I'd recommend getting an adult cat, rather than a kitten.
With an adult, you can get an idea of its personality and if you like it, whereas all kittens are pretty much impossibly cute and adorable, but can turn out to be rather 'poor' cats per se.
For our sins we have 3 cats, only 1 of which was from a kitten - but they all have markedly different personalities, the 3rd of which we got because the other 2 aren't "hug" cats, they don't really like being held or fussed over, and treat the place like a hotel. (Walk in, get food, sleep, meow at door to be let out, repeat etc)
The long-haired tabby however, is possibly the floppiest, softest creature on earth. He didn't even bite or scratch when we had to shower him!