It's Frigidaire Outside... and inside too

So the past few days have been a little chaotic here at the Watson house. Thursday while we were at work our refridgerator broke. We had no idea and didn't figure it out until later on Thursday evening. Everything on the fresh foods side was spoiled, but the stuff on the freezer side seemed okay still, but needed to be put on ice in a cooler.

 

Our sad refrigerator :(

So, repairman came and it was the worst possible scenario... the compressor was broken. AWESOME - not. When we bought our house a little over a year ago all the appliances were already here. It was great, all stainless steel appliances, and nice ones, that we didn't have to buy. We were prepared to just have it fixed and suck up the $400 repair cost, but then everyone {both professional and not} said that a broken compressor is a death sentence for a fridge.

Then the delimma began, do we spend $400 to repair it and have no warranty or guarantee on the repairs or do we spend more and buy a new one that has a 5 year warranty?? We decided to suck it up and buy a new one. We didn't want to risk spending that kind of money on a repair that comes with no guarantee and also knowing that 40% of compressor repairs are not the last. With this decision we knew that our work would be cut out for us. We needed a side-by-side, stainless steel and dimensions were important. Those requirements combined with a serious budget = 8 hours of appliance shopping.

Finally, we decided on a Frigidaire from Lowe's {they were having a 20% off sale this weekend}. It fit all the basic requirements and was within our budget. It's not our ideal choice, but given the circumstances, it was the best option. And it was in stock and could be delivered today.

So, here it is

It fits right in with our other appliances

and with the new groceries we had to buy to replace what got spoiled. This isn't even 1/4 of what we needed to replace everything, but it will have to happen along and along.

But at least we have a working fridge now. A long weekend is behind us now!

Oh, and just in case anyone has been loosing sleep over it, in the end the most important things were spared from spoiling... Matt's Bud Light and my expensive bottle of champagne, you know, the really important stuff!