Bargain!

I spent most of yesterday cleaning and re-arranging the lounge – something I’ve been wanting to do for quite a while. Turning the desk was, of course, the toughest part of the job; so I removed the drawers to make it lighter … and Mewthos immediately jumped into that lovely new hidey-hole!

Lady Jane had some blood on her ear – looks like she stuck her head where she shouldn’t have, and scraped it a bit when she pulled her head out again! Nothing serious, though.

Then, today, I had finally made up my mind regarding the furniture I had looked at and went off to purchase my choice! The sales-man was standing outside the door, as if waiting for me, he he! Well, when I looked at my choice, I found – to my delight – that the price had gone down! By a 3^rd! That’s quite a reduction! And then I saw, that one of the wing-back chairs I had been eyeing is also reduced! Drastically!

It would be spending more than I had initially planned, so I thought about it for a while. Those wing-backs are strangely expensive most of the time, though. And getting one for the price of a cheap sleeper-couch? Doesn’t happen often. On closer inspection, I saw the reason for the reduction: there was a tiny damage, underneath the chair, the material had come loose. But that’s easy to repair.

I decided to get both! Plus an Ottoman! When he took down the chair & Ottoman, and I tried it out – I didn’t want to get up again! It was so comfortable! I won’t regret this decision, I’m sure!

As we sat at his desk, and he was taking my details, the salesman mentioned that he, too, has cats, but finds them typically aloof. I shared how cuddly and loving my little family is, and how far they go out of their way to please me – well, I didn’t mention the needy, whiny, want attention part. He couldn’t believe it! He always assumed that cats are naturally aloof and treat their ‘owners’ as food-givers and cleaners. We talked quite a bit and he was really happy to hear his preconception was not true; he wants to give ‘attention’ a try and see how that will work.

When he came back for the office he told me that he was so happy to hear how to improve his relationship with his cats, that he’ll put the ‘show’ pieces back and will send me new, out of the box, furniture straight from the warehouse! So the wing-back won’t even be damaged! Isn’t that a bargain!

I can hardly wait for the delivery, tomorrow! Oh, I’m so excited, now! I picked such a lovely, old-fashioned wing-back chair! It looks like it’s covered in curtain-material, striped in three shades of brown with a ‘golden’ thread in between! And the Ottoman! Well, even though it looks like leather, rather than material, it goes with the chair plus I can put stuff inside it! And the sleeper-couch! I’ll put it behind the desk, so in the evenings I can watch a movie or an episode with all my cats curled up around me!

I’ve been dreaming about one of those chairs ever since I moved in here, though at the time I imagined it in the spare room, the library. Yeah, that’s how long I’ve been wanting one of these chairs! Long before Ziva even appeared. So, dreams can come true!

I popped in to Checkers, next door, to get some bread and milk and they had some ‘throws’ on special! Some lovely fleecy big ones! So I took three of those for my new furniture! The lounge is going to be quite crowded, but I’ll move things around and open it up a bit.

Oooh, I’m so excited now! I want to carry on with the re-arrangement of the lounge – now! He he, I should do some work in the kitchen, first, though!

Uh oh! Got a police helicopter circling low over this neighbourhood! Mips came inside, even Ziva came up the stairs – I had to call her a few times before she came in, though. Poor girl is quite scared! Snoopy is also safely inside, and I take this opportunity to wash his eye out. It looks like someone did wash it out since last time I saw him, his eye was nearly shut yesterday, while today it’s open and just some dried gunk outside, which comes off easily.

I just heard on the news what happened: two guys approached a third guy and shot him. One of the two was apprehended, the other got away. So, I’m keeping my door shut for a while! It’s the Mippies Siesta time, anyway, so they’re okay with it. Snoopy insisted on going out, though. And Ziva doesn’t like a shut door during the day. She’s sitting there contemplating whether she can open it herself!