The Bed

It is ridiculously hot in Iowa right now (it was over 110 degrees this past week). However, it won't always be this hot. Eventually it will go from this

to this.

Michael and I decided that we needed a comforter to keep us warm during snowy Iowa winter nights. As we were looking around for sweet deals on duvets we happened upon this picture.



Michael is anti-color. I LOVE color. Right now we have 4 different colors of throw pillows on our bed. It's my dream come true but Michael isn't into it. When Michael informed me that he really liked this bed I was surprised by how much I liked it too. Don't you think it looks like sleeping on a fluffy, ruffly cloud?

The price tag for the white Pottery Barn bedding above is over $700. We don't have that kind of cash. So, the last few weekends have been spent searching for similar bedding. We weren't having much success until this weekend. On Friday we found an awesome quilt and matching shams (originally priced at $260) for $70 at Macy's. That kicked our bedding search into high gear.

We really wanted the Pottery Barn duvet cover. It was expensive, but doable thanks to an extremely generous gift from Emily Andersen's (Michael's friend Cody's wife) mom. I made Cody and Emily's wedding cake as a gift and her family gave us a gift card to Williams-Sonoma/Pottery Barn to say thanks. Nothing is better than receiving an unexpected package (thanks Lloyd family)!

On Saturday, we drove to Smitty's BBQ with some of our best friends here in San Antonio (thanks Rodgers, Ballards, and Rupps). After eating our body weight in meat went to the following stores in the following order:

Pottery Barn Outlet

Macy's

Another Macy's

Bed Bath & Beyond

Restoration Hardware

Pottery Barn
Probably another Macy's

Ross

Target

Another Ross

Bed Bath & Beyond

This might seem a bit excessive, and it was.  What can I say, we were consumed.  In the end it all payed off.  Thanks to a freaking amazing sale at Macy's and some lucky finds at Target we were able to get all of the components for our Pottery Barn look-alike bed for around $190. Now we have a bed that will keep us warm when we move to Iowa in TWELVE(ish) DAYS, as well as some good quality blankets/shams that will last us a very long time.

Here is the finished product.

I had to throw in some color somewhere.

Now we just need to train Moose to never jump on the bed, ever again.