Full of Joy: Go to the Mattresses

Having recently watched, "You've Got Mail" for the millionth time, I couldn't resist the title. Though I've also seen, "The Godfather" (thanks to Tara), I don't recall the "going to the mattresses" thing. For those of you who haven't seen either movie, and are completely confused, we're moving on now.

When Chuck and I were engaged, he already owned a queen-sized bed which he had bought brand new before I was in the picture. I remember the very first time he showed me the bed. It looked really nice, and cute (for a guy bed) in his guest bedroom. I distinctly recall sitting on the bed and flinging myself backwards to get a good feel for it. I also very distinctly recall feeling like I had just sat on the hard floor and flung myself backwards onto the hard ground. I laughed out loud at how uncomfortable the mattress was. But, I was engaged, giddy, and starry-eyed- ecstatic to marry the man of my dreams so it didn't bother me. Then.
After we were married, I quickly learned that when my dreamy brand new husband fell asleep the second his head hit the pillow, I was left to my newlywed loneliness and a very uncozy mattress. Three years have gone by and I've sacrificed night after night sleeping on that thing. Well, God knows my love language is gifts, and I'm convinced He loves to lavish me with them. This week topped the charts in my book for one of the greatest gifts ever. God used some pretty special people to....wait for it....buy us a brand-new mattress! (You know who you are, and I can not even begin to THANK YOU enough!!!)

We got to go and pick it out (so awkward, might I add to try out beds- a post for another day) ourselves. Thankfully, my friend Ang was an enormous help. She's apparently the mattress guru and told us everything we needed to know. Including the tip that we needed to wheel and deal to get the best price along with some stuff for free. That's right, on top of our amazing plush, pillow-top mattress, we also got TWO, that's right TWO FREE luxury memory foam, contour pillows. I've never had a nice pillow, and I'm ecstatic to be the proud owner of one. Another great tip, queen-sized box springs can be ordered as split so it's much easier to move- again, thanks to Ang the mattress guru.

So here I sit, on my Simmons Beautyrest, plush pillow-top mattress, cozied up to my memory foam, contour pillow. We're heading into our first night together and I'm so excited I don't know if I'll be able to sleep!