New Bed

I'm stuck at home today until our new mattress has been delivered so I spend the morning mooching around, and then I get a phone call telling me that my delivery slot is between 10 and 12 in the morning. I don't have very long then to wait and by about 11 the men are knocking at the door with the mattress stuck between them.

I manage to sweet talk them into taking the mattress upstairs for me (since it says on their delivery guidelines that they are not obliged to take the mattress any further than the front door) and after I've put some washing on (the sheets from the old bed) I head on out to get some new bedding and a new mattress protector thingy (and no, we ain't taking about a waterproof one!)

I decide that the best place to get the stuff I need is down at John Lewis, which is a 30 minute trip down the m40 for me and from past experience I know they do good bedding even though its a tad pricey. Once I get there I spend a good while deciding on what to get, make my 160 quid's worth of purchases and head on home.

By the time I'm back at our pad I'm starving so I get a bite to eat and then set about organising upstairs - so moving the old mattress off the old bed and putting it in the guest bedroom out of the way, putting the new mattress on the bed frame and making the bed up with the new sheets. It's hefty, hot and sweaty work but I finally get there and it looks lovely, and on a quick test starfish challenge I have to say it's very comfy too :)

It's not long till Phil gets home who also checks out the new bedroom furnishings and he also has an early night too to make sure he's given it a good test drive in the 30 - 40 days we have to decide if we're going to keep it or not.

Posted by Abi on the August 4, 2006 9:25 PM