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Being a grown up is quite exhausting sometimes. There's just so much life-maintenance-stuff to be done - cooking, cleaning, insurance, investments, bills, work, etc.

Our latest grown up thing is looking into getting a new mattress. I've never bought a new mattress before - I went from home to a dorm bed to a student apartment with a mattress a friend's family donated (thanks Joel's family!), to a futon bed of Peter's to a mattress we bought off a coworker a few months after he bought it.... and that's the mattress we have now. We actually moved it from WI because it was cheaper to do that than get a new one.

Anyway, now it's a bit saggy in the middle and I'm just kind of skeeved out by the thought of 7 years worth of dust mites. I'd like to get a new mattress and put a protective cover on it so I can sleep soundly. It's mostly a mental thing. But mattress shopping sucks - the markup on mattresses is insane, you can't do any research because every place gives the mattress a different name, it's almost enough to make me suck it up and live with our mattress. We're in limbo right now, undecided on a course of action. Feel free to advise.

6 comments:

YHZgirl said...

4:08 AM

Ikea?
Jennifer said...

5:02 PM

Memory foam...best investment we EVER made! We've had it over 8yrs and every night I go to bed I think it was the best decision...really! I know that now there are eco options...they had some at the Green Living Show in Toronto.
burrito said...

9:30 PM

memory foam, huh? We haven't laid down on any of those yet.... will have to try!
Sean said...

12:42 PM

The bottom line is that you get what you pay for. I'll never cheap out on a mattress again! Make sure you buy from a place with a sleep guarantee…that way if the mattress isn’t right for you it can be exchanged. The last one we bought we wanted a lot firmer. However, we went too firm and Sarah’s back was sore the very first night we slept on it…so back it went and the replacement we chose was perfect!

A good mattress should last you 10 years…and the allergen/might cover is great, we have one as well.
desajair said...

8:09 PM

I've bought 3 beds from Sleep Country in the last 6.5 years and love them. I always joke to the sales guy "how many beds do I have to buy to get one free", and they always end up giving me free pillows (umm, whopdedo, but hey, free)

So ya, I like Sleep Country. We've had our king the full 6.5 years and it's still in awesome shape. And the new ones we bought for the kids are all non-flip mattresses which rock.
Mom said...

7:35 AM

I am in the memory foam camp, can not sleep on a regular mattress. Get at least the 3 inch, then get a good deep pocket mattress cover. You can come here to test it out ;)