My Pre-KitchenAid® Days...

Dated August 2008:

To KitchenAid® or Not KitchenAid®?

That is the question.

When I registered for our bridal registry last year, I wasn't sure if one of those big-ass KitchenAid® mixers was something I had to have or not. I felt a little like Betty Crocker even considering putting one of those massive things in my kitchen.

And it didn't help that I had conflicting stories from my married girlfriends. One told me it was the biggest paperweight she owned while another went on and on about how it creamed butter so well that it allowed her to make cakes that had the neighborhood picket outside her house for more.

As it turned out, I decided not to sign up for one. So far, there's been only one time that I had non-buyers remorse and that was when I was cooking up this massive amount of cupcakes that called for 2 pounds of butter. While I stood there, for minutes at a time with my hand mixer and the start of what I was sure was carpal tunnel, I did wish that the KitchenAid® fairy would fly by and drop one off.

I caught myself, today, at the close-out sale at our local Linens & Things walking really slowly past the KitchenAid® mixers. All they had left over was some dodgey looking floor model with a tag that boasted "50% OFF!" Unfortunately it looked like that thing had been dragged through a muddy bog and was missing attachments. Again, I declined but we'll see if that changes.

Ah, another exciting day in the suburbs.