Score!

I headed to the mall this week, for the first time during the entire holiday season, for a Genius Bar appointment at the Apple Store. No surprise, but suddenly the issue that I made the appointment for resolved itself, despite the fact that I'd done all of the usual repair-y type things before I even made the appointment. The appointment was free though, so I figure I got off easy...I was afraid I might have had to buy a new external hard drive.

The Williams-Sonoma store was between Apple and my parking spot and I had wanted to get my eyes and hands on various soda siphons before I made a decision. They mostly feel cheap and plastic-y and I'mnot thrilled about the options for new CO2 chargers: the alternates seem to be to buy lots of single use cartridges, to rely on a courier service that doesn't get high marks for customer service, or to make regular trips to Williams Sonoma/Sur la Table for replacement, which in itself is an expensive proposition. So I didn't walk away with a soda water maker.

I did, however, walk away with a 10 inch Le Crueset skillet for $70, about a 40% discount. Normally I see those prices at Ross or TJ Maxx, not Williams Sonoma. I snatched it up because while I do have a cast iron grill pan, it doesn't work for some basic applications and it's hard to clean. It doesn't match the brilliant yellow, green and red of my other cookware, but at that price, gray is just fine.

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[Shanti's Mommy]

I told you that grill pan was hard to clean ... and you laughed at me. :-D