TUMBLE DRY LOW!

For several months now, D and I have discussed the possibility of replacing our old dryer (free with apartment) with a new one, because of Tumble Dry Low. See, Ye Olde Dryer has only two heat settings: On and Off. This makes drying my clothing difficult, because a lot of my clothing is "tumble dry low" and if I put it in the dryer with the heat On, that's too much. But if the heat is Off, then nothing really happens. So I have been walking the line by putting it in with heat for a while, then taking it out when still damp and letting it finish drying on a hanger or rack.

This was annoying enough when it was just some of my clothing, but then THEN we got some baby clothing. Baby clothing is ALL Tumble Dry Low. That's when we started talking seriously about a new dryer. Not just for the baby, but for my things as well. Also, it might be marginally helpful on the electricity bill.

So, we went back and forth about this for a while: should we spend all this money on a non-baby purchase right now, how will we know what's a good deal, etc. We decided we could delay the issue by doing the initial washing of the baby clothing at a laundromat, which is how I spent part of my Saturday last weekend. This Friday, though, Ye Olde Dryer made the decision for us. I think it overheard our smack-talk about it, and it gave up the ghost. D could not get it to dry clothing any more.

Saturday was going to be a big errand-day anyway, when we planned to look into portable air-conditioning units (our apartment has weird windows), among other things. So we were already hitting some appliance stores. While the guy at Home Depot did entice me by explaining the concept of the dryer shoe rack (brilliant!), ultimately we went with a Kenmore from Sears, much like this one. It was on sale, but being on sale meant there was no delivery charge rebate, so the sale ended up only saving us about $20. But hey, free $20!

I am very excited that when I go home tonight, I go home to Tumble Dry Low. Oh, how my quality of life has increased!