Heather and I registered (on our wedding registry) for a Dyson vacuum cleaner, and my mother was generous enough to purchase it for us. Today was my first time using the vacuum, and it impressed the heck outta me. This picture says it all:

That’s almost four inches of solid dirt, along with hair, fluff, whatever sitting on top. Yuck. I knew my house was dirty, but not this dirty.

Definitely the best vacuum I’ve ever used/owned, and for $400, it better be  The wife-acceptance-factor was very low for this at first (due to the price), but she now sees just how good it is at what it does.