I need to share an absolute COLOSSAL frugal failure. So I may have mentioned that I adopted a new cat the end of November (NO, he is NOT the frugal fail!!)

Mr Mittens is a scratcher. He has a scratching post which he uses but he much prefers my sofa(s) ....and I prefer them not to look like they've gone through a war. I looked locally for stuff to cover the arms of the sofas as I'd ordered some off of Facebook that never showed up (and the shop closed down). No luck locally, so tried Amazon. I found some and that's where the frugal fails starts: I bought two 2 packs ($24.00 each), self adhesive HA and trimmable.

First off it took one full pack to partially cover ONE arm of the dining room sofa (of course there wasn't coverage for the area he loves to scratch)---Self adhesive my rear end and the twisty push pins they sent along--half of them failed and untwisted when pushing in. Next idea double sided tape which I had to buy, wasn't expensive BUT...worked better at sticking to my pants than to the sofa or the covers.

Next idea: staple gun which might have worked had I not cheaped out and bought the $23.00 manual version. It took two hands to staple the material to the sofa, ok fine. EXCEPT for the fact that the using the staple gun pinched nerves/muscles in my neck and right shoulder. Urgent care, follow up with my PCP, multiple packs of heat packs to cover my shoulder, a hot water bottle, a muscle relaxer, AND now I'm looking at physical therapy as the injury will probably not heal on its own. I'm avoiding figuring out how much this debacle will cost me in total.

PS Anybody interested in buying a CHEAP staple gun? ROFLMBO!!

PS PS Anybody have any other ideas for cat-proofind the sofas?? Anybody suggesting that I get rid of the cat will be shot!! Not really, but I do love him a lot even despite his destructive habits (he is just doing what cats do) and he is a real sweetheart otherwise.