... but for US it is!
After nearly 3 years of having only a dorm-size fridge (4 cubic feet, no freezer) we bought a fridge... IN CASH! (success)
After nearly 3 years of having only a dorm-size fridge (4 cubic feet, no freezer) we bought a fridge... IN CASH! (success)
~ Backstory: We originally bought a Samsung from Lowes. It was a bottom freezer, all the bells and whistles a Domestic Goddess would want. It cost nearly $1000 three years ago. It lasted all of 13 months! We had the repairmen here 4 times before it was finally carted away and we bought a dorm fridge to "hold us over" until we found one we liked.
We still don't have a credit card... as tempting as it was to get one, we knew as soon as we had a Home Depot CC we would find things that need fixing around the house. (success)
And, we didn't have to touch the"Emergency Fund" at all to buy it! (success)
We got it on sale AND will get a $50 rebate from Energy Star (success)
It's not pretty... but it's paid for!!!!
MY FRIDGE --- FINALLY!!!!
And, we didn't have to touch the"Emergency Fund" at all to buy it! (success)
We got it on sale AND will get a $50 rebate from Energy Star (success)
It's not pretty... but it's paid for!!!!
MY FRIDGE --- FINALLY!!!!
2 comments:
Wow! I am amazed that you managed with a dorm fridge for so long!!! I don't think my will power is as good as yours, I'm sure I would have caved and ended up buying a fridge on credit. I'm curious, how did having such a small fridge affect your cooking/menu planning?
Cheers!
"how did having such a small fridge affect your cooking/menu planning?"
I did shop on Sundays, Wednesday and Fridays.
I had to 'match' the meals up. If I bought a chicken on Sunday, we had roasted chicken on Sunday, chicken and something on Monday and chicken soup on Tuesday. Wednesdays meatloaf became tacos the next day etc... I didn't necessarily use the same thing for all the meals, but if I knew I would need 3 pounds of ground meat for the 3 meals, I would buy accordingly.
The hardest part was only being able to buy 1/2 gallon of milk at a time. The fridge holds more than I thought it would. If I ever had to "do a dorm" again, I could... not that I want to!
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