When we moved into this house, we could tell the previous owner did a lot of work to make it appealing to prospective buyers. As first-time home owners with a baby about to be born, we greatly appreciated it! We were fine with having to provide a washer/dryer because that allowed us to get the high-efficiency, large capacity set for all the baby clothes and blankets we knew we'd have to wash. The appliances were newer, but definitely the simple white models--especially the fridge.
It's about 16 cu. ft., no ice maker, top freezer style. It's nice, but clearly the most simple model the previous owner could find. Again, we appreciate the fridge being here. It works perfectly fine, until you put certain things on the top shelf...Frozen lettuce, anyone? At least our cottage cheese doesn't ever go bad because it's always half frozen! So we decided, let's get a new fridge. Bigger, better, and one that will match the look we are slowly working towards...
Saturday takes us to Best Buy. I had already done my research so we went with a beautiful Samsung French Door refrigerator (in stainless steel) with a built-in water/ice dispenser :) It's 26 cu. ft. and it's glorious. And it can be in my house by Monday! I am so excited--like a kid on Christmas morning!
Finally, Monday (today) arrives...between 8-10 a.m., I will have my little beauty! Ding dong--Best Buy delivery! They move the old fridge and get the new one ready. She is gleaming in the sunshine by the curb waiting to come home...but wait...we have a problem. We have 2 entrances into this house: the first entrance is plenty wide but the doorway is too narrow (by 1/2"). The second entrance is through the large back gate off the alley but our back door is too narrow.
WHAT????? How could this happen??? There was no way to get this fridge through either doorway, even if they took off the doors. UGH! So, they put the old fridge back in place and told us we could exchange our fridge for a smaller one. I almost cried. So instead I laughed, because what else could I do? This was ridiculous.
Now we have to go back to BB and get the smaller version (which is still larger than our current one) and I will have to be a good girl and wait for my new beautiful new fridge to arrive.
It'll be okay..don't cry! What will you do with the old fridge? You could put it in the garage, its nice to have two fridges when you have parties, holiday meals and need the extra space or when you buy too much at Costco :)
ReplyDeleteLOL--I didn't really cry...That would be awesome but we've given up the garage for more yard space...We are going to donate the fridge.
ReplyDeleteDonation is a great idea! :)
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