After our Christmas budgets were tightened by the unfortunate timing of my truck’s radiator failure (to the tune of $400), I figured we would probably have a few good months before something new popped up again.
NOPE!
Last night as my wife was trying to prepare dinner for our daughter, she mentioned to me that she thought the microwave wasn’t working right. I decided to test it. I put her dinner back in the microwave (yummy peas and carrots), entered the time, and pressed “start.” The light turned on, the table rotated, the fan spun: everything looked and sounded normal… until I took the food out of the microwave.
It was still cold.
Shoot! Well so much for luck and timing being on our side. So this afternoon, instead of spending $200 on books, supplies, and equipment for my new business, I’ll be spending $200 on a new microwave. JOY!
Thank heavens for our emergency fund. While we probably won’t have to tap the fund to make this purchase, it’s nice to know it’s there as a buffer in case anything bigger goes wrong. Unfortunately, that also means we’re unlikely to add much money to savings this month. I suppose that’s just the way the cookie crumbles.
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I haven’t purchased a microwave in a long time but I thought they had come way down in price, like they’re $35 or something.
One that sits on the counter can run that low, but our microwave that died is an installed, over-the-range unit. To get one that appropriately fills the space cost us just under $220 after tax.