all we needed was a truck to make progress.

this weekend my love and i took a mini road trip to ikea.  my momma had given me gift cards for christmas and they were burning a hole in my pocket!!

the journey started friday evening when we met some friends in the arena district for drinks, food, conversation and truck keys.

the evening was quite eventful and didn't end till after 3am but we got the truck!!

the next morning we got up as early as we possibly could and made our way to west chester for the third time together.  

this time we knew exactly what we wanted and were going to control impulse buys.

we needed a desk for my new workspace and a bookcase for our living room so that we could finally combine our books and trinkets in the same place. 

lots of beautiful things catch your eye as you walk through the showrooms and its so inspiring, luckily we were strong enough to make it through without picking up a yellow bag along the way for extra goodies....

that is until we got to the "free for all" area as i call it.  they allow you to grab a shopping cart and walk through what feels like miles of amazing deals.  i always get tripped up in the prints, frames and accessories area of the store.  i swear if i had the money there wouldn't be a blank wall in our home.

this amazing clock became a dilemma :) (this decision took a lot of math and discussion)

but don't fret it made the cut.

and luckily we acquired the desk and bookcase!

i always love the pictogram ikea instructions:) so cute and understandable in any language. 

it was a wonderful saturday filled with love and progress.... (more to come.)

peace & love~