Looks like the girlfriend and I are going to get a kitten!
When I lived at my parents we had a cat who I loved so much, and she was always said was "My Cat" because she would just run to me and follow me everywhere. Towards the end of her life, my parents went to South Africa for 3 weeks, and I went to get her and she lived at ours. It was wonderful to come home to see her again. She died a couple of years ago, and I miss her everyday. The thought of having a kitten again would be fantastic. Can't really get a puppy as we both work, so I'd feel more guilty about shutting it up in the day, where as a cat can always sleep and never needs a walk.
Every gorgeous little kitten we have pinpointed, has been reserved or snapped up so quickly. It's not nice. You fall for the pictures and descriptions and can really imagine them in our home. Then get told they are gone. We will continue to keep an eye out, but my GF has gone from being a little bit scared of cats, to being really excited and looking up kittens most days.