The $60 Washing Machine That Changed Everything I Thought About Being Broke

died or cars needed repairs or kids needed new shoes because they’d outgrown the old ones.

We definitely didn’t have “new washing machine” money. Not even close.

That weekend, I loaded all three kids into our beat-up sedan and drove to a thrift store on the edge of town that I’d heard sometimes sold used appliances.

The place smelled like dust and old continue reading …