Bargain Deals And Dirty Laundry

I finally have a washer and dryer in my home. It was supposed to be a surprise, but my boyfriend is terrible at keeping secrets and he slipped up in conversation when I asked him about his gardening purchases. (He was ready to argue about the price of the set, but I was talking about the lawnmower.
The fool.)

Dane bought the set on craigslist from a local guy after comparing prices with two other sellers in the Yukon area. The guy was honest and offered to drop the set off at our place and install it for us. I'm very finicky when it comes to pre-owned appliances, but the washer and dryer looked to be in mint condition and fit perfectly in our little space. It even had a little history, the man told us he knew the previous owners very well and that they were clean freaks. It also happened to be one of his buddies that just retired from the Yukon Police Department. Turns out, that very friend was one of the police officers caught up in the Yukon sex scandal getting blow jobs at the nearby gas station. Tsk!

Don't worry, I'll be transitioning to eco- friendly soaps after this.

The man had to replace some of our dryer tubing due to it being ratty and dirty. There hasn't been a washer or dryer prior to me moving in or during the time when Dane lived there with his roommate, so we'll have to talk to the landlord about replacing it entirely. We ran a few test runs and it worked just fine, he even said if there were any issues he'd replace the set entirely for free.

I am very happy because that means I don't have to make the 30- minute drive back to Midwest City anymore to do laundry at my mom's. Dane was getting ready to do his first load of laundry and I noticed immediately he was using softener thinking it was detergent. The blank stare he gave me said it all as I stopped and asked him if he knew what he was doing. I guess i'll be taking care of most of the laundry duties from here on out...