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So long friend. |
My Vet and I got a Crock-Pot for Christmas
16 years ago. I was
so happy to have one with a
removable crock, at the time it was the
latest advancement. This year I have been
drooling over the
super cute ones that have been on sale at just about
every store. The contemporary new designs and the
rock bottom sale prices
didn't make me
budge. How can I justify spending the money when I have a
perfectly functional, not pretty, one. So I kept taking a
deep breath and moved along. Yay me,
right?
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Only $16.88 at Walmart this week |
Being the
last day of school before Christmas, I decided I would bring
lunch for my fellow teachers. As I was
quickly whipping up a batch of chili
this morning I heard a sharp
ping noise.
Why does such a
pretty noise, sound so
bad? I didn't have time to
agonize over how much it would cost me now that I
missed all the sales. Instead, I assessed that the small crock-pot was
too small, and grabbed my roasting oven, compiled all of my ingredients and
headed out the door.
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I Just like this one. |
Then, I had time to beat myself up for being
cheap. Now it would probably cost me
way more to replace it.
Before panicking though, I remember that the
best way to get a
great price on something is being willing to
wait. So instead of heading
straight to the store I started my search. Since I have the little crock pot
and the roaster I can
make-do for a while. Surely I will be able to get one
no later than the "Big Game" sales in late January.
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Likely winner, $15 at Target |
I
really like some of the
patterns available right
now. I
wonder if I will prefer something
plain in the
long run though. I
know I liked the one up top when I
first got it.
I also had
problems with my
can opener today. Several years ago I purchased a
Kitchen Aid can opener, thinking it
would be a good purchase.
Nope, it didn't work well at all. It had to be held at a
weird angle to get it to work at all. A few months back I
finally gave up on it and purchased
another brand. I tossed that one in the garbage with the slow cooker
this morning, and grabbed the cheapo camping one. It worked
awesome, should have done that
sooner.
So much for making an
inexpensive,
easy treat for my coworkers...
:( sad day in the Riddle kitchen. Get stainless.....will be super stylish for its entire life. Merry Crockmas!
ReplyDeleteCindi, I'm thinking the same thing. but of course they are more expensive. And $15 isn't bad for the black and white one...
ReplyDeleteLooks like a good night at The Red Fox last night. Miss going there for dinned with you guys. Thanks for inviting us to your Christmas party it was nice to be back in your home for an evening.