I was trying to wait until I found one on a garage sale, but dh said to please get one today when I went out shopping. It is our Mother's Day/Father's Day gift to each other. I can hardly wait to try it tomorrow after I read the manual. I am so excited. I think it will be nice for this summer, not heating the house up when I want to make bread.

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That's great! I'm hoping to get one soon too, nothing beats the smell (and taste!) of fresh baked bread!

It is so great to have in the summer.You can go shopping and come home and have fresh bread and your house smells great too!

Congrats on getting one!

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I'm sooo jealous! I have been wanting one for years. I am gonna start socking a few bucks away each paycheck and get me one. MMM! fresh bread! How yummy!!!

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That's a good idea, maybe I'll start a bread machine savings too. I have been wanting one so badly (also since I read AVM), but I would like to get a nice one, from what I have heard it is worth it to pay the extra cash for a good brand (not that I know what a good brand would be, I guess I need to research ) If I saved $10/week from my babysitting money, I should be able to get one sometime in the summer.

Congrats ChickyHip!! I'm foaming at the mouth with jealousy over here, happy baking!

I got one too last week too. I got a BreadMan from Bed, Bath and Beyond with their 20% off coupon. Dh told me I should go buy myself one to try and save money since we eat a lot of bread in this house.

The bread machine I got was the $42 Sunbeam. I didn't know if I wanted to get a more expensive one, but after reading all the reviews (and I think mommy2mercedes said in a post a while back that one of hers is a Sunbeam, which in the end, sold me on this one, lol). The bread I made today didn't turn out perfectly, but it's good. I made a few mistakes after reading over and over the manual and breadmachinedigest.com I realized what I did wrong, so I am hoping the next loaf will be better. This was the first homemade bread I have EVER made, so I'm still happy with it.

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I have a breadman pro and a sunbeam(from wal mart)...and yes...I have as much love for my $40 as my $100 one...

I def do NOT think this is one of those "the more expensive is better" situations....for $40 and a trip to wal mart you can have fresh baked bread in a beautiful loaf.

Chicky.......theres some great bread machine recipes on here(look in salad n sides)and its also a great time saver to use the dough cycle!

I'm so jealous!!! Good for you! report back and let us know what ya think

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Congrats. on getting one. Love them in the summer time it doesn't heat the house up and you can still have fresh baked bread.

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