new purchase

tonight i stayed home from class because of the weather. i was enjoying a nice, quiet evening at home catching up on some homework, laundry & cleaning when someone knocked on the door. thinking it was my landlord checking up on me to make sure i was safe i opened it. wrong! salespeople...but actually someone i was kind of interested in talking to. it was the kirby vaccum people & i'd always wondered about the difference in kirby's & rainbow's so i agreed to sit through a demo. long story short, my house was disgusting & i'd just vaccumed a few days ago. worse yet, he vaccumed my mattress with a black filter--yuck. i asked comparison questions about the kirby vs. rainbow--my salesman was a young man who'd only been on the job 3 days, so he was still refreshingly honest (as honest as any of them are). for the money i decided the kirby was the better deal...another reason i'm glad we're buying a less expensive house--so when things like this come up, we can afford to do them. the only decision i've ever made without mike, i think, of this caliber...but when i talked to him he was cool with it (shocked that i'd done it, but cool). anyhow, i'll be enjoying my new purchase (complete with shampooer & attachments) for many weeks to come--especially in the new house. it even does hardwood floors which is what makes up our whole downstairs in the new house. yay!


one of about 75 filters he sucked out of my carpet, bed, & chairs. this one was in a spot that had already had several filters worth of yuck sucked out of it.


my new kirby--they aren't the most attractive sweeper on the market but i'm in love!