Over the course of the last 6 months to a year, Andy and I have been noticing the deteriorating quality of our bed. Like, valley in the middle, lumpy all over, just generally uncomfortable bed. And with Andy’s bad back, it was just compounded by sleepless nights or nights spent on the couch instead of in bed {him, not me}.

A friend mentioned it could be the box spring, so we tested that theory out by putting the mattress on the floor in the living room for a weekend camp out. No dice, the mattress still sucked.

It was decided at that time that while yes, we needed a new mattress, we’d wait until the end of summer, after we’d taken care of all of our household projects, and assess our financiers to see if it was still in the cards.

The Monday after that decision was made, Jill shared info about a giveaway from another blog I follow called How to Be A Dad. They were giving away a new mattress and box spring set in honor of the launch of their new book “The Guide to Baby Sleep Positions“. Apparently the giveaway had been open for close to a month but it would be ending that evening at midnight. I figured, why the hell not, and I entered…simply by liking their Facebook page.

On May 1st I received an email telling me I’d won the mattress! No kidding! Holy crap! I was stoked!!

I worked with the mattress company, gave them our info and four weeks later? Boom,a brand new mattress was delivered to my house!

You guys? It’s gorgeous. I’m not even kidding….I’ve never seen such a pretty mattress.

It’s a Sealy Posturepedic Hybrid Series Mattress. It’s got fancy features like OptiCool Gel Memory Foam, SolidEdge HD System, a CoreSupport Center, ForeverFlex Fabric and it’s made in the USA!

Looks fancy. Sounds Fancy.

And comfortable? Oh my…it’s like heaven. I have slept better in the last 4 nights than I have in a while. The true testament though is Andy. He’s slept in bed all night every night since we’ve had it. Saturday morning, after the very first night, he woke up and said that was the best he’s slept in months. MONTHS! And it’s the first time in months he hasn’t woken up with his back flared up.

He was less than thrilled having me take our picture, but don’t let his face fool you, he loves the bed! Pretty sure he’s never allowed to say that my “blogging junk” never benefits him again, am I right or am I right!?

Disclosery-type stuff: I was not compensated for this post by anyone. I won the mattress set by complete chance and I just thought it was way too awesome not to share it.