baby, what's in that satchel?

as promised, a post on yesterday's big move. it's very wordy though. you have been warned.

SO! the delivery company said they'd be around at 8am to drop off the furniture. THAT'S RIGHT PEOPLE 8 in the @#$*!*#$& morning.

0730 :: zoot and dingo arrive at castle anthrax and await the delivery of the goods.
0800 :: furniture arrives.
0830 :: set off to get breakfast and to buy some carpet stain remover.
0915 :: zoot vacuums, dingo scrubs the kitchen and laundry. zoot battles stubborn stains in the carpet, dingo battles dirt, spider webs and a billion dead daddylonglegs.
0930 :: zoot temporarily abandons vacuuming due to technical issues and fixes her coffee table together.
1200 :: bboj comes over, dingo and bboj do another kmart run. return with household-y things. zoot goes to petersham to get charcoal chicken.
1345 :: we re-convene at castle anthrax for our first meal!
1430 :: work resumes, with zoot vacuuming and bboj ripping ikea packaging open. dingo runs to get coffee and cake.

now, allow me to rewind to saturday for the bed-purchasing story. at first, i wanted to get this bed, which at $119 for a double would have been cheap. then we found out that it didn't come with slats, which would cost another $40. which is rubbish. so, zoot points out this bed, which is $109 for a double.

however, i didn't find it aesthetically pleasing enough and was kind of mopey about getting it. (oh come on, it's the cheapest double bed, and you can hang hats and belts off the bed post! ok fine whatever) THEN, we chance upon this bed! "oh, i wish it came in a double size", sighed i. "WELL," quoth bboj, "wouldn't two single beds joined together form a double bed?" perhaps! thought zoot and i. after doing a quick measurement that yes, it would fit in my room (with 10cm to spare even), i got 2 of those frames for $9 less than the not-so-pretty one (SCORE! BARGAIN!)

scroll back to 1430 hrs on sunday and bboj's laid out the pieces of the first bed frame and yells for help to hold the pieces together. it's difficult to place the slats across the supports because they are too thin and wobbly on their own. then i yell for help because the room is too narrow for me to hold it in place the logical way. much co-operation is required to execute this exercise.

1700 :: both bed and wardrobe have been assembled AT LAST! dingo's bed measures an impressive 2180 x 2400mm. and the mattress? a paltry 1350 x 1890mm. "OH MY GOD GIRLIE!" exclaims zoot. "your bed takes up two-thirds of your @#$*!&@^ room! this is the most ridiculous bed in the world. your mother will scold". this is true. mother will possibly not be impressed with this even-bigger-than-a-king-sized-bed. but i'm sure she will get over it once she realizes that i can actually fit my entire family in my room when they come to visit.

and as you will soon see, the most ridiculous bed in the world is just one flat (not fitted) queen-sized sheet away from being the most awesome bed in the entire universe.

TADAA !!!