New Toys and things!

I never thought I would be so excited to get a new vacuum... but I was greatly mistaken. Last weekend Jay and I finally bit the bullet and made a few large purchases.

As I'm sure most of you have been through and can attest to finding the right bedroom furniture can be a long, hard process. Well that was the case for us. We had been searching for months and months and nothing quite stood out to us. But then we found a beautiful collection at Macy's and began to wait it out and watch the price until we were ready to purchase. Well a few weekends ago the price finally went down and we decided to go for it. We got a heck of a deal and were very proud for waiting for the right time to buy. Now that we purchased the bed the search began for the mattress. That is completely another challenge.

You go to the mattress store and tell the sales associate what you like, or should I say what you think you like, and they tell you to lay on 100's of beds... how can I tell the difference between bed 11 and bed 88... We were on overload and just couldn't make a decision. It was exhausting so we decided we could take our time being the furniture was on back order and we had time.

So we finally made a decision on the mattress and also got a heck of a deal! If you are mattress shopping go online and price compare online... print out the prices you find, if they are lower of course, and bring them into the store and 9 times out of 10 they will honor the lower price. And in our case they matched the lower price and gave us an addition 10% off and FREE delivery!!! We purchased from Mattress Firm, but I'm pretty sure others do that too. Every little bit helps right!!!

Now that we have the furniture and mattress on order and scheduled for deliver the search for bedding and drapes began... another challenging process. The bedding wasn't too difficult. We stuck with the basics... white! The drapes on the other hand have been tricky. When you shop online it is hard to tell the weight and true colors of the fabric, then we you finally get them in they weren't exactly what you thought so you have to start the process all over again. Then not to mention the curtain rod search... our window is really really big... so I had to special order an XXL rod and I just found out it is on back order till Aug. 6th so we have more waiting to do...

Our last purchase that weekend was the ever exciting Dyson DC25 Animal Vacuum!!! Now ladies if you are in the need of a new vacuum go ahead and splurge on this one... it is amazing! It was almost sicking how much dirt and yuck it picked up. I thought I was good about keeping a clean house, but after using the Dyson I was corrected! This vacuum actually makes cleaning a little more enjoyable!

Anyways, that is the end of our new toys and stuff... we are hoping to have the furniture delivered the end of this week and have everything put together in the next two weeks. When I have it all together I will be sure to post some photos!