Shopping

We're in the depths of another illness phase here. Toby is the latest victim. He's had fevers of 102 degrees since Wednesday afternoon. I went to a school meeting last night and apparently it's a virus that's going around. He's feeling fine right now since he had doses of both Calpol and Nurofen this morning and he and Rosie are snuggled up under Grandma's quilt on the sofa watching Dr Who.

So, I've been doing the Florence Nightingale thing all week, first with Rosie and now with Tobes. But what's a nurse to do trapped in the house all day? Shop online of course! With the house move sometime in November I have a lot to shop for at the moment. We'll need a new washer, dryer and fridge freezer. Such fun shopping for major appliances.

Today it's the fridge freezer. Unfortunately the kitchen is just too small for a big American style side by side model (Elizabeth you are so lucky!) but there are a lot of options. At the moment my favourite is this one. Great features including frost free. I've never had a frost free freezer in England so have spent my adult life chipping out ice and going through the mess of defrosting every six months or so. Absolute heaven to never do that again. I also like this one. It even has plumbed cold water available from the door. No ice, but still a nice little luxury.

But the fridge to have at the moment is this one. Undoubtedly beautiful but look at the price! I'm not sure my thrifty little heart could take that. I spoke to a salesperson about fridges and she said that the Smeg really aren't very good fridges but people love them because of the way they look. They are gorgeous but I'm not sure that they're that gorgeous. What do you think?