Pistachio

I have long been coveting Kitchen Aid mixers.  I associated having one with being grown up and settled.  Despite feeling neither of these things I bought one yesterday.  I used to say that I'd buy one when I stopped moving so much.   Screw it.  I'll move it with the rest of my stuff when the time comes.  A girl's love for her mixer can mean a lot of different things.   Sarah Hatter wrote about her feelings here.   Unlike Sarah I always imagined getting married.  But like her, I know exactly what it feels like to know that if I want the matching nesting bowls I have to buy them for myself.  No one else is going to do it.  I think that what this purchase means to me, is that my life is as settled as it's going to get.  And that I'm finally starting to admit that to myself.  Last week I ordered a new set of pots & pans (I finally cashed in an incentive I earned that I had left over from my days in sales).   And now this mixer.   The term is nesting and I cannot help myself.  My little ebay baby will be here in the next few weeks and I cannot wait.  I even called my mom to tell her the good news.  She was not nearly as excited as I was.   

The hardest decision was the color.   I didn't trust the colors on my monitor so after work I skipped the gym (it doesn't take much)  to go to Macy's and see them live & in person.  Macy's only had white, but the 2nd BB&B that I went to had them.  I called my sister and she talked me through it.  She knows me so well and knows that i just have to be told what to do.  Our conversation went something like this. 

me: I'm trying to decide between the pistachio & the majestic yellow

sister: Yellow. Go with the yellow.

m:  but the pistachio is nice and retro looking

s:  then go with the pistachio

m:   i have been coveting that one for a while

s:  then get it

m:  the yellow is nice & sunny

s: Get the pistachio

m: Is it too muted?  not fun enough?

s: Get the pistachio

m:  The pistachio is nice

s:  GET THE PISTACHIO!

m:  OKAY!  I'M GETTING THE PISTACHIO!

s:  DO  IT!

*click*

So if you are an indecisive wreck like me or ever need help jumping out of an airplane my sister is the one to help you do it. 

Comments

[pinky]

I definitely think pistachio is a wise choice - retro, but not wide-collar retro, like avocado.

I received a white kitchenaid as a gift, and then immediately saw them in pink. i pined for the pink, but never got around to exchanging.

[Ken]

I have a white one, and it's my favorite kitchen appliance. I like it because it'll cheerfully hum along working by itself, while I'm off drinking beer and stuff.

[Jenn]

A kitchen aid mixer is one of those things that I just cannot justify the expense of, no matter how many times I drool over it in the store. We have a crappy hand mixer, and I guess it's good enough, for all the more I use it. If I got one, I think that I would be seriously tempted to paint flames on it, like Alton Brown on Good Eats.

But, between the kitchen aid and those Hot Tamale socks? It's official, I'm a teeny bit jealous of you.

[Adam]

You are a troublemaker! I spent quite some time convincing Meredith that she didn't need a kitchen aid and, even if we did, that we couldn't fit it in our kitchen. Now, here you come with your Pistachio wonder and your smaller kitchen and I can only guess what kind of haranguing I'm going to get.

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Editors note: um, yeah, I still don't know where I'm going to put the thing. I'll work out the logistics later, right now I'm enjoying the shoppers high. I still don't know why you have such a dis-like against the mixers and why you won't let Mer get one. You let her get a cat, but not a mixer? Now you use the arguement that you don't need one b/c she can always borrow mine. :P

[Adam]

That said, I am looking forward to my increased consumption of baked goods resulting from your purchase.

[Marianne]

I got a white kitchen aid mixer for a wedding gift from my favorite aunt and uncle some 22 years ago. Marriage long over but mixer still going strong!

[Stacey]

Oooh! I want a Kitchen Aid mixer sooo bad. I loved the pistachio...till I saw the baby blue and pink ones at Williams Sonoma. Too frickin cute. I NEED one.

And apparently I dont watch Good Eats enough...i didnt know Alton had flames on his. That guy cracks me up.

[Carrie]

I heart KitchenAid mixers. And I don't cook.

[PJ]

Congratulations on your KitchenAid baby! I put off buying one for the longest time thinking it was something I'd get when I got married. Finally I decided to heck with it and bought one, and I totally love it! It's plain white, though at times I've wanted just about every color they've offered. The pistachio is dreamy; good choice.