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Happiness is a new bed.

For the last 12 years, Bonnie and I have been cursed with a bed that we didn't like. To this day, we contend that the Levitz furniture store we bought the bed from us didn't give us the model we'd tried out in the store. It was a Sealy Posturpedic model, and it didn't provide us with the back support or comfort level we wanted. And in recent years it had begun to seriously show its age, with broken innersprings and fraying cover.

But buying a bed is expensive, so we've been postponing it until we were in a position to get a new one without running up a credit account.

That day finally came yesterday when our new bed arrived, and it's magnificent. We got a Back Supporter model from Spring Air -- it's called the Admiralty, and it was on sale for a good price at Mattress Discounters (January isn't just for linen sales, apparently -- it's also when bed companies do deep discounts).

Last night we slept on it for the first time, and Bonnie and I both agree that it's like ... well, night and day. Today was the first day in years I can remember that I woke up in my own bed without lower back and leg pain.

I've been having fun getting linens, too. Bonnie has converted me after long years into understanding that it's worth it to spend money on sheets with high thread counts, as they wash better and last much longer than cheaper stuff, so I've been keeping an eye out on store sales and online sales, and picked up a couple of sets of luxuriously soft and dense cotton sheets, as well as a new comforter set. The comforter is down-filled purple microsuede, which is just too ghetto-fabulous to believe, and it arrived today via Amazon.com. Makes me want to raise a pimp cup to toast my new bedroom ensemble, fa shizzle.