Diamond geezer

Fresh from the completion of the stair refurb, we were keen to get them carpeted as soon as. The garish red-and-white stripes which we've lived with for 4+ years seemed even less appealing now they were surrounded on all sides by that lovely new oak.

After the fiasco of the front bedroom carpet last year we decided to keep it local, and set off this afternoon for a jaunt to Diamond Millennium carpets which, as we soon discovered, is no longer situated in the rather seedy looking shed opposite Chorlton Park, but has moved to much more salubrious accommodation closer to the cemetery (and, in this incarnation, has employed a sign writer who knows how to spell 'millennium').

We couldn't have been in the shop more than ten minutes before we happened across a remnant in the colour we were looking for, and were assured by the friendly and helpful owner that it would be more than big enough. This soon turned into one of those "too good to be true" moments, as we scoured the showroom for something that fitted our needs more closely. Surely it can't be as easy as this? Half an hour of looking, deep contemplation and talking around the subject later, we finally decided that at that price, if we didn't like it once it was fitted, we'd rip it out and buy another! Yes, the deal was THAT good.

Fitting has been arranged for Friday.