I want to get a new toilet seat because the one I have now has blue stains on it. Yeah -- long story.
I thought about toilet seats again today because slavetotarget.com has a link to a selection of toilet seats being offered on Target.com. They range in price, but a few of them are $49.99! Since it came with the house I can't be certain, but I have a feeling that if my entire toilet did cost more than $49.99, it wasn't a whole LOT more.
At any rate, I can't figure out what size seat to get. It seems like there are a bunch of different shapes, but they're all pretty similar. In the last two months I've made at least five different stops in the toilet seat isles of various store in the area. On each occurrence I've taken considerable time to weigh the merits of padded versus solid, plastic versus wood and clear versus colored, but when it comes to selecting a size, I've always ended up walking away with a perplexed look on my face.
Seriously though, short of bringing in the old seat, how and the heck are you supposed to know which size to get? There doesn't seem to be purple panda (of Garanimal fame) or any other coding system in use. And in case you haven't guessed, bringing the old one in is not a realistic option in my book! Neither is, standing in line to return a seat that doesn't fit. So, what's the solution?
Today I thought about tracing the shape on a piece of paper and bringing that into the store. It's still a little gross, but so are the blue stains. I'll let you know how it goes . . .
1 comment:
I sympathize with you! After realizing that buying the $6.99 KMart toilet seats was only going to be more expensive in the long run, I caved and went to Home Depot and "invested" in a $30 toilet seat. Of course, my splurge was prompted by having a 6'3" and 250 lbs boyfriend who can barely change his mind in my tiny bathroom, and every week he would come out with a sheepish look on his face and admit to having broken yet another $6.99 toilet seat. My advice to you; measure the toilet seat that you have now. Even half an inch off makes a difference, so be accurate! And the money is well worth it. Said boyfriend has not had a "toilet seat incidence" in months, which in turn makes my life easier, too.
Good luck!
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