shopping shutdown

i wanted some ideas for "living creatively in small spaces" so forced myself to go to ikea. oh my. i suffered from a almost-fatal case of claustrophobia, shoppingphobia, suburbiaphobia, screamingchildphobia, havingtoomuchstuffphobia, and ihavenolifephobia, and saw a LOT of really bored men, shuffling slowly with shut-down, blank looks on their faces, while their wives/girlfriends energetically talked and pointed and took pictures and asked them, "which do you like better, honey, this one or that one?" the guy in the lamp section pointed and she said, "THAT one?! are you sure?!" to which he just stared at the ground. another couple was arguing in the baby room section and a third guy, in the curtains section shrugged at the question and got the "what does THAT mean?!" the guy in the bedding area was just silent when asked and she quickly said, "what's wrong?! is something wrong?!" i had a mix of the giggles and near-panic attack. i feared i would be stuck in that maze forever until i finally found the entrance and got out of there! NOT how i want to spend my precious weekend time. but i did get some good ideas...