This past weekend we shared another "married first" as I like to think of it...We bought our first married appliance together! We have decided to save more money and stay in our apartment for another year, and then hopefully move into a house next summer. This year we've been renting a washer and dryer because last summer was so hectic to buy one, so we took on the Memorial Days Sales, and with the promise of possible savings of tax on a washer set off to find a new washer and dryer!
I never possibly knew that selecting a washer and dryer could be so complicated...We went through the major question of top load or front load...Of course we both drooled over those gorgeous red front load sets, but thankfully reality and sanity set in and we begin to look at other options!
We found an incredibly helpful guy at Home Depot who explained the ins and outs of front loading washer dryers to us...We have been energy conscious with our light bulbs and have saved a good amount of money this year so far by doing so, so we were open minded about the savings in water and electricity that we could see in the long run. They tell you that you can save $200 a year in your electric and water bills...We went home and crunched the numbers using our water and electric bill, and even considering increased loads of laundry with kids (someday) we figured we would save about $150-$200 over about 7 years...and with plans to buy a house within the next year and all that comes with that we decided to stick with a top loader. We figure by the time we need a new one, there may be only front loaders, and even those will be cheaper! We got a good deal, because Home Depot does price matching with Sears and we got a $100 rebate for buying 2 GE Appliances, and 10% off...
So, drum roll please, our new washer and dryer...to debut in the Metz residence on June 10th!!!
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