Mr. and Mrs. Discount

After much shopping and a little debate we bought two new appliances this weekend. Let me tell you the story, because as you know when it comes to bargain hunting we always have a story. At our last house, Retama we bought all of our appliances from the local Scratch and Dent Superstore. They offered a warranty and if you didn't know you would have never been able to tell they weren't bought full price from a fancy store. The old scratch and dent was a fun place, Vinnie worked there along with the godfather...Ryan joked it was ran by the Italian mob. There were always big Italian looking guys wearing a bunch of gold man jewels (you know man jewerly)...unusal for San Antonio.

Whenever we bought the new house I was ready for a little godfather shopping. Well, the store has been sold and prices have gone sky high. Don't worry, we found another discount store. Appliance Smart in San Antonio is awesome. I think I have been there 5 times in the past three weeks. keep in mind they have two locations in SA.

Friday night Ryan and I ran by Sears Outlet (right by our house) to see what they had in stock. We found the kenmore elite duel fuel 40" mr. industrial oven with a handy side oven. Love at first sight. But I had to think about it overnight. Martina put it on hold for us and I tried to dream about it. A lot of times with the renovation I can dream about rooms or appliances (for this instance) and know what my decision will be. I don't have the luxury of just being able to imagine things like Ryan so I have to dream them out. Well, Friday night I had a great dream about my new oven so Saturday after making trips to all 3 scratch and dents we went back to see Martina and get our oven!!! We've been also looking at fridges. Last house we got a crazy deal on our fridge at Lowe's. A stainless steel side by side for less than $500 was simply the greatest bargain in reno history. This go around we didn't get quite as great a deal but man did we get a deal!!! While buying the oven Ryan was looking around at the fridges again, they had marked down a few since the night before. Ryan called me over to check it out and I said stay there, guard it, I'm going to get the sales lady. The rest is history :)

The fridge is Kenmore elite side by side. It comes with regular ice, crushed ice and wait for it....SHAVED ICE!!! Snowcones every day here I come! Chase and I will love it!! He loves eating ice...Also, in the door there is an "extra cold" cubbie where ice from the freezer shoots into the door making your milk (and beer) extra cold with hopefully ice chips. Good thing this fridge was crazy clearance because there is no way we would have been able to get one with all those bells and whistles.

Oven, my oven. : )

I was looking for something industrial and I think this makes it the one. Also, I wanted a duel fuel, check. Black top for the cooktop, double oven or at least a warming drawer, if possible 5 burners...check...check...check!!! We got a crazy deal on this one too.

Both will be delivered Nov. 12th. We don't have a kitchen or bathroom but as Ryan pointed out, we have appliances...when a deals a deal, you gotta jump!