December 11th...Appliances and playing hooky

Doyle and I played hooky from work today and went appliance shopping. I've been wanting to go to this scratch and dent place called "Nino's" in Tontitown, so we took off of work and went. But first we stopped at Cracker Barrel in Alma to have a yummy breakfast to start our day off right. We were on our way to a table when we saw my mom and dad sitting there! So, of course, we sat down and had breakfast with them and chatted for a bit before we headed to Tontitown. We got to Nino's and found a refrigerator, dishwasher, and washer dryer set.

Here's our refrigerator. LG stainless steel with bottom mount freezer. Regular price...$1299. Our price...$530. I can't see anything wrong with it. Whatever scratch is on it must be in the back or side where you can't see it. LG stainless steel dishwasher with stainless tub. Regular price...$850. Our price...$315. There is a scuff on the inside of the dishwasher, but it is very minor. Samsung front-load washer. Regular price...$899. Our price...$371. There is a small dent on the top where it looks like something was dropped on it. There's going to be laundry baskets on top of it anyway, so you won't be able tell. Samsung front-load dryer. Regular price...$899. Our price...$371. The dryer must have been sitting next to the washer, because it has the same little dent on top where something must have been dropped. Again...laundry basket on top covers it. After leaving Nino's, we were very happy with what we found and decided to go to Sears at the Fayetteville mall to check out their appliances and then on to Lowe's. They didn't have any great deals, so I decided to call the Fort Smith Sears to see if they still had the wall oven on clearance that I saw there on Black Friday. They did, so we decided to go get it. I'm glad we went because we found all of our cooking appliances there on clearance! No scratches or dents...just new appliances. Check out these deals...

Kenmore Elite 5 burner cooktop. Black and stainless steel smooth top. It is a much better cooktop than I thought I could afford. I got a warming burner and a rapid boil burner with the extra large surface. Yeah! Regular price...$1050. Our price...$630.KitchenAid microwave/hood. Regular price...$530. Our price...$397.And for my favorite deal of the day!!!! Jenn-Air convection wall oven. Regular price...$2210. Our price...$441. That's right....80% off! The salesman didn't even know it was over there in the corner because he said he could have sold it a long time ago for that price. In fact, when I saw it on Black Friday, it was $500-$600. So, the price had come down from 2 weeks ago! Yeah for me. Plus, it is a convection oven! Yes...I wanted one but knew I couldn't afford one, so when I found out that I could get this oven for such a steal, I was ecstatic!

Here's our truck and trailer at the end of the day. And if you are looking in the back of the truck and thinking that we shouldn't have put the fridge in that way and to make sure we stand it up for at least 24 hours before we plug it in, (just like the lady in the parking lot wanted to make sure we knew) yes, we know. We had it sitting up for a while, but it kept wanting to tip over, even strapped down. So, we stopped and fixed it by putting it on its back and moving the dishwasher to the trailer. So rest assured...it will be standing up for a month before we plug it in.
So, you ask, how did we do overall today? We got a refrigerator, dishwasher, wall oven, cooktop, microwave/hood, washer, and dryer all for $3063. Retail price? Around $8000!!! Pretty good huh?I also have to give a huge thank you to Stephanie for picking up Ty from daycare and letting him play at her house since we didn't make it back in time. She told us to take our time so we were able to eat a meal all by ourselves at Red Lobster. Wow. We tried to remember the last time that we had a meal out by ourselves and couldn't remember. Thanks, Stephanie! I owe you.