Small Door, Big Problem

  I haven't had an update for a while, so I thought I'd share our latest...dilemma.

Couch. Remote. Underwear. Man.

  The little man has figured out how to climb onto our small (and cheap, I might add) couch. He also scales the back and tries to jump over the edge. I might just have to agree with the little old lady at the grocery store...ER trips might be a regular thing in the future.
  He LOVES to play with the blinds that happen to be right behind our couch as well as the gum ball machine, which at the moment, holds Skittles. He knows that they're edible and where they come out, so it's a constant battle to keep him away from it. Not to mention, it's glass.
  The husband and I decided we should get a new (nicer) couch so the little one can't get up there, and so it would last a lot longer than previously mentioned cheap couch.
  Let the shopping adventure begin...
  We looked online for a couple days to see what we might like, and what we would have to save. Then, we went to the local furniture store to check out what they had. Let's just say, small town furniture stores aren't the way to go if you're on a tight budget. Of course, the one couch the husband REALLY liked, was $965. On sale.
  That just wasn't something we were willing to pay. At least I wasn't. We waited another week, and kept on looking online, before we made a longer (45 minute) trip to the grand place called Elk City. The furniture store there, although big, really didn't have anything we were looking for. They had one or two couches that we thought we might like, but if we were going to spend money on a couch, we wanted to love it. On to the next store!
  We stopped in Clinton to look at their store, but had no such luck.
  SO, we waited ANOTHER week, quit procrastinating, and went to the city. All the furniture stores seem to be located on the same block, which is nice when shopping around, but a little overwhelming.
  First stop; Mathis Brothers. For those of you who live here in Oklahoma, and have been in this store, it's seriously overwhelming. I knew it was big, but geez. I didn't expect vulture sales people, a coffee shop, or like 20 cashier windows.

THE Couch

  As soon as we walked through the doors, someone was there in our faces, asking what we wanted. We told him we wanted a nice, but not too expensive couch that was leather or bonded leather, and easy to clean. I could tell he was cringing at the aspect of having to spend the afternoon with a young college couple who probably weren't going to buy anything. Oh well.

Even the baby loved it!

  He ended up being very helpful, and we found a nice couch for a reasonable price that we loved! We decided we would shop around a little more before dropping down a large sum of money. Don't you hate it when you buy something, and then later see the same thing for WAY less? Ugh. Most annoying thing ever.
  Next, we went to Bob Mills. Big, but not as big as Mathis Brothers, and definitely not as helpful. A lady told us what was downstairs and what was upstairs and then left us. We walked around, found NOTHING in our price range and left.
  Big Red Furniture Outlet, or something like that, is kind of a joke. The only couches they had were HUGE sectionals, and lots and lots of patio furniture with fake food. A little creepy and weird seeing food all over the place...
  Factory Direct...what to say about that place. The guy at the front told us where we would find what we were looking for, then said he would leave us to look. Okay, so he really didn't. He would follow us, and when we would stop to look at something, he would stop and turn around. Stop and turn around. It was really weird. When we reached the back of the store, he finally came up to us and asked if we found what we were looking for. Nope.
  Back to Mathis Brothers. After finding our sales person, dragging him around to look at beds (might as well since we were there...), we made our very first REAL furniture purchase. We were SO excited to get that thing home. Oh man. Not having to get the baby off the couch every 10 minutes, being able to sink into the cushions....it was just a dream come true.
   A dream that came to a crashing end.
   It didn't fit through the front door.
   Those of you who have seen our house, well...it's small. Very small. Our front door (and only door) isn't an average size door. It's quite a bit smaller. And the roof to our porch is slanted, so we definitely couldn't stand the couch up to get it through the door.
  After realizing this, we were VERY disappointed. That really is an understatement. I was devastated. My "dream" couch couldn't even get in my door. All that trouble for nothing.
  So now, our lovely new couch stays downstairs, in our garage, all by its lonesome. Well, I guess it has the company of our little car. But still, it goes unused, and we're still pulling a baby off our couch upstairs. Oh well.


   If it wasn't for bad luck, I'd have no luck at all.