A new stove/oven!
A new dishwasher!
And a brand new fridge with built-in ice maker and water filtration!
All of it in stainless steel to match! (I feel like I just won the Showcase Showdown on Price is Right.)We had a real estate agent specializing in condos over last week to talk to us about where he thinks the market is going, our options for timing to get the most from our place when we decide to sell and what improvements he'd suggest to make our place more attractive to potential buyers down the line.
We had tinkered around with the idea of redoing our kitchen and knew we'd have to get all new appliances eventually. He recommended just getting new appliances that match (our current ones are all over the place - cream-colored fridge, black oven and black dishwasher) instead of a full-on kitchen remodel. Our current appliances are also old and dated, and in the case of our oven, wonky and dying a slow death.
I got suckered into Sears' t.v. commercial yesterday while researching appliances. They were having a one-day only sale - 20% off all Kenmore appliances and 10% all other brands. So off to Sears we went, all the while Brent was kicking and screaming. "Wait, are you sure I can't do 7 more months of research about all of this?" he joked. When I told him that he could but reminded him that I didn't want to be those homeowners who do a bunch of kickass upgrades to their place right before they move and don't get to enjoy it, he agreed to move forward with our purchases. He had already done the heavy lifting for the oven research months ago, and the top contender happened to be a Kenmore. And it's a convection oven! My little baking heart just exploded with glee!
In fact, all the appliances we chose ended up being Kenmore, so we were able to save a ton on delivery because they can do it in one trip from the manufacturer. They'll all arrive next Saturday. Wheee!
Jack: Are you familiar with the GE tri-vection oven?
Liz: I don't cook very much.
Jack: Sure...I gotcha. New York, third-wave feminist, college-educated, single and pretending to be happy about it, over-scheduled, undersexed, you buy any magazine that says 'healthy body image' on the cover, and every two years you take up knitting for [pause] a week.
Pete: That is dead on!
Liz: What, are you going to guess my weight now?
Jack: You don't want me to do that.
- 30 Rock
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