Our refrigerator sucks ass. We bought it from the previous owners of our house, because we didn't want to move our old one from the townhouse. It looks nice, but like I said...it sucks ass.

On the left back side of the fridge shelves, things freeze solid. They also freeze solid inside the vegetable crisper. In case you are wondering, freezing is not exactly fantastic for vegetables. They get nasty and mushy. Frozen lettuce anyone? Horrible. So turn the temperature up a bit you say? Ah but then on the top shelf and on the right, it's too warm. If I turn it up any more, then food outside the cold spots will spoil.

The icemaker has been touch and go for about a year. You set it to give you ice cubes and it crushes the ice. You set it to crush ice and it gives you cubes. Finally it gave out completely. We have had no ice at all for a month or two now.

Did I mention that this fridge sucks ass? Oh, and we already spent a few hundred bucks on fixing an electrical problem. There was a wire underneath that had frayed all the way through. Sweet. That meant not only no ice, but no water. It was nice to have the water dispenser fixed, but then the icemaker went out again.

After I had the pot lid fall on my head the other day, I really, really needed ice. No ice to be had! I ended up using a bag of frozen succotash to soothe my bloody bonk.

Then today, I really could have used a bit of ice to cool Adrian's burned feet. But did we have ice? HELL NO!

I was so goddamn mad about the refrigerator being constantly on the fritz, I went online while Adrian was sleeping in my lap today and bought a new refrigerator. A nice new refrigerator, the kind I want, with refrigerator on top and freezer down below. None of this ridiculous side-by-side space-wasting bullshit. No more cold spots freezing my produce and ruining it.

Before you think I'm some crazy, extravagant shopaholic, let me tell you that I have several years worth of points earned on my credit card. I didn't even know I had them until recently, when I clicked on a link on my online credit card statement and found that I had 160,000 points. 160,000 points can get you a lot of fancy stuff. I was mulling it over, trying to decide what to get with my points, but today's events clinched it. I don't want anything with those points more than a new refrigerator. Especially since I otherwise can't afford to buy one.

When you are having a very bad day, it's nice to get a free new fancy refrigerator. Next emergency that arises, at least I'll have ICE.

KitchenAid 24.8 Cu. Ft. Architect Series II