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We’ve had our current mattress for a decade now and we’ve decided that it’s time to purchase a new bed.  There are many bedding options: air bed, visco-elastic, traditional spring, and others.

We are leaning toward the visco-elastic type bed and these mattresses cost around $2000.  Unfortunately this wouldn’t be the end of the expense.

I have to confess, I’m somewhat of a sheet snob and I refuse to sleep in anything less than 800 thread Egyptian cotton sheets.  Once you’ve gone from 200 thread cotton to 800 thread Egyptian cotton sheets, you’ll wonder how you lived so savagely.  These sheets can cost anywhere from $150 (on sale) to $400 (full retail) and you normally need to buy a few sets.

With any new bed, new pillows are soon to follow.  I’m not a pillow snob and any variety will do as long as the pillow is somewhat thin and flat.  Pillows add an additional $20 to $40 to the cost of bedding.

It’s normally wise to buy a mattress pad to protect the mattress since it’s fairly expensive to begin with and this is a small “insurance” policy to insure that mattress stays clean.  Mattress pad costs $40 to $80.

Then there are the other “optional” expenses that seem to arise from buying a new bed.  New comforters, decorative pillows, and matching curtains and rug are a quick sample and just the beginning.

So if you’re considering a new mattress and see a $2000 price tag, know and understand that this is just the beginning of a cascading expense.