We are looking at new furniture soon. My parents have offered to replace our couch, chair, and our bed as a wedding present. We were floored by the offer, especially since we were talking about replacing all 3 items soon anyway. The current couch and chair I got for free, so it came pre cat-scratched. It's earned some stains, rips, and more cat scratches since it has come into my possession, not to mention the cat likes to pee on it in retaliation when we leave for a few days or when his litter box gets full. The bed belongs to D, and he doesn't even remember when he got it. It now has 2 sagging indents where we sleep, and we both complain of back trouble. So yes... these are upgrades we greatly need.
My parents are coming up this next weekend to take advantage of labor day sales. We looked at one furniture place a few weeks ago, but they were so overpriced that we knew it wouldn't be in the budget. Who honestly has the money to blow $5k on a couch? So today we ventured out to big lots. That ended up being a bust for furniture (although we got DVDs for an impending ultrasound and some food), but in the same lot was a Badcock furniture. We didn't expect to find much better than the other place we went, but we figured it wouldn't hurt.
As soon as we walked in, there was a leather recliner. D has his heart set on getting a leather recliner in the house, and these were not only affordable but comfortable. We made our way around the store, him trying every leather recliner, me trying every couch. He eventually found a recliner that rocks, swivels, and reclines that he's absolutely in love with. Better yet, it's affordable! Well, moreso than the first store anyway. I found a few couches that meet my requirements for $500, much better than $5k. Needless to say, we've decided by that point that this is where we're bringing my parents next Monday.
Then we go to look at their beds. D is delighted to find beds for $500. I tried to point out to him that the price probably didn't include the mattress, but he wouldn't believe me. Before we continued looking, we ask the sales associate at the counter. "Do the prices of the beds include the mattress?" "No, it's for the headboard, footboard, and the rails." To this, D has to respond with the snarky comment, "So it's the bed without the actual bed..." I changed the subject to asking what sales they will be having to which he gave me a flier where they were advertising their most expensive stuff. Meanwhile, D is still shaking his head in disbelief.
We found a cheap "bed" in the store we will probably get and consented to having to go to a previously explored mattress store for the actual "bed" portion. Poor D is out of place in stores like this. And I can't help but poke fun at it. (although he simultaneously pokes fun at the fact that I'm comfortable in high end stores)
Baby Update
19w 0d
I'm still able to feel the occassional movement, but there's nothing consistant yet. I notice baby is most mobile in the evenings, unfortunately right when I'm trying to wind down for bed. This doesn't bode well for the baby years. However, once we get our new bed, the old one is going in the baby room for my use at night so I don't have to walk across the house to breastfeed. I hope having them in their room from the beginning will help them sleep.
We are getting the ultrasound later this week to find out the gender. However, I'm not making the post for the ultrasound for a few days. We have someone we want to surprise first, and I'm not sure if they keep up with my blog. Once we've had our surprise, we'll post all about on here and on facebook.
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