DH declared his intention yesterday to get me a kitchen aide for christmas.
Now for my dilema. I really do need a stand mixer. My wrists are just not strong enough to make large batches of dough with the hand one, plus its begining to over heat. We have had this hand mixer for 10 years so I suppose it has served its purpose.
Now the trouble is, there are several things i need for my "office" as well as my kitchen.
I really want to get back into the online auction thing, I used to do real well on ebay and want to begin again. To do that I need decent pictures, which our $20 wally digi cam does not provide. The pics are grainy and hard to see. Plus it is sort of difficult to use.
I also need a color printer. These are about $40 for a really nice one. This is so I can make things here, such as recipe cards, various cards etc. They just do not look right on the black laser jet! This is a plan too for gift giving, I am currently working on a project i have wanted to do for years, my own cook book. I want to include graphics which do not look right in black!
Then there is the stand mixer. Walmart has a 300 watt kitchen aid for $199. They also have a GE stand mixer, with beaters and dough hooks and 2 bowls for $47.
Now if I go with the GE DH would spend less for all 3 items I need/want than for just the kitchen aid.
I know kitchen aid is the rolls royce of stand mixers, but it only has 25 watts more power than the GE and I do not see how that justifies its $152 higher price tag. My thought is, the stand mixer will last at least 10 years, and by then we will be kidless and hopefully more secure money wise. Plus hopefully i will be making some money myself.
I have always wanted a kitchen aid but over the last year my focus has changed, I want something that will do the job and not sink my wallet at the same time.
So if we were to switch places which way would you go? I really think the best way is to go with the GE, since it will spread our already limited money futher. i am not sure yet how he has budgetted for christmas, as far as I know there is little or no money for it! I woudl rather go for the stuff that will give us more saving potential over the long road as well.
Help!!!
Now for my dilema. I really do need a stand mixer. My wrists are just not strong enough to make large batches of dough with the hand one, plus its begining to over heat. We have had this hand mixer for 10 years so I suppose it has served its purpose.
Now the trouble is, there are several things i need for my "office" as well as my kitchen.
I really want to get back into the online auction thing, I used to do real well on ebay and want to begin again. To do that I need decent pictures, which our $20 wally digi cam does not provide. The pics are grainy and hard to see. Plus it is sort of difficult to use.
I also need a color printer. These are about $40 for a really nice one. This is so I can make things here, such as recipe cards, various cards etc. They just do not look right on the black laser jet! This is a plan too for gift giving, I am currently working on a project i have wanted to do for years, my own cook book. I want to include graphics which do not look right in black!
Then there is the stand mixer. Walmart has a 300 watt kitchen aid for $199. They also have a GE stand mixer, with beaters and dough hooks and 2 bowls for $47.
Now if I go with the GE DH would spend less for all 3 items I need/want than for just the kitchen aid.
I know kitchen aid is the rolls royce of stand mixers, but it only has 25 watts more power than the GE and I do not see how that justifies its $152 higher price tag. My thought is, the stand mixer will last at least 10 years, and by then we will be kidless and hopefully more secure money wise. Plus hopefully i will be making some money myself.
I have always wanted a kitchen aid but over the last year my focus has changed, I want something that will do the job and not sink my wallet at the same time.
So if we were to switch places which way would you go? I really think the best way is to go with the GE, since it will spread our already limited money futher. i am not sure yet how he has budgetted for christmas, as far as I know there is little or no money for it! I woudl rather go for the stuff that will give us more saving potential over the long road as well.
Help!!!