sexy appliance lust, part 2

just when you thought i was done splurging on appliances…

i found myself at the sears appliance outlet in san leandro. perhaps months, even years sooner than i thought, but hmc threatening to go to the laundromat to wash clothes is a good kick in the pants. anyway, i was prepared with my reviews from consumer reports, as well as the list of pg&e and ebmud rebate-qualifying models.

but i was only there to see what they had, right? just to survey so i could make my informed decision later.

and then i saw it…

the fabled steam washer:

i have to admit, i was all tingley with appliance lust. sitting there amongst the rows of outlet washers and dryers, i calculated that at outlet prices, plus the ever revolving sales, minus the hefty $225 in energy rebates, that it wasn’t really that much more than most of the other front-load washers that i was looking at. ok, maybe a little more, but i might actually eventually make it back on water and power savings. (although by then i’d have already paid off my house and we’d be cleaning clothes with gamma radiation or recycled jet pack exhaust.)

they delivered it on the fourth of july. god bless america. it’s amazing. you turn it on and it chimes like a video game. and then it cleans your clothes like there’s no tomorrow. a tomorrow that only uses STEAM.

(again, let this be a warning to you. this is what happens when you buy a house. your cool gadget lust becomes crazy home appliance lust. while i was making chit-chat during the independence day bbq, all i wanted to do was to go home and do laundry.)