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December 5, 2005
furniture 
I walked about a mile this morning. I know, it's nothing! But I was kinda excited about it anyways. I was waiting for the bus, and I am a lousy waiter, very impatient, so I started walking. I made it from my place all the way to Alberta. If I had headed in the opposite direction, I probably would have been able to make it to the MAX train, and I would have gotten into work in the same amount of time.
That, sadly, is the whole of exercise for the last couple of days. I have been wanting, wanting, wanting to get a new couch for what seems like a year. The current couch is maybe 3 years old, and we bought it resale. Unlike the previous couch, we did not find any drug paraphenalia in it Anyways, current couch is looking pretty bad, the cats have been using it as a scratching post, and my Sweetie hasn't been able to sit comfortably on it forever and three weeks.
Mind you, I have never bought new furniture. My house is post-college thrift store, made up of garage sale finds and gifts from loved ones. I'm almost 43 and I have never bought furniture. Does that make me some sort of pinko?
Still, whenever I mention that we should go pick out a new couch, or that I'm going to go pick out a new couch, Sweetie has managed to dissuade me (we go through with cutting his hair too). Saturday, we were out to breakfast, reading the paper, and there was a circular for a furniture store... and so we both decided that this was important and that we should do it.
So Saturday night, we went out to said furniture store. They had a single couch that we liked... that would be available in a month. Okay.
Sunday morning, we rose early to go out to the suburbs, to the new "mall". That was a big mistake. Though I did kinda enjoy walking through the store going, oh, now that is so wrong, oh, now look it at that—who thought that was a good idea?. We drove back into town and went to a snooty furniture designer that I like, and they had a great couch that we both loved—for about a thousand more than we wanted to spend.
There is so much to love there, though. Audacious couches, fun patterns, slipcovers. And all of the chairs are on coasters, with a little handle on the back. I doubt they come that way when you buy them, but we were both very amused.
My head was about spinning at that point. I had brought some knitting with me, the beginnings of a cotton basketweave-patterned washcloth, which helped me stay focused. One more store. One more store.
Luckily, the last store was a jackpot. We found a number of couches that would work for us. Now we just have to choice.
At this point, we repair to the brewpub for a pint and some food, and talk about what we'd do with the old couch. And how I want to go home and measure everything and move furniture, and Sweetie, just wants to buy a couch. Then we start talking about the TV cabinet that we both hate, and we fight, nicely, about where the TV should go, and then I have the great idea of the day: getting a bakers rack for the TV and putting it on coasters. So we can move the thing around.
Anyways. Sweetie got the bakers rack stuff and put it together last night. It looks great, and some much less visually bloblike than our former armoire, which is collecting cats. I got the worst case of heartburn in recent memory, very close to take me to the ER, and then once that was finally resolved, one of the joints of my big toe decided it didn't like anything at all. Ugh.
It's fine today. I'm being careful. I feel kinda crappy. But this too shall pass.
Posted at December 5, 2005
Comments
I hope you feel better soon! Major purchases are sooo stressful.
Posted by: neca at December 6, 2005 5:11 AM