i can do it... except for when you can't.

i'm pretty resourceful.

especially because i don't have a husband.

i have to be resourceful.

even if that means using other people's husbands.

but when all the husbands, dads and even uncles shuddered in fright at my latest fix, i knew i needed to pull out the big guns:

the savings account.

husbands, dads, and uncles have saved me from going there a hundred times before. heroes, all of them!

until i said the word "dishwasher"

it was like kryptonite to their souls.

weakening their super-human state nothing more than mortal men.

..... there isn't anything i'd rather be spending my money on than a fancier-than-me dishwasher.

you're all welcome to come over and use my dishwasher.  i'm told it's life changing.

it better be.