We bought a new queen size mattress Sunday afternoon for our master bedroom.

Sunday morning at breakfast Lucille said (the Mrs.), “I’ve been thinking about this for the past few months. They say you should change your mattress every ten years.”
“Seems like we’re slightly overdue,” I replied. “We’ve only had this one 21 years.”
Where should we look? I asked.
She quickly came up with a few local well known names: “Mattress Giant, Baer’s, Carl’s, City Furniture, City Mattress.”
“I like that City Mattress fella on TV,” I said. “The kid with the dark hair could pass for Rudolph Valentino.”

After lunch we leave our West Delray domicile and tool down to Dixie Highway in Boca to City Mattress. After a few minutes wait, sales lady Roz greets us and asks “How can I help you folks?”

“Believe it or not lady, we’re here to buy a mattress to replace a lumpy 21 year old model,” I’m thinking to myself. But we politely ask her to show us a few models, that we only need a mattress, not a box spring since we have a platform bed—also 21 years old.

“What kind of mattress would you like?” she asks.

Lucille says “Not too soft. We both have bad backs. Has to be firm, but not too hard, and it can’t be too high. I’m short.”

“Here, try this one,” Roz says. So we both lie down and try it.
“How much?” I ask.
“This one is $910,” says Roz.
“Too much,” I tell her.
“Do you have a budget in mind?”
“Yep, as low as we can go.”
“Now, honey be realistic,” chides my better half. “Something around $5-600 would be reasonable, Roz.”
Ten minutes more of lying down and standing up on three more beds, we both agree on a Simmons Beauty Rest model in our price range and buy the mattress.
“Fastest sale you ever made,” I said to Roz. She smiled. “When do you want this delivered? she asked.
“Tomorrow will be fine,” says Lucille.
At 11:30 Monday morning the old mattress (and I do mean old) is put on the truck and the new beauty is plopped down on the platform. By 1:30 that afternoon I gave it a test ride for a 30 minute nap.
Right now it’s 2:30 Tuesday morning. I’m going back to bed and get better acquainted with my new mattress.

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