Our haul from IKEA, 31 weeks pregnant, and a Mediterranean feast

As part of our getting-ready-for-the-baby preparations, we decided that we needed to get some stuff for the house. Some of it was directly baby-related, while some of it was just to make life more comfortable. (For instance, curtains in our bedroom seemed like a good idea, after more than two years without. If we're really supposed to be able to nap during the day, it seemed like it might help.) And so we decided to head to Ikea, where we knew we'd be able to get a lot of these things for pretty cheap.

Of course, the nearest Ikea is in Erfurt, about 50 km away, and we don't have a car. We didn't let that stop us though - we decided to take the train there, and then the tram, and then the bus. (Ikea isn't located downtown next to the train station, of course.) And we brought two big backpacks so we could bring our haul home.

While this pile might not look huge, believe me, it was a lot to carry! Especially when one of us was 31 weeks pregnant...
Speaking of which, here's the photo of me at 31 weeks:
Luckily we had some good food already prepared, including homemade hummous, baba ganoush, dolmades, a salad, and stuffed eggplants, so after our long day of hard shopping and schlepping, we were able to enjoy a veritable Mediterranean feast that night. It looks pretty good, doesn't it?