the search continues...

for the perfect plug-in automatic kettle (must be black)

i love my automatic kettle to pieces, but the time has come for it to retire - i bought for $19 at linens and things in 1998. alas linens and things is no more and now i think about it - duh, i should probably check bed bath and beyond, huh? they are practically the same store full of pointless crap that i can only buy if i have a coupon, then i can only buy one thing and have to plan on coming back next time i have a coupon - i am not sure how this works to their advantage...? and i always confuse bed bath and beyond with bath and body works and they sell entirely different stuff :|

anyway i have been through a plethora of kettles (two) so far and i am getting frustrated! one didn't turn off.... no auto shut! what the....!! the whole point of the automatic kettle is it doesn't do that stress inducing whistle that goes higher and higher and higher, causing my blood pressure to sky rocket and have to drop everything to rush over there to rescue it, before it boils dry and explodes and blows off my face :|

the present one is so heavy and loud, it sounds like a steam train. and i can't see the little window that tells me how full it is. lame.

on the possible next kettle list:



but.... i can already forsee the con of this kettle - the ugly chalky stuff that will build up on the inside causing the kettle to have to be tucked in a cupboard everytime polite company comes over

and this kettle:


which is the younger sibling of the kettle i have now - which cost $19 in 1998 :| this kettle is $59 :| i can't pay that :| even with a 20% off coupon, it only reduces to $47... that's still DOUBLE what i paid just a few short years ago! urgh, it sucks being logical and responsible.

so i am hoping and praying (ok not really praying) that on black friday, i find this kettle in walmart for $7. even though they don't actually sell it at walmart - a girl can dream, right!! and while i'm dreaming, a 135mm f2.0 for $500 would be super! and a new tv for the bedroom - 42 inches ideally, no bigger no smaller - for $250! dino roars for $40! the ipod touch (Sam's christmas wish) for $125! fingers crossed.........................