My fabulous Thrift Store Find

I have been jonesing for a bread machine for a while now. A bread machine seems like one of the few small appliances that can actually be more than just a waste of counter space. Especially for the frugal types who like to cut costs by making their own sandwich bread. The thing that really kept me from running out and buying one off the shelf was the outrageous price tag. You can spend $50 - $200 on a bread machine; a little more than I wanted to spend on something that I wasn't quite sure I would even use on a regular basis. Enter the thrift store. God, I love the thrift store. We have an especially good one here in my town. I just bought my children 2 bikes there the other day and I bought myself a slightly used Betty Crocker 2lb bread machine today for -dum dum ta da - $10! After a little searching on the internet I bought a PDF file of the manual for $1.85 and got started on my first loaf. Banana Nut Bread. And it is just as good as when I dirty a sink full of dishes and heat up the entire house to bake it. I think I'm in love.