My wife and I just bought a bed, and we love it! It is soft, but also firm. We tried many beds before settling on this mattress.

I was just in Costco and they have a 12" memory foam mattress that is very affordable compared to the tempurpedic. Here is the link.

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?Prodid=10002072&whse=BC&Ne=4000000&eC at=BC|93|1924|67411&N=4018919&Mo=21&pos=2&No=15&Nr =P_CatalogName:BC&cat=67411&Ns=P_Price|1||P_SignDe sc1&lang=en-US&Sp=C&ec=BC-EC11879-Cat1924&topnav=

The bed we bought is this one

http://www.simmons.com/products/bran...eptionale.html