I love to sleep. I married a man who loves to sleep. And considering that we (humans) spend anywhere from 6-10 hours a day sleeping - some more/some less - I feel that the bed in which you do so is a true investment. Additionally, I believe the bedding in which you outfit your mattress is just as crucial. You can have the most comfortable pillow-top on the market, but if you wrap it in scratchy sheets, a pleasant night's sleep will not be had!
Thus, when making my bed this past week I noticed (gasp) a hole in the corner of my Pure Beech® modela sheets. And so, on Saturday, Matt and I made the hour-long trip to Springfield for a day of sheet buying at Bed, Bath & Beyond, a stop at Best Buy, and an unforeseen foray into warehouse mercantilism at the local Sam's Club.
Our original plan had just been to get a membership at the club. We were only going to do a quick survey of the store - in case we wanted to come back at the end of the day and get some produce. How quickly plans can change.
Following mugshots at the customer service desk, and a tutorial on how to operate the E-Kiosk, we looked at the store around us and all of it's wares. We hadn't even gotten past the fringe of the electronics section when Matt turned to me and asked, "Should we get a cart?" Looking around at the three acre complex and it's shelves stocked to replicate what I imagine the underbelly of the Titanic looked like on it's maiden voyage, I said, "Yeah, why not...just in case."
"Just in case" and trunkful of loose, bulk supplies later we left Sam's Club. Although it wasn't a planned shopping trip, we got a lot of useful things for the house, and we shouldn't have to restock for about three months. Still, there is a lesson to be learned from warehouse shopping: ALWAYS have a list, otherwise everything seems like a good deal at the time. And good deals - in mass quantity - amount to a fair sum of money in the end.
We finished our day in town getting the last items on our original list: my super comfortable linens and an Apple® TV - which Matt finally talked me into after some goading, but which I'll admit was well worth the $100.00.
Before leaving Springfield we stopped at Barnes & Noble, just to browse the bookshelves and get a cup of hot chocolate. We got home around dinner time, noshed on some of the snacks we had bought at Sam's, threw the sheets in the laundry, and then went out for drinks with some friends. By the time the clock struck midnight Matt and I had returned to the house in our pumpkin, and we're settled in for a long night's sleep; wrapped securely in the loving arms of my new, hole-free, 300 thread count, sateen sheets.
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