Actually, Clark has been doing most of the washing of the dishes since our dishwasher broke a couple of months ago (but I've been doing my fair share and I've been putting most of them away). Those days will be no longer come tomorrow (well, we'll still have to put them away-but no more washing) This past weekend Sears had 20% of all their Kenmore appliances and then Sunday night from 6-9pm they had Friends & Family specials, which gave an additional discount of 10% on appliances! The best part is, I didn't even have to leave my house or get out of my pj's (which I don't usually do on Sundays anyway if I can help it), we got all the discounts ordering it online and we chose to pick it up at our local store, so there were no shipping charges. We got a $700 dishwasher for $500! Also, since most of our own friends and family knew about our plight, we were given some money and gift cards towards purchasing it and with some money we had saved, we were able to do so out-right; NO CREDIT CARDS or LAYAWAY! Yeah! We did not get stainless steel as most are doing now, we got Bisque and once we get our tax return, hopefully we will have enough to buy the matching fridge, stove and over-the-range microwave, as well as, new counter-top, sink and faucet. I felt like stainless steel would be too hard to keep clean with a toddler (and hopefully one day another little one) running around and it doesn't really go with the rest of our house. I'm a wrought-iron, bronze, warm colors kind of girl and more importantly, we are able to get top of the line bisque appliances for what we would pay for low quality stainless. The only thing I wanted differently, was I didn't want the controls to show, but I wasn't willing to pay $400 more for it or pay for a lesser quality appliance just for that feature. We couldn't be happier with our choice! Here's a pic of our new addition:
