Diary 188

Tuesday, September 22nd

Today represented my first real shopping day (aside from food) since we’ve been in this thing we all know so well, now. It was a trip to IKEA to scope out tables. I’ve always liked IKEA – there’s always so much to see. The grandkids think it’s wonderful too, and they enjoy seeing all the different ways one can furnish a room.

This time it looked a bit, well, desolate. Not all the shelves were full, and in some places the glorious plenty of previous days seemed as if it had shrunk to the bare minimum. The table we wanted turned out to have a seven month waiting list. 

Perhaps the days of easy access to lots of stuff have gone. Perhaps it’ll be better for the planet.