It's The Little Things That Matter in Life . . .

The Husband and I are a very interesting mix of high-maintenance and low-maintenance in the items that we purchase around the house and for ourselves. For instance, we could care less that our carpet has the appearance of a moth-eaten rag, but by all that is holy, we MUST have a very large TV, preferably projection and definitely widescreen - the current one is 52". We shop for the vast majority of our every-day necessities at Wal-Mart or KMart to pinch the pennies, but we HAVE to have whole milk mozarella cheese to add to our pizza. None of this low-fat crap on our pizza pies, dammit! Mayonnaise must be Best Foods brand. Ketchup? Eh, every brand tastes the same. Get whatever's cheapest. You get the picture. I love a bargain, but some things are worth their weight in gold and when we need it, we spend the Benjamins if necessary.

One area that we have always been very, very picky is our bedding. For years we had to order the satin sheets that we loved so very much from Fingerhut of all places because back in the 90s, there was just no where else that we could find them, aside from driving out of town and going from place to place irritating ourselves to no end. Same thing with our comforters. Must be satin. It's totally a texture thing, and we admit that we're high maintenance about it.

In the year before I had my DS, we were unable to find satin sheets ANYWHERE for under $200 just for a flat sheet, so we condescended to get a high-quality 400 thread-count cotton sateen sheet set. It met the softness that we craved, but didn't have the true slippery quality of satin that we like. But since we had to get something new, it would do. For now. We didn't replace our comforter because we hated everything that was out there.

But this weekend, I had had enough. Enough of a miss-matched sheet and comforter set (dark plum sheets, blue satin pillowcases, blue satin comforter, enough of a ripped comforter to boot. It was way past time to search something out. So, I went shopping. And found the motherlode.

At Mervyns, they are FINALLY shaping up to our reality and have actual full sets of satin sheets for sale! Whoo-hooo! And look! They come in California King. Bonus! But now, for a comforter. Hrm. Ugly. Ugly. Ugly. Ugly. Oooh! Pretty! That's nice too, but not the right size. Sigh. Ugly. Ugly. Ugly. Tah-dah! We have a winnah!

And look at this. It's all ON SALE! $500 worth of bedding for the price of $200! Can't beat that with a stick, people! So we are now the proud owners of all new scarlet satin sheets and a deep scarlet and gold embroidered comforter set. And boy, howdy, are they nice and toasty warm. They will be the perfect weight for summer as well - the benefit of satin is that it feels so nice and cool in the summer, which is a huge help for us with falling asleep.

I'll be honest here. We have never, EVER had a bedding set that has looked as nice as this one. Ever. I'm a little bit stunned, but a little bit giddy. I love my bedding. We didn't want to get out of bed this morning, we were reveling in it so much. Now I just need a bedstead that would actually look nice with this new bedding, rather than the converted waterbed thing that we've got going on. (Remember what I said about being high maintenance in some places and low in others? Yeah, it's laid out for you right there on our bed. *sigh* We're so wierd.)

I think I'm going to head back today and pick up another satin sheet set for a backup. Perhaps in black. You can NEVER have enough good satin sheets. Because who knows when they're going to take them away from us again!