Mission accomplished

 

Coconut shrimp tacos, with a side of hand sanitizer.  

Up early, washed and brushed, we got to the Lazy Boy Store promptly at 10 and were met with a sign on the door saying staff was in a training session, and they wouldn't open until 1. Dang. 

Rather than drive home and back, we killed a few hours at Southcenter, which was probably more fun for me than John. We had a good lunch at the Bahama Breeze, then a stop at Barnes and Noble and Macy's furniture gallery.

All the Macy's love seat recliners looked like this. Rather uninviting, chilly leather with electric motors and control buttons. Doesn't John look thrilled? In fact, all the furniture looked the same. The big and boring modern style is really in. 

Lazy Boy finally got around to opening their doors. We gravitated toward this one, just as expensive as the leather numbers at Macy's (go figure) but ten times more comfortable. And a nice soft beige-grey fabric, that should disguise a multitude of stains and sins. 

It's on order now, and by June we'll be sitting pretty. Providing they can get in the basement.  John says "no problem."