Furniture shopping is hell....

I would like some new bedroom furniture. Do we NEED it? No. We have perfectly functional furniture. My grandmother won it in some sort of department store contest in 195?. Two twin beds, a chest of drawers and a dresser. We have a king sized Select Comfort, so the twin beds go together to make the king. All nice and solid and workable. But, they are not my taste. Again, grateful, but not a big fan of the style. We have had the set our whole marriage, almost 16 years. So when I got the bright idea of looking for new bedroom furniture, it seemed logical. New Year sales are pretty sweet right now, so why not? I have three good reasons why not and they are currently sleeping in their beds right now. As I have said before while we have relatives here, none of them are available to watch our children very often at all. The children, bribed heavily with a dinner out accompanied by their uncle, walked into a huge furniture store like little ducklings. It started out with promise, but furniture is such a temptation. They want to touch and climb on and lay on and move every single piece. After so many stores, those beds in there really do look inviting. S brought her iPod Touch and took this shot:

This was taken as we turned around to find the boy wanting so badly to pick a huge ceramic pig up off a dining room table display. Luckily he had not gotten a great hold on it yet. The kids also learned the stalking/predatory tendencies of the salespeople there. I know everyone has to make a living these days. I have just always felt like walking carrion with the vultures circling as soon as I enter. The lady who got to us first had pointed out where the bedroom suites could be found and told us to call if we needed anything. Twenty minutes, deep in what we thought were the bowels of the store,the lady shows up to find us. G, shocked at the sight of her says, "How did she find us in here? Do they have cameras following us?". I couldn't say no, because I have wondered the same thing. We finally did the customary dance with the sales lady. "Can you get us a price on this. Can we please get the dimensions. No, we do not finance things. We can't commit to buying until we see if we can fit it in the house. Yes, we'd love to take your card. Sure you can check on the other pieces, but we will have to buy a piece at a time. We understand they are in a suite. Thank you for your time.". So, needless to say, we didn't buy anything tonight. I have learned that with furniture, I have expensive tastes. So, we'll just have to save up for each piece, but that is okay. They'll just feel that much better when we get them....even if they are five gajillion dollars a piece.