Ten Reasons Why You Should Not Buy a Futon from Walmart

Picture it:  We had just moved to a new city, had unpacked everything, and were pretty much out of money.  Then my sister-in-law calls to say she will be in town overnight and would like to see us.  Of course we say yes, since we haven't  seen her in awhile,  and she is always great fun to be around (and lets face it, we wanted to show off our new place and new city to someone!).  After hanging up, we look around at our beautiful, newly unpacked home.  The carpets are clean, the TV is in a little nook (built in, oh my!), and the windows are tastefully (we think) curtained and pretty.  

Wait a minute!  Backtracking . . . what is that big gap in the middle of the living room?  Oh, right, that's where our couch goes.  Hold on!  We don't have a couch.  Our old couch broke and we didn't get a new one before moving.  Now what do we do?  Panic sounds good at this point.  My sister-in-law will have nothing to sleep on but the cold, hard floor.  We will not be able to sit and watch movies, or read books in comfort.  Not to mention the huge, unsightly (and getting uglier by the minute) gap in the middle of the living room.  Walmart is right up the street.  Don't they sell furniture of some type?  Yes, and it should be cheap and fit into our budget, and most importantly, it will fill the gap in the living room.  "Put on your Sunday best, kids, we're going to Walmart!"