Thank goodness for IKEA!

Yes,

I am an IKEA fan....fanatic actually...

Last month,

as my sweetie and I packed the 

FIT for our beach trip

I loaded linens

into my EXTRA LARGE

LLBean tote bag.

Queen sized sheets for one bed,

and King sized for the other, 

how apropos....

Then, 

on a whim,

I grabbed the un-used 

Queen duvet and shams I found 

in the "As-Is" department at IKEA.

I had not found a use for them at home,

but thought they might come in handy

at the beach.

As anyone who rents beach houses knows

you must think carefully when 

packing linens.

You just never know what you will find.

When making our reservation online this year,

I noticed that the "Queen" in the 2nd bedroom

looked rather "Full" sized.

So, I called to confirm

and was assured that indeed it was a 

Queen.

OK,

so I included a little more linens than 

I actually needed.

When I made the beds,

I didn't use the duvet......

but thank goodness I brought it!

The couches in our rental were 

flithy.....very.....really....

I am not squeamish normally,

we have three sons

I know dirt.....dirt can co-exist with me, no problem...

But 

this was awful....

sticky, even.

We didn't have the inclination to 

complain.

The rest of the house was lovely.

The kitchen was well equipped...

Bathrooms were clean and freshly painted...

The decks sported chairs of different heights and widths..

The beds were comfortable...

so,

we weren't in mood to trek down to the rental office

to complain.

Instead,

I wrapped the couch we wanted to use

in the duvet,

and draped the arm rests with the shams.

Wha-La!

Happy time!

In the future,

this duvet set will be standard issue for our beach trips

smiles....