Okay, friends. I have a bit of a confession to make. I’ve talked about it on here before so I guess it’s not really much of secret. BUT, I think it’s an issue I need to address. Not for you, for me. As part of my recovery process. So here goes nothing.
I’m a kitchen gadget/item hoarder. Go ahead and sign me up for the TV show. Heck, maybe that would fund my obsession and help me buy more. Sounds like a win-win to me.
So here’s the story of the not-so-recovering addict. It all started at the ripe ole’ age of 8, 9, or 10. I don’t recall exactly. In the beginning, this addiction was quite harmless. In fact, it was more of a look-but-not-buy type of obsession. But I guess that’s what happens when you’re ten and don’t yet have a credit card. The late night infomercials is where it all begin. The magic bullet one? Omgeez. I could have probably recited that thing to you by the age of 10. As a matter of fact, I might as well quit my day job and become a Magic Bullet representative. I pretty much know everything about it. We won’t go into the details about how that thing actually worked out for me.
Fast forward to many moons ago at the age of twelve. When most little girls wanted new clothes, password diaries, or makeup kits…I wanted silicone bakeware. Yup, those flexible baking pans that were supposed to bake things in half the time. Easy to clean. My life’s every wish. It was seriously the only thing I wanted for Christmas that year. I cried tears of joy (exaggeration) after opening that gift and lived happily ever after. Until I realized that I couldn’t remove them from the oven without them smashing to the ground. They were the floppiest floppy could be. I should have known.
My next drug gadget of choice was blenders. Yes, I said it. Blenders. Now I’m starting to sound like I need to go on that Strange Addiction show. It’s not like that. I just really wanted a powerful blender. Haha (Wow, I sound so ridiculous right now. I know.) Anyways, over a 2-3 month span I managed to burn out 3 blenders. I like to think they were just flawed, but the more I think about it, I’m thinking that they were just all too weak for me. One thing you need to know about me is that I don’t like chunks of ice in my concoctions. So what do I do? I blend them to the ice is gone, even if it takes muchos minutos. Needless to say, I would start to smell them burning up and them BAM. They were out for good. So it’s safe to say that me and those blenders were not friends. Maybe if those blenders would have manned up, I wouldn’t have so many problems. But back to the store they went. Fail number three.
Now, at this point in my childhood one would guess that I would give up, crawl in a corner, and cry myself to sleep every night. And after all of these kitchen failures, that actually sounds pretty tempting. But fast forward about ten years and my latest credit card bill will tell you that I have not given up this obsession. Do NOT let me into a kitchen supply store. I repeat. Lock this girl up.
Charisse says
I think you are my sister soulmate. Once, I lived in an apartment where I turned the linen closet into my own personal kitchen appliance closet. I am not even joking. I have a buffet filled with kitchen gadgets. the bottom and top of my pantry, and even some in the basement. It’s a total addition and I can’t help it. Not that I would if I wanted to. My new goal is to get a VitaMix. I just got a beautiful brand new Raspberry Ice KitchenAid stand mixer and I love it.
MrsJoJo says
Hilarious, came to your blog via Pinterest… Sounds like you could be me ten years ago… I currently live in Asia and since I graduated I think I’ve developed a serious addition; just a small selection of my collection includes a Kenwood food processor, Kenwood food mixer (vintage ’70’s from my grandma), electric carving knife (never used but also from my gran who suffered the same affliction), yoghurt maker, Braun blender (used daily for my son’s breakfast smoothie) and I currently covert a Kitchen Aid and a Tefal deep-fat fryer (that only uses one tablespoon of oil)!! On my last home trip I returned with a breadmaker in my suitcase (who needs clothes?!) after giving in and buying a second-hand one from ebay (previous trips have seen me return with cookie cutters, bake trays, spices and ingredients I just can’t get here).
My latest purchase? A candy thermometer because I REALLY needed it (well, I used it once, might use it again some day!). Oh, and that breadmaker – I use it every week so it was a wise purchase and as I got it cheap it has already paid for itself many times over.
Claris Leigh says
so cute!! love it!
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Taylor says
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Katie says
i love weird and fun kitchen tools!!
XOXO,Kt
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I Know The Plans I Have For You says
That’s so funny! As long as your not sleeping with your blenders, it should be ok lol! Thanks for the printable!