ristin and I went out and bought two Ikea bedside tables; one for each of us. I was seized by the male perogative to use one's hands and had a go at building one from the instructions. (I freely admit that probably most of the women on my friends list are better at building things than I am, and in no way is that intended to cast aspersions on their femininity.) This is the first item of Ikea furniture I've built entirely on my own and therefore I'm inordinately proud of it, enough so that I wanted to share it with my long-suffering friends list.