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I thought we’d decided on the leather chairs for the barn we’d seen the day before and were heading down to NH to purchase them, but I was wrong. For a man who claims to hate shopping, it amazed me how many different furniture stores my husband wanted to visit. Day 2? We spent 5 hours driving and 5 hours fruitlessly searching. Granted there were some truly horrible choices.
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White pleather power recliner with LED lighted cup holders?
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That’s a hard no.
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As were these fake snake skin monstrosities. We spent over an hour wandering around one store only to have my husband give up on chairs and focus on the handmade tables crafted entirely from reclaimed wine barrels on the way out.
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And yes, of course he bought one.
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This chair? Goldilocks deemed it too shiny.
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This chair? God help me, he said it was too “crunchy”. I was ready to throw in the towel and live with an empty man cave corner when… after 11 hours of plunking his posterior in at least 40 chairs over the course of 2 days…. he decided he wanted to go back to Jordans and buy the very first chair we saw.
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So that’s what we did. But the first salesman in Maine had neglected to tell us was the New Hampshire warehouse didn’t stock them and we’d have to wait a month or so for them to come in. Grrr. But order them we did, from the NH store (no tax!) and we received a 10% military discount. We also removed the delivery fee by agreeing to pick them up ourselves. Total savings? $630. Was it worth the aggravation? The jury’s still out on that one.
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Love the wine barrel tables! And the chair DOES look comfortable 🙂
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It was comfortable the first time we sat in it…. 2 days, a 5 hour road trip and 11 hours of searching ago.
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And who gets the chair?!?!?
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We bought two.
😉
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Why didn’t he just try to get a discount and delivery fee removed to begin with?
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He did. They wouldn’t.
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But they did second time?
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Same store, different state. We started shopping in Maine and ended in New Hampshire.
😊
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Ah, of course. I’d make a terrible Sherlock Holmes.
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All’s well that ends well…right?
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Time will tell… if he likes them once they’re in the man cave.
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This process of elimination is something the man here does too. It is not a good idea for me to tag along on these excursions… 😵
Anyway congrats on the chair! I like it.
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I’d say the same but there’s no telling what he’d come home with if I wasn’t there.
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How could spending a lovely day with the hubby be aggravating?
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You’ll have to trust me on this one.
😉
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A pretty choice. Sorry the process was so… absurd.
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Shopping with my husband usually is..
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The hubs new name? The Marine Decorator from Maine, I think that suits his shopping habit, no? 😝
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No.
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Wow! Nice chairs and amazing price break!!
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Thanks. I think they’ll fit nicely..
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OMG – I’m ready to kill him and I don’t even know him!
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I think I showed admirable restraint.
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LOVE that chair.
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It was the best of the bunch. Really comfy too…
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Ha…that space-age recliner looks pretty nice to me!
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Ack!
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I can’t help but wonder about that “crunchy” phrase concerning the one chair. Should I pursue this further or just let it go?… 😉
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I think you know the answer to that.
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They’re going to look great . . . let’s hope you can sit great too!
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