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There was a special time in Daniel Frost’s life where a thousand dollars would’ve been life changing – today it’s the difference between fabric or leather.
“I think we should get leather, it will go with the rug better,” she said.
“Actually, look at the floral print. We could just get a new rug, what do you think?”
The over-employed 28-year-old said he liked how comfortable it was and he didn’t mind what it looked like, he just imagined that he – or a friend of his could easily spend a night on it without the aid of cheap alcohol.
There was a pause.
Sally Gilbert didn’t ask him if he thought it was comfortable, she wanted to know his opinion on how he thought it’d look in the already cramped living room of their French Quarter one-bedroom semi-detached fourth-floor apartment.
“Look at the samples,” she said.
Daniel took his eyes off the hanging ceiling above him and looked down at the heavyish book of pastel coloured fabric options.
He picked out the floral pattern.
Not because he liked it, not because he thought it’d tie the room together but because it was eleven hundred dollars cheaper.
“Me too,” said Sally.
“I’ll go and find a person.”
With that, she got up off the sample sofa and went to find a salesman to take their harmless Saturday morning window shop to the next level.
Daniel wanted to say something but kept his mouth shut.
Earlier this year, the surprisingly well-built left-arm quick dropped close to a thousand dollars on a new MRF Genius Elite AB Devilliers Edition despite averaging 7.
Its price and presence in the apartment weren’t appreciated – especially after Daniel said he couldn’t afford to go to Lord Howe for a week’s break a few days before he made the purchase.
More to come.
