So named by the Jen in question and apt indeed.  Any outing that begins like this:

is bound to be full of hijinx and general nuttiness.  Even if we are a little old for both. <g> 

I arrived at Jen's armed with a stack of store flyers to plug into her GPS.  We hit the furniture store, the antique/thrift store, the department store, and the home store. We would have gotten to the nursery but it closed up shop before we did. 

Some important facts learned today.  American Express may be everywhere you want to be but VISA is outright offensive at Kaufland.  They want cash.  The local variety. 

It's strictly BYOB here.  As in bring your own bag because otherwise you will be juggling sandals and prosciutto and paring knives out the door.  Just sayin. 

If you want a fast snack you can visit Fred. We didn't visit Fred because we had coffee at the Mobel Martin cafe earlier.  Things to know about that:

Don't leave a tip at the table. It's offensive.  Am told the wait staff makes a regular hourly wage unlike American wait staff.  If you wish to give a tip then 5% is apparently more appropriate than our 15%.  You will hand it to the waitress when you pay, which you will do when you walk up to the waitress to settle up. You will be in that general area anyway when you bus your dishes yourself so it's all good. 

Mobel Martin is like Crate and Barrel on steroids with prices about half.  Maybe less than half.  Crate and Barrel, however, does not have lighted words chasing you down the hallway.  Fortunately I did not have children in tow.  Why do I know at least one of them who would have run screeching to safety should "wohnen" come racing past….

 Some gorgeous stuff at any rate.  If you can picture that despite the fuzzy camera phone shots. I am trying to be more discreet vs whipping out my camera papparazzi style so the iphone is getting a lot of use, which has caused my daughters to declare me a major creeper…) 

 This caught my eye:

Course now I am Very Old in this regard and may never have need for such a piece of furniture again : /  But hey, it is encouraging to see that it is considered a standard addition to a double bed here.  

Baby beds are low to the ground followed by sweet twins resting at ground level.  I so should have bought new bedroom furniture for the kids here. I do need to buy master bedroom furniture finally so shopping is not without some direction.  Jury is out as to whether it will be a contemporary high storage capacity suite or an antique set.  

Course that question may be settled by my ongoing purchases in the antique camp. I could not leave these two vintage religious art prints which came in carved frames under glass. They called to me from the corner of the antique shop.  That happens sometimes.  What can you do? HUGE they were. Like  2 -1/2ft by 5ft.  For TWENTY Euros a piece!  Hello??  That is like $25 bucks for ginormous antique wall art.  I could not buy a plastic poster frame at Walmart for that price.  I will be back for sure.  

Next time I better take a bigger vehicle. The very nice man (who liked my Visa just fine) helping us load them tried the trunk (no go) and the backseat and finally got them wedged into the car with me hugging the dashboard riding shotgun.  Where there is a will there is a way. : ) 

I hope your weekend is likewise full of excellent adventures and at least a little bit of  hijinx-ery. : )