So I went to Ikea today...

...and obtained some much desired stuff for my nephew who turns 4 next Weds (yes jauncort this means I got all 4 items - now I just get to figure out how to pack them so that checking the suitcase isn't an immediate death sentence for the breakables).

I ALSO found the cutest wall sconces EVAR!

They look like torches and their product name is "Minnen Fackla"

Here they are on the UK Ikea web site, I could not find them on the US Ikea site, but the stores DO have them.

http://www.ikea.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=7&langId=-20&catalogId=10103&productId=60863

I got two, they were $14.99 each. Now cruz531 gets to help me figure out where to put them. I am thinking in the bedroom.

I am also insane and thinking of getting more. *headdesk*

But MAN ***TORCHES***!!!!!

Saw my doctor today...

Since I am like 6.5 monhts out from my surgery, and since I saw my surgeon for my 6 month follow up a week and a half ago, I thought it would be good to keep my PCP's office in the loop on me.

So here we go, I walk in and there are two of the office crew sitting there. One of the two who usually does appointments and stuff and the one who usually checks people in. The appt girl looks at me, does a double take, and says "WOW - you look GREAT", I say "Thanks, 130 pounds", she says "130 POUNDS?" and I say yeah. And she just sits there and boggles.

I go the window to check in, but that girl is on the phone so I wait and kinda chat with the other girl a bit.

Girl B gets off the phone and looks at me funny. I tell her I am there for an appt at 2:30 and I give her my name so she can pull my chart from the stack. She hears my name and blinks and says "OH my GOD I did not recognize you! You look AMAZING!" I thanked her and told her that there were people who have known me for over a decade who don't recognize me the first time they see me, and that the other girl got the gold star cause she did. And that it wasn't common.

I paid my copay and took my Ikea dream book, I mean catalogs, and sat down to drool and wait. And they kept just staring at me between checking in patients and scheduling appts. My docs office has said that they've dealt with Gastric Bypass patients before - but today made me wonder. Or perhaps I am the most extreme post op they've had in a while.

I have gone to this office, to see one provider or another, for the last 10 years. And both of these girls have been there most of that time, so they have a frame of reference for me. And apparently I blew them away by just walking in the door.

It was surreal and cool at the same time.