My hubby and I have learned not to buy the first thing we see.  This is a good thing because we want to be good stewards of our money and we want to be happy with our purchase.  And this is bad because we want to be good stewards, we want to be happy, and it takes us way too long to do our research and make a decision. 

Making a decision on which mattress is pretty tough.  After all, you don’t lie on the store mattress for very long and every night you have to sleep on the one your choose.  You just can’t go throwing out money like it’s nothing.

I just have to say that the Tempurpedic was our first choice, but I would have to save for a lot longer to buy it.  I didn’t have $3500 lying around.  lol  And just a bit of advice . . . if you’re in the market for a mattress, I would recommend going by The Original Mattress Company.  They actually buy name brand mattresses and cut them apart so that you can really see what’s inside and make an informed decision.  Some mattress companies out there are advertising memory foam and all these other bells and whistles.  I looked inside one mattress that claimed to have memory foam and the piece of foam was about 2 ft by 2 ft.  No kidding!

Our mattress purchase cost us over $1200.  I’m such a cheapskate sometimes.  It makes me cringe to spend that kind of money.  I hope our backs will be happier for it.

What kind of big purchase have you made lately?  Did you do your research before buying?

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