Friday, July 24th, 2009

Dave and I have realized that we really 'are' grown ups.....

Last night, we took a trip to Appliance Direct (for all you Floridians out there, you know it by the woman in the ill-fitting green/yellow plaid suit and the Asian gentleman telling you 'If you paid direct, you paid too much'). We both dreaded heading in there, but for grins and giggles, wanted to see what we'd find. Dave had already gone to SE Steel and found a line of GE appliances that he liked. Guess what?! After about an hour of searching, we found a complete line of Kitchenaid stainless steel appliances (range, microwave, fridge and dishwasher). Even bigger bonus? Fridge and dishwasher were in the box! WOOOO!

We happily skipped out of AD, knowing that we had already saved $1500 from our budget. But wait... skipping stopped... where exactly were we going to put said new appliances? Oh, dear!

Problem solved with a quick call to the POD people and the POD was promptly delivered at 6pm tonight! It was the craziest thing- a flatbed truck with the POD on it pulled in, then pulled out, leaving the POD dangling on this hoist device. The delivery man had some MAD skills, I tell ya! He manuevered the POD into the corner of our driveway (with Dave holding up the powerlines with a broom- ha ha). Our new appliances (which were delivered this morning and are still as dazzling as they were in the showroom) are the first inhabitants of the POD. Guess we should start packing now?