So if you’ve been on facebook for the past any-amount-of-time, you’ve probably become victim to hilarious new marketing campaigns like this one for VidAngel. And this one, by Purple mattress. I’m just a down-home makeup tutorial watching facebooker like you, and I have to say I don’t mind the new marketing angles. Hilarious is key when we are in information overload every day and it’s probably why I bought the mattress I did. What can I say? I have a soft spot for smart business.

Okay, maybe it’s not all because of the funny marketing. I also think that the Purple Mattress looks really, really, really cool. And I really like the color purple – though that didn’t influence my decision to get this bed as much as smashing a raw egg that never breaks did.

My fiance (that’s Ray…ask me about him anytime…he’s so fun to talk about!) has narcolepsy. There are some other writings about that on this blog. Here’s one in case you’d like to read that next. What I mean by that, though, is that we take sleeping pretty seriously around here. It’s already hard enough for him to get good quality sleep fighting allergies, noises, roommates, and the decision of his meds to work or not each night, so we don’t need the basic nuisance of a bad bed to make things worse.

That’s why, like every good millennial, we scoured the internet for days reading reviews about which mattress will keep us the most satisfied with our sleep. I will also say – he’s not the only one that needs good sleep. I don’t even like hanging out with myself when I’m tired.

There are a number of mattresses that sell exclusively online. They give you options to try their mattress for 100 days (generally speaking) and then if you hate it, be done with it and get your money back. Usually those things appear to be gimmicky, but with Purple, it really sounds like it’s true. (See the note at the end about how responsive they are on facebook – this is where I learned these facts)

So, that all being said, we bought a Purple mattress! It’s currently wrapped up and sitting in my living room, counting down on its 100 days, but also waiting for us to be able to move into our new apartment. I will be moving in first, so I’ll get to do all the major deciding, and we’ll update you when we give it a try. From what I’ve heard, we’re about to start sleeping on a cloud. I hope that’s true!

The mattress itself was $999 for a queen. That appears to be a ton of money, but in reality, for a good bed, it’s not. Of course it will be if sleep isn’t a top priority in a home, or you have great sleepers using your mattress, but for us, like I said, quality of sleep is a huge game changer in our life. And it is much cheaper than most available memory foam mattresses.

There are a couple other costs that come with it as well. First, I have a normal box spring right now, so that must be replaced. Memory foam mattresses must be put on a firm foundation, so a normal box spring won’t work. This isn’t a huge deal for us either, because I’ve recently discovered that I am pretty darn allergic to dust mites and I know my box spring is full of them because it’s been used – and just about everything we use is full of dust mites.

That being said, we recently purchased this box foundation. Purple requires something like this to host the mattress to keep the warranty in good working effect. This foundation will be sufficient, right Purple?

It is recommended that sheets used for the mattress have stretch to them as well. We didn’t buy the exact kind recommended by Purple because they were out of our price range and because we need to wash our sheets in hot water (for the dust mites) which many of them did not recommend for their fabric. I was sure, though, to find some that are said to “give” to some degree as well as were potentially a bit over-sized for the mattress. We’ll see how that goes. We also chose an over-sized allergen and waterproof protection mattress encasement because that should give us plenty of room to use the effects of the fancy Purple polymer as well.

All of that being said, the first night trying the mattress will be late next week. I’ll update you then – hopefully with raving reviews!

If you’d like to check out Purple’s facebook page do so here. They also get points for being amazingly responsive on there!

Sleep well all!

…because love wins.