Kitchen Dilemna, cont.

[hellison]

Went to see the kitchen place again last night. They had in the showroom a kitchen with the granite and the formica. The formica is fine, nothing wrong with it or anything. but... SHINY SHINY GRANITE was so much prettier.
So I asked for a quote for the kitchen with granite as well as the one with formica.

She called today and while it is (as she'd said) about 1.7k more, it still comes in under what I had decided the Ultimate Limit of budget was (I had 2 limits - Roughly What Would Be Ok, which the first estimate was just under, then the Ultimate Pay No More Than This No Matter What Shiny Thing You See Limit ;p), while still leaving plenty for tiling and floor stuff.

But of course how can I make a major decision without consulting lj?
So, POLL.

[Poll #1301472]

Tho you can probably guess what way I'm leaning ;p

ETA only one lone Voice of Sense and/or Reason out there? Just one?

ETA2 Off to see the Nice Kitchen Lady now, discuss it all with her and decide. Will let you all know later ;p

ETA3 And teh winner is...

Granite !

um, I should add this was based on much more than 'oooh shiny' and 'lj said so'. I'm not quite *that* insane.

Comments

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

I NEED YOU TO KNOW THAT THANKS TO YOUR GRANITY DISCUSSIONS I AM DYING FOR A SHAG.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

ahahahahhahaha

Only YOU could end up wanting sex from discussing kitchen worktops

[being-here.livejournal.com]

Heh. Not *just* her

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Well, no.

actually, is having similar effect on me. tho that could be just hormones. Sadly, the alsation won't cover *that*. Stupid dog.

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

I uh. I eh. I will just go away now.

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

you've all read too many stories where someone was ravished on/against a kitchen counter, yes?

i know i have!

[jin-shei.livejournal.com]

No, not just her...

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Right. If i DO get granite, NONE of you are ever going into the kitchen unchaperoned!

[jin-shei.livejournal.com]

You always let me in there. I find your surfaces for you.

Its not I could do anything really bad alone....

[gnillot.livejournal.com]

You mean you will accompany them? *LEER*

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

heh, your next party will be hughly amusing i feel...

not to mention tiring for you.

..

..

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BECAUSE YOU WILL BE SO BUSY CHAPERONING NOT FOR ANY OTHER REASON PLEASE NOTE.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I may never let anyone inside the kitchen AT ALL again ever ;p

[thesme-01.livejournal.com]

THAT'S RIGHT

*inside head is not feeling well*

[kimkali.livejournal.com]

It had me at the letter "O"

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

Well, what else was I going to say? :P

[hellison.livejournal.com]

hmm. I have just realised the flaw in lj polls is that I have to vote too to see the results...

(well i can clicky the link and stuff, but that's EFFORT)

I think i can guess tho!

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

I think I can see which way this one is going, too...

[caramel-betty.livejournal.com]

Defriend Malvino. DO IT.

[kelemvor.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't go that far, although he's not really entering into the spirit of the thing. Possibly a rap across the nose with a rolled-up newspaper would do the trick?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

The worst thing is when we were talking about it a couple of days ago, when I was all about the formica [1] HE was the one championing granite!

[1] now there's a thing I never thought I'd say about myself...

[hellison.livejournal.com]

What, get rid of apparently the only Voice of Reason in my life?

[being-here.livejournal.com]

The fact that malvino is your voice of reason should ring some warning bells in any sane person.

[thipe.livejournal.com]

DINGDINGDINGDING

[hellison.livejournal.com]

are you calling me sane??

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

touché!

[malvino.livejournal.com]

Logic! Or, to put it another way, Granite, or 5 trips over here, complete with Katy?

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I know, the Logic did make a lot of sense, what with being logic and all, but having done the sums (since I am not *solely* basing the decision on What LJ Says), I can actually afford the granite AND still have trips over, with Katy. And possibly cocktails. We still have to do cocktails sometime...

[malvino.livejournal.com]

Granite work tops, or a beach buggy!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

oooh look at that!!!

(that's not exactly LOGIC is it ;p)

[malvino.livejournal.com]

Ok then, you could invest in 100 first edition novels in hardback.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

that's not a bad plan ;p

Off now to discuss it all with the Nice Kitchen Lady and actually make a decision!

[malvino.livejournal.com]

Have fun, I'm sure the new tops will look lovely :P

[hellison.livejournal.com]

*grins* they'd better do!

[thipe.livejournal.com]

Who needs logic when you have a beach buggy?

ZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzooooooooooom

[malvino.livejournal.com]

A convert!

[caramel-betty.livejournal.com]

Cocktails will be cheap, since they will only involve polite ladylike sips. NO QUAFFING.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Polite sipping through straws? That never goes wrong!

[caramel-betty.livejournal.com]

Of course. A dainty lady wouldn't want to smudge her lipstick on a glass.

[mollydot.livejournal.com]

I'm too late to have an opinion :-)

Much photos please, when done.

[hellison.livejournal.com]

well you did have a bit of a say over on thesme's lj! so that counts ;p

will take many photos when its all done - in about 3-4 weeks apparently!

[gnillot.livejournal.com]

ETA3 And teh winner is...

Granite !

um, I should add this was based on much more than 'oooh shiny' and 'lj said so'. I'm not quite *that* insane.

Are you SURE? We all know you, remember. You can't fool us :p

[http://users.livejournal.com/_unhurt_/]

the Ultimate Pay No More Than This No Matter What Shiny Thing You See Limit

i have these limits too! sometimes i break them.

hi! not really heeeere. but! think of it this way! by getting lovely granittttts you are, um, increasing the value of your house. yes. that's it! see. justified!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

I may have been known to break them in the past too ;p

And yes, that was a part of the pro Granite logic. Quite a tiny part (OMG SHINY), but still ;p

[repton-infinity.livejournal.com]

Make sure you ask for non-radioactive granite!

[hellison.livejournal.com]

Woo, hadn't heard that! Death by Worktop. Will make a note to check ;p