FINALLY! A New Bed!

My husband and I have finally been able to go and purchase a new bed! Yes, that's right, my sleepless nights are soon to be over! Woo Hoo!

If you know my husband and I, you know that we are not tiny people by any stretch of the imagination. Pre-new-bed (or B.B.), we had a full size bed. Each night has been a constant battle between us to be the one who wakes up without an appendage or ass hanging off the side of the bed. Alas, I am typically the loser of this battle. Plus, our box spring basically broke into barely-hanging-together pieces. Also not a good thing. I am hoping all of this will change post-new-bed (or A.B.).

The bed that we purchased is a king size Durango, which is a firm mattress with pocketed coils (read: heaven!), from Denver Mattress. We did some comparison shopping to find the best price, and I am shocked to announce that the winner was actually Denver Mattress. (It almost seems counter-intuitive, you know?) We ended up getting a great deal. It helped that the mattress was on sale for $100 off the sticker price. Not to mention that, out of nothing but sheer shock that we actually returned as promised, the saleswoman applied a bunch of coupons for money off the frame and the delivery.

For the meager price of $1,145, we got all of the following:

• a king size Durango mattress--with pocket coil system so we don't have to piss each other off
• the equivalent of a box spring--for mattresses of this magnitude, Denver Mattress provides a steel box, essentially, which they call a "foundation"
  
• an Iso-cool mattress pad--which has a special wax in it to keep the temperature cooler
• 2 King size firm pillows
• a preservation and cleaning kit
• a frame to place the mattress and foundation upon
• home delivery and set-up--yes, that's right, they'll come in and set it up for us

This was exactly the mattress we wanted for less than we expected to spend. I realize that right now I seem like Denver Mattress's bitch, but for what we paid, I'll give them some free advertising on my blog. Seriously, we got a GREAT deal. The product is truly quality. I feel really good about this purchase. I hate the fact that I have to wait until Monday night to sleep on it.

The other thing that I really noticed was that the staff didn't pressure us to make our decision. She asked us pertinent questions. She gave us really good advice about what kind of products we might like. There was no high-pressure sales technique. When we told her that we were just looking and wanted to shop around, she was very nice about it and gave us her card. She helped us find what we wanted. When we came back, we got to work with the same person--the other sales guy specifically got her for us when we said she had helped us last time. She was polite and courteous; we never once felt uncomfortable. I have to give them credit. She knew the answer to every question that we asked, she knew exactly where to guide us.

In other news, my wisdom tooth swelling has gone down. The antibiotics seem to be doing their work. The downside is what they do to my tummy. I don't know if you, reader, are experienced with serious antibiotics. They are awful. They do horrible things to your body because they destroy the body's normal microbiota too. The warnings on this medication are both ominous and horrifying. For example:

BEFORE USING THIS MEDICATION: WARNING: This medicine should be used only for serious infections because infrequently there are severe, rarely fatal, intestinal problems (pseudomembranous colitis) that can occur.

Nice. If that doesn't scare the bejeezus out of you, it should. Here's why. And I'm taking Clindamycin, which is one of the antibiotics that can pseudomembranous colitis. Awesome.

Am I a little displeased by this? The answer is yes. There a whole lot I can do about it? The answer is no. I'll just have to tough it out and be careful. Like really really careful. Yikes.