We bought a new vacuum cleaner...at Wal-Mart. Nothing says "old married couple" quite like a Saturday night comparing the pros and cons of dirt suckers. In all fairness to my husband, he did take me to see a movie I wanted to see: Date Night with Steve Carrell & Tina Fey is hysterical and spot on in its portrayal of the mundane predictability of life. Following the movie and a large popcorn and drink we decided to skip dinner and go shopping instead.
I don't know about your husband, but shopping with my man is always an adventure. I think most women choose the vacuum cleaner for their home; not so with me. I am a perfectly secure woman who willing to turn this "major mechanical" decision over to her man. Again, to be fair - he uses it way more than I do, and really, I just want him to be happy. His years as a housewares buyer for a local department store make him uniquely qualified for this decision. He knows his stuff.
After much pondering and comparing we left with a super duper pet hair sucking machine, guaranteed to give us a sparkly clean house. He was happy and due to the cute dog on the box, so was I.
Sunday we decided to put this domestic marvel to the task and vacuum our 20 year old carpeting. Without going into embarassing details I will simply say - the folks at Eureka do not exaggerate their advertising. The sucking action works, the attachments work, and if the dog or cat get too close they could spend the rest of their days bald. This thing is amazing. It makes me want to clean more often - well, almost.
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