Today we went shopping. We wanted to check out a few more furniture stores in the city so we set out at about noon and got home at around 4:15pm. First we went to Ashley Furniture and found a couple of nice couches and chairs that we like, one is leather and one is microfibre. I think I like the easy cleanability of leather and when you get up you don't leave a butt print behind. The leather is definitely more expensive, but if it is furniture we will have for 20 years I think it'll be worth it. We didn't see anything else too thrilling there, so we moved on to Uncle Ed's. That stop was a waste of time. I am glad we didn't have to go out of our way for that one. Not much that was of interest to us, and as a side note they were still carrying our table and chairs that we currently have...and Jason bought that 6 years ago. Of course it's now $200 more expensive. After that we tried going to Furniture World (despite their annoying tv and radio ad jingle) but were unable to get in because of about six stairs. Again we moved on, this time to Home Depot to check out some blinds. My sister recommended them because she said they were able to cut them to size right there, but that is only if you want white ones and we don't, so they were a little pricey. Honestly though, I have never bought blinds before and I don't know what a good price is for a custom fitted faux wood horizontal blind. They do have some nice ones there though and if we don't find a better price somewhere else, we may go back. After all of those stops we went back to Leon's to check out some mattresses and to put a deposit down on the headboard, dresser and kitchen table and chairs that we liked from last week. On second inspection I definitely really like the headboard and table and chairs. This furniture shopping business is fun :) We also found a fairly reasonably priced mattress set at Leon's that we might pick up, but Jay would possibly like to go try laying on it before we shell out the big bucks. Though they do have a 90 day comfort policy.
I am the type of person that when I am shopping I like to browse and if I need help or have a question I will track down a salesperson to ask. I don't really like to be hounded or feel like I am being hovered over. I thought it was kind of funny at Ashley that the salesman that we talked to a little bit said he would let us browse and to just give him a shout if we needed anything. So we started walking away from him and he followed (not too close, but a little too close to let us talk to each other without being overheard). So we tried to walk a little faster to see if we could 'ditch' him, but nope he followed us around. Then we thought, hey, maybe we should take the elevator upstairs and look around up there. So we went up, and the coast was clear.....for about TWO seconds, he took the escalator up :P He was a nice enough guy, and I didn't feel that he was pressuring us, but I think he was a little annoying. It didn't bother me enough that I felt turned off of buying from them, but it gave me a good chuckle.
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