Today I purchased my first ever-complete living room seating set. This was a monumental day for me.
Over the past year I have cleared up a lot of shit in my life. I mean A LOT of shit. It's kind of mind blowing actually. I got a great tax return this year and decided to invest it in the one thing that as an adult I have never really had, and that is real furniture. I've never been one to rack up credit card bills, which has worked out great for me. I have no debt. But I've never made a huge purchase either. My sofa, bedroom furniture and computer desk are all from Ikea. The bedroom furniture and computer desk are working out fine for me, but the sofa has been a bane on my existence for 3 years now while I've suffered severe back problems. I hate that couch. I hate it so much.
So today I went and bought myself a four-piece set: sofa, loveseat, big oversized chair and ottoman - all big, beautiful black leather. Just the way I like my living room seating. Growing up, I remember the first time my mother ever purchased real living room seating: the sofa, the loveseat and the big oversized chair - all big, beautiful black leather. She still has them and has added other great leather sofas to her collection over the years, but those first ones still look great, and they are still comfortable as all hell. So I really felt like I did the right thing in the ones that I chose. I also felt sort of like my mother, but thankfully, without the three kids to boot.
My mom and I are incredibly alike (though the same could probably be said of my dad and I), and strangely, I've surrendered to wanting to be just like her in a lot of ways - though let's not get crazy. There are some parts I'm not jumping to emulate. But despite our many inevitable disagreements in life, I still can't help the tendency to always believe that she was right about everything and still is. I always say that's the greatest gift anyone can give their mother, to give up your pride and allow her to be right about everything. I think that my mom has great taste, so it's not a big surprise that in choosing living room furniture, I followed her lead. And truthfully, I'm just glad that it will be easy to clean and goes with everything. Another thing I got from my mother: practicality.
I have NEVER been so excited as I am about the impending delivery of my new living room seating. Okay well there's a slight possibility I've been this excited, but this particular feeling is one I've never had before; knowing that I am going to actually have a comfortable place to sit and be lazy in my own house that may actually help my achy breaky back rather than make it achier and breakier. It's also good to feel like this represents a new level of adulthood for me. A fabulous thing.
Happy Mother's Day Mom! You were right about everything, and you still are.
Congratulations! You know, I had a full-on anxiety attack when I first purchased my first piece of "grown up" furniture and that was only 10 years ago, bahaha! Even still, it is quit monumental for anyone, so again, congrats.
Posted by: Cupie at May 14, 2006 12:35 PM