[$1,255, hive]

Ever since posting about the Aeron desk chair,  I’ve been feeling a bit…obsessed.

After all, I've been thinking of treating myself to a new desk chair for quite some time now, both to celebrate my successful leap into the full-time freelance life, and to deal with my attendant back pain.

So what's wrong with the chair I've been using?

Well, I originally rescued from my former employer’s freight elevator, where it awaited imminent scrap-heap destiny. After bringing it back to my cubicle and cradling it in my arms, I got permission from my office manager to take it home for my own personal use.

And so I lugged it home from NY to NJ — across Midtown, onto the bus, off the bus, into my car, and up the steps to my condo  — piece by piece. And it was better than the kitchen chair I had been using.

But recently, it's been starting to fall apart.

When I mentioned the Aeron to my husband, he understandably balked at the $750-$1,200 price tag.

Which makes the $300 chair I just bought the other night seem like the savings of a lifetime!

 [$299.99, Office Depot]

Yes. Bask in the awesomeness.

It was a bitch getting up the stairs, but it cradles my lower back so sweetly, and provides me with endless (physical) support as I toil away here for hours upon hours.

Hubby's jealous.