Today's blog title has little to do with The Da Vinci code (it's source) and more my frustration at today's rediculous expidition to Homebase to act like a grown up and buy a Bathroom! The aforementioned suit is an incredibly kind gift from Steve's parents for our Wedding and Steve and I spent yesterday morning whipping round retailers finding our ideal suite for the best price possible...
There are some truly fowl basins in the world. There also some truly gorgeous ones that require a second morgage and the pledge of your first born. We dreamed of owning the truly excessive double bath that fits both of us lieing on our backs side by side. We could afford it and fit it in the bathroom but it would take up a third of the bathroom and about half an hour to fill :)
In the end we went for the slightly more modest but still lovely double bath, slate tiles and simple toilet and basin set into a coupbard. As we approached the shop man this morning, credit card in hand, excited to be making our first domestic purchase we were stunned by the unravelling of our plans.
"Well actually that basen and toilet aren't a set"
"What? They're displayed together with a sign advertising the set price?"
"Yes well actually that sign reffers to the plainer basen in the far display area"
We trudge to said area and stand dissidedly underwhelmed but the boring basin before us.
"Actually this toilet" assistant points to a bowl near the new basin "matches the basin you like."
"Er what's the difference between the two loos?"
"Well this one has a far superior flush mechanism"
Steve and I share looks of screpticism
"So how much for this toilet and the original basen we liked?"
Gulp - massive price hike!
"Right so it's not possible to buy the original toilet and basin with the bath we've chosen?"
"Oh yes, if you'd like to!"
Much calculator work later and our £600 bargain is looking decidedly like a £1000 risk.
"Hmm, we'll think about it"
How irritating. I'm sure they just mix and match suites to sucker you in! We went this morning hoping to return the proud owners of a new loo and now instead, we return defeated. We don't want to be pressured into buying something, we had a plan! Oh well, it's going to be a post Spring Harvest trip for us. xc