Simple living in the country - back to basics

themadvix

Good luck with your mattress hunt Cheery. I can't give you any advice as we're onto our third within 10 years (the first pre-dated our marriage though) and hate this one too. I have a dunlopillo pillow though and think SL's suggestion would be good. Like a Premier Inn mattress too, but this one is a Hypnos and it's so uncomfortable now - I think hotel room mattresses have the advantages of not having the same person sleeping in them permanently so they don't get a dent where one person sleeps repeatedly and are also changed much more often that the average mattress. We slept on some lovely ones in America (and slept really well there), but after having spent so much on this one and it not be right, I'm loathe to start the hunt again. 

Cheery_Daff

That's my worry really. I'm pretty flexible and will usually sleep well anywhere, but Mr Cheery has a bad back and often struggles in an unusual bed. We won't be rushing into anything. Thanks for the tips both of you - I suspect yours is a little more than I was hoping to pay SL but 30 years is a good innings!

Suffolk_lass

Maybe a latex topper if the old one isn't too knackered?

Cheery_Daff

Maybe! Although clearly I need to do some research (and get my mind out of the gutter) because the 'latex mattress topper' I'm imagining probably isn't the same as the one you're suggesting... 😮😂😂

Suffolk_lass

Cheery_Daff said:

Maybe! Although clearly I need to do some research (and get my mind out of the gutter) because the 'latex mattress topper' I'm imagining probably isn't the same as the one you're suggesting... 😮😂😂

Naughty Cheery! 🤣🤣🤣🤪🤪

KajiKita

Hi @Cheery_Daff,   

I appreciate the misery of sleeping on an old mattress - t'is hopeless! I second the idea of getting a memory foam mattress topper - absolutely transformed both our levels of comfort (Mr Kita is a carpenter and feels his aches and pains more now too). Might be worth pricing up mattresses with them incorporated and as separate items to see if that saves anything?

KK  

Cheery_Daff

Thanks both, will investigate. I'm struggling with the idea of getting rid of a 'perfectly good' mattress so a topper might be the ideal solution. 

Not had an kind of conversation about this with Mr Cheery today yet so that's probably the first place to start!

Staffordia

I can recommend the Premier Inn mattress. I used to wake up very achy, but we've had this over 18 months now and my sleep has been transformed. No more achy hips when I wake up 

Cheery_Daff

Ooh, lots of recommendations, thank you!

We were a bit out of sorts this evening, and Mr Cheery has been on his own all day, so we went for a bit of an excursion. Did something we VERY rarely do, and ended up in a pub beer garden 😂 

Bit sad in a way - it's the pub nearest to where our friends lived who moved to Ireland in the last couple of weeks 🙄 They were our only proper local friends (well, 6 miles away 😂) and we will miss them a lot. They're having a grand old time though!

I'd not had any tea, so we shared some chips, and spent about £10 from the treats budget in total. Worth it tonight for a change of scene, bit of fresh air, and getting out of the house. 

Nothing else financial to report today I don't think. Will do the banking properly tomorrow.

Cheery_Daff

Oh, had an email to say the covid study tests will be arriving in the post soon so that's exciting. First time we've done postal ones, hopefully a bit more convenient than waiting in. 

And I've got a mouth ulcer - not financial, but annoying 😂