Comments on: Buying a condo: Almost as expensive and furnishing a condo http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/ (And Sometimes Saint Paul) Thu, 21 Aug 2008 10:32:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Joanna http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-181 Joanna Tue, 01 Apr 2008 04:38:27 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-181 Neener, neener, neener, you just missed six inches of snow while you were galivanting around Saipan. Neener, neener, neener, you just missed six inches of snow while you were galivanting around Saipan.

]]> By: Leif http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-179 Leif Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:19:34 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-179 I'm not gonna lie to you Joanna, racing through IKEA with a clean slate was pretty great. Though when I discovered at check out that I'd almost doubled my unofficial budget, I had a little heart attack. I'm over it though. Wheeee!! I’m not gonna lie to you Joanna, racing through IKEA with a clean slate was pretty great. Though when I discovered at check out that I’d almost doubled my unofficial budget, I had a little heart attack. I’m over it though. Wheeee!!

]]> By: Joanna http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-177 Joanna Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:05:59 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-177 I arrived in Minneapolis 20 years ago with 35 boxes of books, a few boxes of clothes, some old pots and pans from Goodwill, and a computer. Which broke during shipment. So as I was reading your story,I was remembering how I started out here: salvage, Goodwill, hand-me-downs, cheap crap. So the idea of running through Ikea on a mission and starting from scratch is--yeah, a water slide sounds about right! I have since joined the grown-up economy and now have a mortgage, a car, and have paid off my student loans. I"m saving for someone's college education, which will begin in about 4-5 years. I even have pots and pans that match. But the idea of having to run down the aisles of IKEA with a shopping cart, like one of those game show contestants, sounds fun as hell. I arrived in Minneapolis 20 years ago with 35 boxes of books, a few boxes of clothes, some old pots and pans from Goodwill, and a computer. Which broke during shipment. So as I was reading your story,I was remembering how I started out here: salvage, Goodwill, hand-me-downs, cheap crap. So the idea of running through Ikea on a mission and starting from scratch is–yeah, a water slide sounds about right!

I have since joined the grown-up economy and now have a mortgage, a car, and have paid off my student loans. I”m saving for someone’s college education, which will begin in about 4-5 years. I even have pots and pans that match. But the idea of having to run down the aisles of IKEA with a shopping cart, like one of those game show contestants, sounds fun as hell.

]]> By: Leif http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-171 Leif Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:07:02 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-171 Nayana – IKEA got 2k out of the 6k that was spent that week. For the time and money I spent there, they should have put me up in a penthouse somewhere for the night. Sleeper – I've already pulled the wedding move. How do you think I ended up with so much crap to sell be for leaving the country? Joanna – Why do I sometimes get the sense that you're simultaneously zapping down a water slide when you leave comments here? Nayana – IKEA got 2k out of the 6k that was spent that week. For the time and money I spent there, they should have put me up in a penthouse somewhere for the night.

Sleeper – I’ve already pulled the wedding move. How do you think I ended up with so much crap to sell be for leaving the country?

Joanna – Why do I sometimes get the sense that you’re simultaneously zapping down a water slide when you leave comments here?

]]> By: Joanna http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-170 Joanna Sat, 29 Mar 2008 02:45:59 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-170 Wheeee! Wheeee!

]]> By: sleeper78 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-169 sleeper78 Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:48:31 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-169 There is a pretty simple solution to that. It may however be a little distasteful, it is called a wedding. You could always get an actress to play the part and then a fake divorce in a year or so. There is a pretty simple solution to that. It may however be a little distasteful, it is called a wedding. You could always get an actress to play the part and then a fake divorce in a year or so.

]]> By: Nayana Anthony http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-168 Nayana Anthony Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:19:44 +0000 http://thisiswhyiloveminneapolis.com/2008/03/buying-a-condo-almost-as-expensive-and-furnishing-a-condo/#comment-168 IKEA. IKEA.

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