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I didn’t think living with a dead microwave would bother me very much…. until I spent a few days living with a dead microwave.

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Reheat that leftover for lunch? Nope.

Quick cup of tea? Uh uh.

The recipe calls for melted butter? Better fire up the stove.

Turns out I actually do use the microwave I thought I never used. Who knew?

When it comes to replacing small appliances, I’m a tactile shopper. You can’t tell the heft and quality of a product from scrolling a website… so off we went. Bed Bath and Beyond stores are gone. Sears is dead. The mall is over an hours drive away. We tried Wal Mart and Target but both had cheap feeling crap so the husband suggested we go to the nice kitchen store where he bought the dead before it’s time, counter space hogging oven we needed to heave.

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Now You’re Cooking is one of those pricey specialty kitchen stores where you’ll find every gadget, geegaw and countertop cluttering gizmo you want but never need. (Yes silicon egg separator shaped like a frog, I’m talking to you)

We were pleasantly greeted at the door and lead to the appropriate aisle. When we explained our situation and said that my husband had purchased the old microwave here, the salesperson immediately asked his name and looked on the computer.

Miracle of all miracles… the silly thing was still under full warranty. If we brought it in we could have a brand new one free of charge.

I can’t tell you how happy this made me. Finally! Something was going our way.

So we beat feet home, grabbed the dead micro and drove back to surrender it. The husband was all for swapping it out with the same model but I chose to go with a slightly smaller version. Counter space is precious in our house.

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It still has his precious self closing door, and we even had a sweet $100 store credit to boot.

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With which I bought the mini Cuisinart food processor I’ve been eyeing for months.

Life is good.

For now….

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