Saving Money On An Unexpected Expense – A Washer & Dryer.
We just became official adults – we bought our own washer and dryer set. Somehow in my 36 years of life I have escaped having to buy my own units, as everywhere I have ever lived either had A. a laundry room or B. units already installed. Since I knew when I signed the lease that we would have to buy these, I started doing some research on them and came to the conclusion that this was going to cost an arm and a leg to get decent ones that will last a while. Sure, we could have bought $150 units and then replaced them every few years, but I wanted to buy ones that would last me a very long time. My mom has had hers since I was about 14 years old – and they are still going strong – and I wanted mine to last just as long. But being that we live in a small town and want to support the local economy, we had a limited amount of places to shop in – so we had to haggle on price a little to get to the price point we were comfortable with. And we succeeded.
