Since Nordstrom's has such a great shoe department, the Rack also has some good selection in their shoe department--I go there all the time for my gym shoes. That's the big downside to my sister moving away from Seattle; no more shopping at the big Rack store downtown, near Pike Place Market.
My favorite old-time-style department store is State Street Marshall Fields (even though it is now Macy's--feh!), with the wonderful Tiffany dome.
As for mattress shopping, make sure they provide free delivery and free takeaway of your old set.
Also, test the mattress in the position you normally sleep in
Does this mean I should bring my cat and put him in between my feet??
their conclusion was that it's a big-ass racket
Great. Thanks, though, that is helpful.
My plan is to go to a department store (Carson Pirie Scott) who is having a big 50% off sale this weekend and 2 discount mattress places (American Mattress and Bedding Experts) to try some mattresses out.
Consumer Reports says:
Despite the claims, there is no best bed for everyone. You'll need to spend time finding the mattress that's most comfortable and supportive for you.
Trying a mattress for 15 minutes in a store can predict long-term satisfaction.
The cheap mattresses featured in flyers are apt to be less durable than others; their padding may be so thin that you feel the springs.
Sales are frequent, discounts are steep, and no one should pay list price for a conventional innerspring mattress.
They also say that all but the cheapest mattresses have plenty of coils.
I totally know the bed I would like to buy because I've slept on it numerous times and never slept so well. It's the beds they have at the Westin. Sadly, they don't make that bed in the size I need so I'm SOL until I move to a new place. Which might not happen for another decade.
Fifteen minutes per bed? I'd go nuts.
I'm scared of the day I have to buy a new mattress. I totally lucked out on mine -- I bought it used (!! what was I thinking?? But it was nearly-new and perfectly fine) for $100 like 8 years ago, and it's still going strong.
Just got a nice thank-you call from my mom for her bday present, so that's good.
I have futon mattresses. I think they're great. I figure I'll keep going with them unless I find love in a Tempurpedic.
My mom and I were discussing my mattress about 2 years ago. I mentioned that I needed a new one.
Mom: No, you don't!
Me: Um, Mom? Yeah, I do.
Mom: No! When I bought that mattress, it was top of the line and had a 20 year warranty.
Me: Yeah. And when was that?
Mom: That was when we moved to Denver and (lightbulb goes off) yes, you do need a new mattress.
She bought it in 1979. Yes, folks. My mattress is almost 30 years old.
I'd be all "Mom! I can't do boys younger than the mattress I'm doing them on!"
Heh. My grandmother recently got a new mattress as a gift, because hers was at least that old, but she wasn't going to buy a new one, due to the fact that she's just going to die at any minute (her attitude, not ours), so why waste the money?
