Drunken Owls and Other Delights

So today emmalyon and I are heading down to East Palo Alto to the IKEA to pick up a new bookshelf. This one's going to replace one of the shorter two-shelf bookcases in Spare Oom, so we can finally give in and actually have more space for some of our books. [This would explain the subject line, if you know IKEA's odd Swedengish naming devices for their furniture. Why they call these bookcases "Billy" I have no idea.]

There's also the chance that I may pick up a new desk as well. My current one (also bought at IKEA, back in 2005 in New Jersey) is in decent shape, if a bit dinged here and there. Since I've been working at home, I've been thinking of getting one more like Emm's that has a few drawers up top but the underneath is totally open. The reason for this is to move my PC underneath there, so I can free up desk space--this is so my work-at-home stuff won't be crowded up and squished into a small area. I may have to buy one or two more storage boxes for the errant stuff I have in my drawers, but that shouldn't be a problem, they're pretty cheap there.

That said...this will ultimately mean that I need to get rid of the old desk, which I think I'm probably going to do on Craigslist. I'm totally fine with giving it away at this point, it's served me well. If no one wants it, I can definitely call our local Goodwill and see if they can pick it up.

Oh! And there's a Best Buy across the street from the IKEA...so we can go over there and see if they have one of these little jobbies. We have one already for Spare Oom, and I'm thinking of getting another for Spare Oom so I can use one for the home PC and the other for work, without having to switch back and forth. They work wonders, actually. :)

So yeah, that's our exciting Saturday. What's up with y'all?

So for your enjoyment, behold, THE BOXES-O-COUCH:



The two larger ones were about 4' by 2' by 2' (rough estimate), and the smaller one is an additional ottoman that we ordered along with the sofa. So yes...pretty compact and well packed, as the cushions were pretty much shrinkwrapped/spacebagged for minimum taking up of space.

( During and After Pix under the cut! )

So yes, Home Reserve definitely FOR THE WIN! :)

It just so happens that our new couch is being delivered today...the same day we're heading into town to go to the symphony. D'OH! Hopefully they'll either swing by after we return, or they'll at least make an attempt tomorrow when we're definitely here. We won't be gone more than a few hours (come on, we can't pass up having lunch at Max's!), so there's a slim chance that we may run into them today. We hope. If not, one of us will just have to hang out all day until they stop by again.

Other than that...? More writing for me upon return. :)

EDIT: YAY! They stopped by early this morning with the boxes o' couch! No need to hurry back now... :D Now our plan this weekend is to A)move stuff in the back room to B)fit the loveseat in there so we can C)make room for the new sofa and ottoman which D)we have to put together IKEA-style. We're thinking this will happen on Sunday whilst watching football. :)