When it comes to deals, I have just amazingly good-bad luck.

Here's how it goes down:

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My mind thinks: "Hmmm, I think, if I could update something about our kitchen right now...I would change out the appliances to stainless. I mean, white is, like, SO 1990's. Yes. That's what I'd do. If I had like- a MILLION dollars- that's what I'd do." (Cuz to get what I'd really want...it's gonna cost WAAAAY too much to buy it anytime soon,right?)

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THEN.....that familiar little {devil}shopaholic on my shoulder says: "Hey just take a little peek at craigslist! You just never know what you might find, and it never hurts just to SEE what's out there."

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AND, somehow- unbeknownst to my consciousness...it's like I took a teensie tiny stick and just unleashed a huge marble boulder rolling down a hill. It's almost like things move into place without me hardly even trying! OK. I did try. But it was unplanned. My life is like that. I like it to roll along a little surprisingly.

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So within literally a week and a half, I had my happy shining stainless steel fridge and matching Jenn-Air Gas/Convection (!)Stove all hooked up and ready to roll. Out with the old, and in with the {almost} new! New to me, anyway, right? Without any of that nasty old sticker shock- because when you shop on craigslist..or goodwill, or any of the other means I do, you find these things for fractions of their worth/value. It's just a dream. SOOO fun.

That's the thing. It's great...but I am almost afraid to let my mind even wander to the next thing I might see that needs replaced...with my good/bad luck

I'll probably find it!

And then, Little miss shoulder shopaholic would be perfectly pleased again.


Can you blame her?

Below you will see a shot of that shabby-good pink kitchen with the shabby-bad white appliances.

And here we have the NEWER, less shabby appliances.

How's that one song by the B-52's go?

"Shiny, happy Jenn-Air's holding haaaaaaaaands...."

And my loving handsome handy hubby does all this pretty marble tile work....and I just feel all happy about it!

Does that sound weird?

Oh, well! I guess I am a tad on the odd side.

Who knew you could want to smooch a piece of metal before? Ok, except for all those car guys out there. (My hubs included) I know THAT metal is possibly, at times, somewhat huggable or kissable to them. Admittedly, I gave the fridge a small -okay a couple- of small hugs after it was installed. I just couldn't resist!

But that does not happen very often, that's for darn sure.