Home appliances are the new shoes

Week 15, here we go, and with nearly a week of record-high new daily COVID cases, it doesn’t look like I’ll be going anywhere for quite some time. We’ve all had to take on some new roles and “in-source” over the past few months, and this week I invested in a few new household tools to help me get all the jobs done.

I obviously have a slight obsession with vacuuming (who knew?) and although I’m still devoted to my little handheld device, I finally bought the Dyson Cyclone V10—and my life will never be the same. In the good old days when I had a housekeeper on the regular, my inexpensive cordless Shark was enough for spot-cleaning between her visits or in the case of a kitchen mishap, but it just couldn’t handle deeper-cleaning situations (and I refuse to schlep the hose for the central vac to and from the garage). It has a special head for wood floors so it doesn’t get tangled up with hair (I hate that), and it becomes a Dustbuster with one touch of a button. It also came with so many attachments there’s nothing I can’t vacuum. I went to town on the dog hair on the living room couch and our upholstered headboard yesterday, and today I plan on tackling the stairs (with the carpet head) and the plantation shutters (with the dusting tool). I’m so in love I would make out with this vacuum if I could. 

And since I don’t feel comfortable popping over to Raw Juce whenever I’m craving an AB&J, a new blender was in order as well. The under-$20 one from Target I’ve had for several years just wasn’t cutting it, and I found an AWESOME Ninja one on Costco.com. Now it’s smoothies for everyone! (And pina coladas for me!)

I wish I could say that’s my kitchen.

Remember when Carrie Bradshaw said, “I like my money where I can see it—in my closet”? That may have been true for me before quarantine, but apparently now I like seeing mine in the laundry room and on my kitchen counter.