New furniture delivery this morning! We got a new sectional and man did we need it. Our old couch was 7 years old and everytime you sat in it, you collapsed into the middle of the back cushions, so if you wanted to talk to anyone, you'd have to push the side of the cushion back because otherwise you'd now be talking to the pillow. Plus, this sectional can easily seat 5, maybe 6 people, whereas our old couch could maybe seat 2-3, mostly because one slob would sit on it, spread his legs and take up 2.5 seats all by himself. Said person most likely smelled completely rank, so the greater majority of our friends have no interest in sitting near this person in the half of a seat that is now available on the couch. So then what happens is Smelly Friend ends up sitting on the couch with all of the cushions caved in, while everyone else at our party stands around keeping their distance. After some time, Smelly Friend gets up and the couch looks like a crime scene with cushions all over the place, the couch being slid back and forth so that it is now at a diagonal angle from where it originally sat, and the pillows are tossed amuck.
Having said that, we posted the old couch on Craigslist and a wonderful couple came and picked it up. They were moving into their first apartment, so this was a perfect set up for them. They got an entire room of furniture and we got rid of an overcrowding furniture situation that dated back to the wall to wall furniture situation that I referenced in the Man Fest blog. I think the only person who might be disappointed is Sammie, because the Love Seat was where she slept some of the time during the day. Not to fear though, there are 2 other couches that she can sleep on.
Our new couch is so big that even Shaq can sleep on it. I'm fully stretched out and not even reaching the last couch cushion. Isn't that crazy? It's about time we owned some furniture like this. I'm wondering if this means we're officially adults. You know how it is when you first move out. All of your furniture is hand me down, or mix matched. You'll walk in to a home with this furniture and you'll see something out of an Austin Powers movie. There'll be some wild colors - something bright orange or purple resembling a Sesame Street character. You're sitting down on it wondering if it's going to ask you to be their neighbor or something. Then you graduate to your first set. It's basically the cheapest set that matches. You're complimented by all of your friends because you have actually found something north of the garage sale. "OH! Look at this! It looks great!" really means "Thank goodness you finally came to your senses, or somebody clubbed you from the back and you realized that it was time to get something that didn't look like it was a hand me down from Sanford and Son."
So, you go for years with this starter set, mainly because you don't have the money to buy anything legit. You've got student loans, credit cards, mortgage, car payments, etc. New furniture isn't high on the priority list. Especially when you start off the conversation by saying "Let's see what we can get for $2-3 hundred". The sales person is literally pointing out the front window to the Flea Market that is across the street. "I'm sure that you'll find something over there, and if not there is a Good Will down the block." Nice!
So, that's where we are in our life. We finally upgraded from the starter set to the legit set. FYI, it didn't take Sammie more than a few hours to leap up on the couch and curl up. We were like, "GET DOWN SAMMMMMMMMMMMMIE!" Basically she just looked at us, as if to say "Who me?" =) Thanks to Grandma, she got in the habit. Grandma can't say no to those big beautiful doggie eyes!
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