For our wedding, I registered and received all the expensive Williams-Sonoma "Goldtouch" Nonstick bakeware, also known as the "Burns-everything-it-touches" bakeware.I have replaced most of it with much cheaper aluminum bakeware that results in perfect cakes and cookies, and since I line everything in parchment, nothing ever sticks anyway. Well, in a moment of boredom earlier this week, I wandered into Williams-Sonoma and the shamelessly asked if I could return my useless pans... and SHE SAID YES. And so today Chris and I returned exactly 241.01 dollars worth of pans. Trashy? Yes. Amazing? Of course.

Then I realized I don't really want anything at Williams-Sonoma with my 241 dollars of store credit. I have spent the evening perusing their website, trying to get myself excited about using this credit. I have decided I don't need anything from there. I could buy a juicer, but it seems like something that costs 300 dollars should do more than just make juice... and that is how I discovered that I don't need a unitasker like juicer.


No, I need is a Vitamix. And I need one now. Like you, I have seen the Costco demonstration many a time, and always wondered who would spend so much on a blender. But this isn't just any blender. This sucker makes ice cream out of fruit and ice cubes. Soup of raw veggies. SCRAMBLED EGGS IN A BLENDER. It is a miracle machine, and someday, we will own it.

If you want to convince yourself you need a Vitamix, watch any of these 52 videos.

I'm going to start searching through the couch cushions for loose change.