If I were to write a list of the top 10 things I'd love to be doing on a Saturday 2 weeks before Christmas, a trip to Ikea would not be on that list. I could probably compose a top 50 and it wouldn't even sneak in!

Now I doubt I'm the only one to think like this, but still I joined the rest of the population of Northern Sweden and took my chances on the mean streets of Haparanda.

This ordeal would have been worse had it not been for my friends Penny and Elika who agreed to join me, it turned out to be a great trip for one reason, witnessing the simple pleasures a 3 year old experiences in the midst of pure chaos.

Whilst walking the aisles we discovered that the arrows on the floor directing the way were being projected down by lights from above. That meant the shone on anything underneath them, this was extremely funny to Elika who did the only thing natural to a 3 year old and wanted to see the arrow on her tummy! What a fantastic idea and lost on the rest of us.

Is that not the most fantastic thing?! Just the innocence of a kid lying on the floor, laughing with an arrow shining on her while the rest of Sweden shuffled past. Next time I'm taking my proper camera.