Yesterday I was in Lowes, minding my own business, when I happened to pass this toilet seat. And I had to have it, in the way most of you probably just have to have a pair of shoes (whereas for me, shoes, nah….they mostly make my feet look silly.)

So, not only have I stooped to blogging about a toilet seat, I am also forced to admit it was an impulse buy.

You might understand better when I tell you about our guest bathroom (for overseas readers, the guest bathroom is the main bathroom downstairs, the one all your guests are sure to use even if they only stop over for a quick cup of coffee. As opposed to the other 3 bathrooms, which are for family).

We haven’t really done too much to this house since we bought it, almost 2 years ago. And when we bought it, it had (and still has) this interesting quirk: the previous owners had poured money into decorating the master bedroom, including expensive blinds, swathes of drapes and the only wood floors in the house. The rest of the house was simply and sympathetically decorated, if not quite our taste. The guest bathroom, however, the one room everybody is sure to see, is a mess. The wall texture looks like it has been fingerpainted on by a hyperactive toddler. The 1980s fake marble countertop has a huge stain on it and the fake gold is peeling off the faucets. But the absolutely worst thing? The toilet seat. Scratched and beat up and bubbling. Urgh.

When I mentioned this to The Daddy he pointed out that the previous owners looked the type to have no friends and spend most of their time in the master bedroom.

(Ahem. Watching TV. They had their TV in there. What did you think he meant?).

And here I will hold my hand up. Yes, sir, guilty as charged, it has taken me this long to take action too. I was waiting to upgrade the whole bathroom. Somehow it didn’t register that I could buy a new toilet seat for $25 and the room would instantly look 100% better.

We are all enthralled with our new throne. The moment The Daddy arrived home yesterday T-Bot ran to him to regale him with the details of its technical features. Because in the end I spent $48 for an upgrade. And believe me,  the extra money is worth it when you have three children using the potty all day long:

This is a toilet seat which doesn’t bang.

Can you imagine that? Leave it half up and it glides down gently… And silence reigns Inzaburbs.

Well, almost… Last time I looked I still had three children.