Thursday I went to Bed Bath and Beyond to look at pots and pans. I am getting a new induction cooktop so 90% of my existing pots and pans will not work on the new stove. I am amazed at how expensive good ones are. They mostly sell them in sets but I don't know if I want all those pieces. And do I want non stick or stainless? I am so used to cooking in my nonstick Pampered chefs pans and I am afraid the stainless will be harder to clean. I think I have a skillet and a nice covered pot in storage, so I can use those initially till I decide what I really need. And I think I will hit some of the better thrift stores and maybe pick up a couple of pieces that way. I used Analon pans at the West Hartford rental and I really liked them.
Friday morning I went to Verizon to see about switching service. I have had At&T since my first blackberry phone when I worked for Merrill, so maybe 20 years ago? Recently we found our data usage skyrocket as we were in a hotel in Manchester and then driving to Florida, so I had to upgrade to an unlimited plan. The plan included a lot of stuff I didn't need, like streaming of Direct TV and maybe HBO Anyway it was a lot of money for cell service. Plus the coverage where we will live does not seem to be very good. So after seeing an ad at Verizon for an over 55 plan, I went in to the local store to check it out. Being a new customer I was eligible for a lot of rebates....... So you can guess what is coming. Yup, iphone 11 Pro is now in my possession. They gave me $500 off the phone, and another $200 for each line for bringing my phone to Verizon. It was hard to pass it up! It took almost 3 hours by the time I decided, then the only phone they had in stock was the green one which is not my favorite so we were going to order a silver one for delivery next week. Turned out the black and silver were all back ordered and only the gold was available to order. I am not wild about the gold either, so I decided to take the green one they had at the store. The case covers it anyway so you really can't see the back color! Then we had to transfer the account for Richard and me, transfer all the stuff on my phone to the new one, which of course first needed an IOS update. When I got home I had to connect Richard's phone with the new sim card and then he decided he would upgrade to my old XS phone and we would trade in his iphone X. So a few more hours to wipe my old phone and restore his to it and finally all the correct phones are working and I brought the old phone it as a trade in to get the $500 credit toward my new phone. In retrospect, next time I think I will just sell my old phone myself. Friday afternoon I went to the home show. Mostly looking for ideas for window treatments but it was a little disappointing and not a very big show. Saturday I spend some time at the Mattress store looking at mattresses. I think I have narrowed down what I want and I will bring Richard back there to try it out. There are so many options it is overwhelming and there have been so many decisions lately, I think I have decision fatigue. The designer/sales person at the Yum Yum Tree store where I bought our bedroom set told me to go to City Mattress and talk to John. Turns out John is either the manager or owner and has been there for 20 plus years so he was a great help directing me to the right mattress after we had a long discussion about how we sleep and what we liked. Sunday is a day of rest. No shopping or decisions. It is going to rain today so looks like reading and napping are on the agenda!
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