Hot and steamy

Sorry folks, this isn't a post about my private life...

It is about how excited I have been by a steam cleaner.....yes blog followers, this is how banal my domestic life is, that I am excited about how clean my floors and carpets are.

For a few years now I have been yearning for a H20 steam mop. When we got our new home 18 months ago we bought carpet for the stairs, landing and bedroom. I don't regret having carpet there, but perhaps a darker shade would have been wiser. It has dirt from pawprints, a stain from a medicine bottle that Acorn emptied on her carpet, a stain from bubble bath she spilt on the landing....and the random list goes on....
As soon as you clean the wood floor and vinyl downstairs, Spresso the cat will bound in the cat door and you can follow her trail of prints.....
Acorn loves playdoh so as the days go by you can see little bits of it crushed into the sitting room carpet...and as it is illuminous colours it doesn't just blend well...

So this steam mop seems like it would make the task of cleaning all floor variants easy and...dare I say it???...fun??!! The ads entice me with client testimonials and the various extra freebies you get if you order within the next 30 minutes. But I can't justify the price...yet.

My parents, never ones to refuse a good bargain, whether they actually NEED it or not, have a Lidl version. It doesn't look as swanky or professional as the H2O one but needless to say I asked if I could borrow it recently.....and WOW, the results even after a quick test run!! I can imagine that when I go at the carpet properly it will come out like new....until Acorn squeezes ketchup on a patch and Spresso brings in half a flowerpot....

I will keep an eye out for a Really good special offer on the H20 mop.
Do you think it would be very sad if I put it on this year's Christmas wish list??