Wayfair Chairs

So these pictures are actually almost a month old.  😐  But I have an awesome story to share about our dining room furniture.  Earlier this past year, Joe and I had decided that we wanted to finally buy a board game table and new chairs which he's been talking about for years.  So we priced out the table with the accessories we wanted and started looking at chairs.  It honestly took a while to agree on chairs we liked and even then, we each had our favorites.  But around that same time, we were planning a vacation to celebrate our 10 year anniversary.  Even with doing a shorter, cheaper vacation, we figured that we really shouldn't spend the money to get the chairs and table this year as we had other upcoming expenses to think about.  I knew it was the right decision, but I was disappointed because I knew how long Joe had already waited, and I felt bad putting it off again.

During the process of picking out chairs we liked, I couldn't help but notice how much the price would fluctuate from day to day, specifically on 2 different chairs we liked on Wayfair.  Despite the fact I knew our plan was to wait, my curiosity and my love for a good sale caused me to habitually check Wayfair's website for the price of the two styles of chairs we liked.  At one point, the chairs Joe liked best went the lowest I'd ever seen at about $70 per chair.  (The chairs I liked didn't seem to drop below $120 per chair.  😒)  We briefly talked about buying them, but decided to wait and the price quickly jumped back up.  

Eventually our vacation came and went.  We had a wonderful time and actually spent a little less than we'd thought which was nice.  Another month passed and I was still regularly checking the prices of the chairs.  One morning I saw that they had an open box which was about $55 for the set of 2 chairs instead of the normal price of around $250 for the set.  😮  I told Joe, and we briefly discussed getting it just to see if they would be worth the full price, but he had to get to work and I forgot about it.  A couple of days later, Joe texted me while he was at work saying that Wayfair had 4 open boxes so we could get all 8 chairs for about $250 total.  I quickly said yes, and he placed the order!  

Less than a week later, our new chairs arrived, and we put them together that evening.  We still can't believe how nice they are!  We were also pleasantly surprised that only 1 of the 4 boxes had any evidence of having been opened, and even then, not a single screw or nut was missing.  None of the chairs showed any signs of damage.  We initially felt guilty that we got what seemed like brand new chairs for only $250 instead of the $1,000 we expected.  But then I thought back to the months of checking nearly daily to see if the price had changed to something we felt we could afford.  Our diligence and patience paid off.  We LOVE our new chairs!!

Now onto hamsters.  😊  Fili is still alive doing all his hamster business.  His age has definitely caught up with him.  He is over 2 years and 7 months old now which is just crazy to me.  He is thinning and a bit more wobbly on his feet than he used to be.  But when he's awake, he still runs around his cage, uses his wheel, and generally just seems to be enjoying life.  I'm not sure if I've been busier or if he is sleeping more, but I haven't noticed him getting up during the day as much this last month.  I feel like a broken record at this point, but I can't imagine he has that much time left.  I do enjoy spoiling him in the meantime!

Haleth is so sweet and cute!  I realized that I've been so focused on how ancient Fili is that I haven't considered that Haleth is actually getting quite old herself.  😔  She is almost exactly a year younger than Fili, which means she's only 1 year and 7 months old.  But from my experience, female Syrian hamsters don't make it to 2 years old as often as the males.  So I have been spoiling my pretty lady even more than I had been.  💓