Sofa so good...

Sometimes I just can't get an idea out of my head. Those passing stray thoughts which instead of passing through completely to then disappear back into the ether as all good passing thoughts should, instead firmly lodge themselves in the back of my mind, there to take root and grow.

This one was little more than a month or so old. One day it suddenly occurred to me that my current sofa wasn't making best use of the limited space available to me in my flat. It didn't seem a particularly insidious thought at the time, but it kept niggling at me afterwords. Wouldn't a two sofa arrangement be more inviting for guests? And a sofa bed would be ideal for visitors, surely?

I couldn't help but ponder the possibilities. Still I was assured I wasn't going to anything about it in the short term. I was perfectly comfortable with my current arrangement after all and I wasn't about to make any silly spur of the moment purchases. After all, who on earth buys furniture on a whim...?

Mark raises his hand sheepishly. Yes, well, turns out I do. I accompanied Kerry to a John Lewis warehouse sale this afternoon which I'd been led to believe was selling cut price electronics and gadgets, but which turned out to have more space dedicated to furnishings of all varieties, sofas inclusive. And there, sitting in the midst of a small sea of sofas were a pair of cream leather settees which happened to fit my bill almost perfectly and at an irresistible bargain price. I was fortunate to have reached them first. I sat myself on one of them and immediately grabbed hold of the shiny red price tags (thus preventing anyone else from claiming them as their own). The vultures quickly circled, but the price tag remained clutched firmly in my hands and I shooed most of them away. One woman shrewdly tried to put me off by pointing out several marks on the surface, but I'd already established that these were readily removed. I tried to think up reasons not to purchase the sofas but, alas, I bought them before I came up with any.

They arrive tomorrow. I have until then to dispose of my existing sofa, otherwise it's going to be awfully cramped in here.

Remind me not to make any more impulse purchases for a while...