I am on the fence.
On top of everything else this week, the mixer I have been watching since July went on sale – the lowest price I have seen, by a significant amount. So I had to make a decision, do I make this large of an investment? And do I really need it?
The model, a KitchenAid Professional 600 series, is the largest stand mixer I could find before moving up to the commercial models (those cost thousands of dollars, even refurbished) So this is the one I was watching. Now I will admit I have wanted a KitchenAid mixer for the past 10-12 years, but it was always one of those - “Sure I’d love to have it, but I don’t really need it and I don’t really have room for it” wants. And I was looking at the basic model in Navy of course. But once I started looking around this summer I discovered that the basic model only had a 4.5 quart bowl and the 600 series has a 6 quart bowl. Which in my world means the difference between making 6 dozen cookies and 13 dozen cookies at one time. So I decided if I was going to make the plunge I was going to go with the big one.
But I teetered back and forth on how much to I really need this? Yes it will save a ton of time and my arm from hurting, but is it worth it? I still am not sure about the answer, but I watched for a big sale, thinking if I could get this on a really good deal I might. Well, the really big sale came this week – of course. I went back and forth and back and forth and back and forth… until I finally decided to get it since it is cheaper then even the refurbished ones on ebay, but would wait to use it, in case I needed to return it. My Mom actually was the one at the store to pick it up for me. Every time I had looked at them they only had 3 color choices, black, stainless steal, and brushed nickel – none of which excited me too much (they don’t even offer Navy as a choice – what is wrong with them?) So my Mom calls me from the store to tell me what they had and as expected they had the 3 neutral colors, but then she said, they do have one red one. Really? Hmm… no choice on that one, I got the Red one!
I really had every intention not to use it for a while, but me getting this mixer and not using it would be like most women getting a new diamond and not wearing it. So I tried it out last night. I love it already. It is going to take a bit of time to figure it all out, but it already saved me a ton of time and cut down on the dishes significantly.
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