What a great morning!!

What a great Friday morning this has been!! This is a long story to tell you why it is so great, but hang in there with me. It all started Wednesday night. Barry called us, he was shopping at the Sears in Hilliard and as he was walking out the door an oven caught his eye. We'd been discussing them with him the previous weekend when he and Shawn were brain-storming about the kitchen re-model we have going on. I told him Jen's oven is my dream oven but I've priced them and they are WAY out of the budget. Theirs was too but Barry had found a deal and that's how Jen got it. Back to Wednesday night. I was thrilled to hear Barry had found an electric slide-in oven just like theirs and it was on clearance! I had him talk to Shawn about it. The next day the kids and I headed into Hilliard to check this puppy out! Plus, Shawn wanted me to go to Appliance Smart and see what deals I could get there. I started at Sears. There were two floor models left in this stove Barry had told me about. One a lady bought right in front of me as I was looking at the stove! The nerve, she was a blue-hair! As we were walking out of the store, on the phone with Shawn, I see the stove. I could feel the twinkle in my eye. I'm scurrying to write down the info as the blue-hair walks out after buying the other stove. She STOPPED TO LOOK AT THE ONE I'M CURRENTLY LOOKING AT! Man did I give her the dirty look. Off we went to the next store. They had good deals on fridges and only two slide in stoves, which were not nearly as nice as the one I'd fallin' for already.

Shawn came home last night and I was researching fridges and stoves, and looking through Craigslist to see what they had. I told him my first, second and third choices. By this time, I had a raging headache and it was time for The Office. I was up last night with both kids and just thinking about the oven. We couldn't possibly spend the money, this isn't the house we'll be in forever. Shawn must have been up thinking about it too. As he was leaving for work I was getting up. He says to me, "Go get the oven at Sears, you deserve it and I love you". After a few moments of hesitation, I then smiled and said OK!

I get the kids ready and we head out to the truck...which doesn't start! UG! Not going well. Load them back into my car and we're on the cuff of being late for school. But we made it on time! I had it arranged with my neighbors to pick Shea up if I was going to be late. Will and I were on a mission to get this stove.

I get to Sears and the floor model was gone. I talk to the sales lady and explain to her the one on the floor had a yellow tag on it yesterday but some lady bought it. She went and checked (this took a while) and to her surprise, I was right. She had pulled the wrong stove back to storage. The one already marked sold was indeed sold. The floor model I'd seen by the exit door was available. HOORAY! But, I can't let her know I'm excited. We talk about the price and I can get it now for this mega on sale price or wait until next Thursday, when they lower the price again. In my mind I'm saying, "It could be gone!!". I tell her I want the stove but I'm going next door to Kroger to get gift cards to purchase this with. I wheel Will over and we get the cards. FYI- Kroger is doing double fuel points on any gift cards purchased. We'll be getting cheap gas next month :)

Back to Sears I go. Now, the computer won't let the lady enter all my gift cards. After more time spent figuring this out, we pay for the oven. IT'S MINE! Here is a sneak peak at what it looks like. Minus the cabinets.

It's a smooth top, electric slide in, convection oven with...are you ready... a warming oven!!!! I about did cartwheels out to my truck. I didn't want to spend the money but we did get one heck of a deal. Thank you to my loving husband for telling me to go get it!! Thank you to Barry for finding this deal. Since the truck wouldn't start for me, Shawn has to fix that tonight so he can go in tomorrow and pick this oven up. I can't wait until it's in the garage. The lady is even going to shrink wrap it for me, how exciting. This is our first purchase for the remodel. Scary but fun. I can't wait to make a great meal on it. When the island is build and the oven is in, I'll let you know how it looks. I'm sure fantastic.

After all that, I had to pee so we stopped at Target. How lucky, I had a coupon for a free coffee at Starbucks so I got my Peppermint Mocha and finished Christmas shopping for the kids (since Shea wasn't with me). All this and it was only 11 am. Needless to say, I'm tired now. Plus, I had to re-schedule my much needed hair cut. I must have really wanted the oven! What a great Friday!!!!