The Bed Campaign

Eight months ago, we moved into a house.  It’s a very, very, very fine house, but it’s rather modest in proportions.  Our son’s room is tiny, and what’s more, all of the walls have either a window or a door interrupting their line, so it’s a bit of a challenge to furnish.

But hey, he’s three.  His needs are limited.  And so I’ve slowly assembled - literally! - a collection of Ikea furniture that works quite well.

The sticking point is the bed.  After rejecting several reasonable but not-quite-right models from a number of lower price point retailers, I took to the ‘net.  And there I found it.  Designer ducduc’s Campaign Bed.  Crafted of sustainably harvested hardwoods, with mango, dark chocolate, white or kelly faux leather accents, it was precisely what I’d been dreaming up.

With, unfortunately, a nightmare price tag.  $2,420 on the first site; a mere $2095 on another.

 

The Gimme Gimmes

My child has discovered the world of stuff, and he wants in.

It started last summer at the beach.  We ventured into one of a million sundry shops to pick up suntan lotion, and he made a beeline for a large set of sand toys contained in a plastic truck.

“I want to buy this,” he told me.

“Do you have any money?” I asked, hoping to flummox him.

He looked up at me with all the seriousness that a 2.5 y.o. can muster.  “Yeah.  In my piggy bank.”

My husband burst into peals of laughter.