A mattress...

At 34 I'm shopping for my first mattress.  Seems a little strange to me and I'm so worried about buyers remorse.  At this point I think I'd rather be researching and buying a new vehicle.  I remember the nerves of picking out and buying my first couple of vehicles, but eventually those nerves passed.  I didn't have any worries after buying our last vehicle (other than the fact that I was planning to quit my regular paying job the next month). 

Wes bought a brand new mattress somewhere around the time we started dating.  So, he picked out what he loved in a mattress.  After 9 years together I can tell you that we do NOT have the same preferences in beds.  When we sleep somewhere new the next morning goes like this, "That was the BEST night sleep" while the other grumbles, "I've never slept so terrible.  My whole body aches."

Like I said, our current mattress is somewhere around 9 years old and is so ready to be replaced.  We both hurt when we wake up.  There is a nice dip in the middle of the bed which means I constantly have to fight to keep myself on my side of the bed.  It was cute when we were first married and cuddled all the time, but really, after 6 years of marriage I'm more concerned about a good night sleep. 

Not to mention how this pregnancy is making sleeping even worse.  Hips hurt.  Back hurts.  Little children that think they can sneak into bed during the night without me knowing.  Not helping one bit.

So, we made the big decision to buy a new mattress.  Given our complete difference in preferences for beds I am think that the Sleep number bed is the only option for us.  We've been researching and going round and round trying to pick out the best one for the price (those suckers aren't cheap).

I think we've settled on a model, but I really am worried about buyer's remorse.  Might be time to sit back and think a few days before I hit "buy."