars. 

4 for only $3.99!

I could have used these when I was doing my pantry makeover!

Sarah and I both got this adorable little black clock for only 5 bucks!

My favorite purchase was a set of 17 container pieces for only $3.99!

Get. out. of. town.

I needed these so badly!

It doesn’t take much to make me happy, girls.

After we shopped IKEA, we then went to the Ballard Designs outlet about a mile down the road.

I absolutely adore Ballard Designs.  It is my all time favorite magazine and where I get most of my decorating inspiration.

It was so awesome to see the items in the magazine up close and personal.

I would love to say the prices were amazing too, but they were still way out of my range.

But I did get a couple of great ideas for “knock-offs” that I could make!

Mwha-ha-ha!

Sarah and I both thought the best priced stuff there were these beautiful white pitchers and bowls.

The pitcher was $12.99 and so were the set of four bowls.

The pitcher made it home with me!

I think it will be perfect in the guest house.

We had to leave around 3:00 because we both had to get back to our families.

But boy, was it worth it!

I absolutely loved hanging out with Sarah.

She and I are actually long lost sisters.

Bet you didn’t know that.

Well, now you do.

:)

Sarah is one of my BIG BLOGGIN’ BLESSINGS!

Now I am super excited to announce the winner of the $60.00 Art Of Whimsy Giveaway!

It is…

Your Winner

(confirmed)

Author: Mary (SMHammond5)
I’m not sure what I would get if I won. But I am liking the Personalized Name Frame Lux wrapped CANVAS!

Congratulations!

Thank you to everyone who entered!

And thank you Tracy for such a great giveaway!!!

Have a great weekend!

smooch!

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