A Thrilling Post About....Mattresses!!

I'm not really sure what to blog about today...nothing much has been going on. I was going to blog about our epic Thanksgiving weekend, but my mom beat me to it! You can check out her blog post HERE. It's written better than I could have done, and I encourage you to check it out because we had a great time!

Last night Hubby and I went out to find a new mattress. It was probably one of the most interesting challenges we've faced in our marriage, so far. We went to Mattress Warehouse first and tried a bunch of mattresses. It was really difficult to find one we both like, since I favor a plusher mattress and Hubby likes a firmer one. I told him if he wants to sleep on something rock hard there's always the floor - yeah, that didn't go over so well. We ended up finding a good compromise that we both felt would be fine, but unfortunately it was about 300 dollars over budget. Money is obviously really tight right now, and I just don't feel comfortable spending more than we had planned.

We decided to stop at Grand's furniture on our way home, and went to look at mattresses there. Hubby loves that they give you a coke in a glass bottle, so he was all smiles while we were there. They had this really cool set up that asks you questions about your hight, how you sleep (side, stomach, back) your age and if you have any body pain. We each took the survey and then lay down on a test bed that finds all the pressure points on your body and does a bunch of other calculations to figure out what bed is best for you. Of course, Hubs and I need completely different beds. This is where it gets cool - they sell beds that are half and half. So we found out that I was blue and Hubby was red and they make mattresses with that combination. The blue side was perfect for me, plusher and comfy with enough support while the red side was everything Hubby could have ever wanted - firm and supportive. Best of all, the mattress is right in our price range!!

We decided to wait a few weeks and see what we get for Christmas before we make our final decision, because I really liked a mattress that was the half/half type with a pillow top, but it was about 500 out of our budget. We are thinking we might direct some Christmas money towards it, because a mattress is really a long term decision.

Well, this wasn't really what I planned on blogging about, but here it is, a thrilling post about mattresses. Hope you didn't drift off while reading!