It’s a two-piece sectional that we bought in Dubai. Very pretty and modern, a lovely seafoam green. We were glad that we could make it work when we moved back to the US and bought a house, because we really loved it.<\/p>\n
The couch is now 10 years old and it’s had a good run, but Tom and I are also 10 years older.<\/p>\n
That means we put comfort ahead\u00a0of just about everything else when it comes to personal purchases. It means our backs and joints need support. So today we bought a couch that has a recliner built into either end.<\/p>\n
We had waited several months to buy it because I’d\u00a0read that furniture is cheapest in February, and sure enough there was a sale this weekend.<\/p>\n
Despite the sale, it was a big expenditure, but even my most frugal cells are not screaming. They’ve been silenced by the rest of my body. Ah…..<\/p>\n
But it’s true that a double-recliner couch is not commonly bought by young\u00a0people.<\/p>\n
Maybe it’s that young people don’t like to just sit. Or maybe it’s that young people don’t appreciate how good it feels to be able to sink into a piece of furniture that way. Young people don’t need to have chairs that they can fall asleep in because they generally don’t have that kind of insomnia (at least I didn’t when I was young).<\/p>\n
Well, some young couple can buy the pretty green sectional from the thrift store where we’re donating\u00a0it.<\/p>\n
And I will lay in the recliner and read and fall asleep.<\/p>\n
If that’s what it means to get old, I guess I can live with that.<\/p>\n
Today’s penny is a 2006, the year we bought the green couch in Dubai.<\/p>\n
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