Thrift Store WIN!

So today I was getting gas and I get a text from my sister in law "hey I found a Kitchenaid standmixer at Thrift Town for $25, you interested?"
Was I interested?Hells yah!!

So I drove down and met her there (she was keeping an eye on it for me). It immediately went into my cart. While we were wandering the store multiple people kept asking about the mixer in my cart, and then a ncie older lady gave me a $5 off coupon. Score! I didn't know they even did coupons at the thrift store. All in all it cost me $22 after tax. On the way home I stopped at Home Depot and got some paint for metal for $13 so all in all we are at $35 (the new versions of this mixer run about $380)

So here are the before pictures

see that faint dinge, that is actually greasy grossness
don't you want to use that to make your cinnamon rolls? Ewww
So then I scrubbed. And scrubbed. And scrubbed. Then got out a green scrubby and scrubbed some more. Then got a toothbrush and scrubbed some more. And then I bleached.

I really wanted this in another color, so here is where the paint comes in
man that picture makes it look BLUE
I was looking at it and it just didn't seem to fit our house. Then I had a GREAT idea. Our house is a combination of my girly-ness and Alex's Marine-ness. Sure I made it blue, but it just didn't fit in. So I got some black paint and TADA

I am now the proud owner of a custom Marine Corps Kitchen Aid Mixer :)