So I was pretty psyched last week to find my Cuisinart mixer on EBay for far less than Amazon's price! It was scheduled to be delivered yesterday. Sadly I got home to one of those "We tried to deliver but you weren't here because you were at WORK, how dumb of you" slips from UPS. My package required an adult signature. So while I wondered if Hubby would be home the next day because I was working late, and what if they couldn't deliver it, and blah blah blah...

The UPS truck appeared in front of our house! The driver took it upon himself to check by just one more time before heading back to the depot. BRILLIANT! FANTASTIC!

So I have it all set up at home. It's very cute! And well-designed: the whole top flips back so you can switch out attachments. There's a plastic guard around the perimeter of the bowl so you won't get splashed when you add stuff, plus a nice spout to pour ingredients in. There's a fold setting, which is supposed to be gentler. It has a countdown timer, so you can set it to mix for 3 minutes, and it will mix while you do other stuff and shut itself off after 3 minutes. Best of all, everything can go right in the dishwasher! (Except the mixer base, obviously, but all the other bits and pieces!) Hubby's angling for cookies now, so I suppose we should go through the baking book and find something nice.

NOM!