The strange washer saga continues.

I called the saleswoman I spoke with before, figuring she'd appreciate the commission, and she met us at the store this evening. I narrowed it down and decided on the Kenmore Elite Oasis, #02628032. I'd already paid $230 for the warranty that was giving me a $500 credit toward a new machine. After $160 off for the sale and an extra 5% off for the energy star sale (today only, I guess it's close to Earth Day) that almost cancelled out the tax, the ringing up added about $75 for delivery and to pick up the old one. I had her drop those off--I drive a pickup, and I just put the old one at the curb. Someone will grab that overnight or in the morning.

The new one is sitting in its box in the hall kind of "resting up" from the sideways trip in the pickup (all of about 5 miles). The new one cost me an additional $117 over the cost of the warranty. Not bad--Sears never has sales that would let me buy a $800 machine for $347.

They had another good machine on sale that I could have gotten right at the $500 credit amount, but it had a porcelain tub. If this one hadn't been such a good value I'd have gotten the Kenmore 800.

I'm going to put the new washer on the other side of the relatively slim laundry room this time, so I can reach the other outlet on the wall plug if I need to. I got tired of leaning over the back of the old washer and groping around to find it. I've cleaned up several ounces of dirt, cat hair, dirt, cat litter, dirt, and oddball things like twist ties (probably used as cat toys) from under where the washer used to sit.

It is so nice to know I can finally do laundry here again. I don't know how maeve (was it you?) went for so long without a washer. They are one of the great inventions of the Western World.

SRS