the dilemma of choice

After choosing and ordering a tub, taps, and a sink, Jeff and I went to World Mosaic for another time and finally decided on bathroom tiles as well. I found it a somewhat agonizing process, somewhat like having to choose from a gigantic menu of a zillion items in a restaurant.

Except a lot more money's involved and you can't eat what you've chosen.

World Mosaic Stone & Tile

I also don't tend to care as much as Jeff (our master bathroom will look nice because of Jeff, not me) so tend to lose patience early in each "shopping" session. I tend to focus on the practical aspect: Does it work? Is it easy to clean? Let's get it! ... Not always a good attitude when we're going to have to live with the choices we make for (hopefully) many years to come.

As Jeff took our choice into the office to figure out payment, I felt like rejoicing. No more agonizing over tile colours! Texture and glazing! Limestone or porcelain! 18" or 12"!

Mike from World Mosaic helping us find matching grout.

Partway through the paperwork, Mike turned to us and asked, "So what about grout colour?"

AAUUGGHH.

Grout colour? Who thinks about GROUT colour? Apparently a great many people, because Mike proceeded to pull out a number of different choices. A BIG number of different choices.

Which brings me to a dilemma which seems to face all of us more and more often, it seems: the dilemma of choice.

Grout colours!

You walk into a restaurant, for example, and are handed a menu. Do you prefer a single piece of paper with five choices? Or do you like to luxuriate over a thickly-bound menu offering a wealth of different dishes?

In recent years, I find myself leaning towards the former. Too much choice saps some of the joy out of the luxury of many options. I find myself craving simplicity in all things. Is this just because I'm getting older, or because we've been inundated with all the bells and whistles for so long? Maybe a combination of both.

More grout colours!

Jeff and I have tickets to Lord of the Rings: The Musical! We're taking Sara and Annie to see it next February. We're all hyped. :-)

We got take-out chirashi last night and watched October Sky, really enjoyed it.

I also rented Van Helsing, which I'm not enjoying nearly as much but feel compelled to watch because of my soft spot for Hugh Jackman. Still, not nearly as bad as Real Life, which still wins my vote as the Worst Movie I've Ever Seen.

Can't believe it's only TWELVE MORE DAYS until we get possession of our new house.

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