At Last






I received a very special present on Valentine's Day... but I bought it for myself. Isn't it handsome??
I'm in love...

It's a KitchenAid Professional 610 Stand Mixer from Williams-Sonoma.

I know what you're thinking, you're thinking, shouldn't you be saving your money for culinary school? Why did you buy a $400 mixer?!

Well, I didn't buy the mixer using my own money. I won a gift card in a contest and used that. I've wanted one of these for a very long time. I don't use a stand mixer for my baking, I use two mixing bowls and a hand mixer from 1990. So this is a major upgrade for me.

This model has a lever to raise and lower the bowl, which is nice so I don't have to tilt the head back when I need to add ingredients. It also has a large bowl which is nice if you're wanting to make large batches of a baked good.

Now you'll be seeing me crank out more baked goods than ever. I made pizza dough the other night and the mixer worked beautifully. It didn't jump across the counter like a lot of them do.

Anyway, just thought I'd share cause I'm so proud. I'm a little teary right now.
Heh, not really.

Posted by at Tuesday, February 17, 2009
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  1. ha ha! love that music! perfect!

    I wanted to buy the 620 so badly, but I really want the top to lift not the bowl.

    Let me know how you like it before I buy one.
    Have fun! I know how exciting this must be.
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  2. Congratulations! Love the music...I walked down the aisle at my wedding to that song. Stand mixers are awesome! Can't wait to see what you create with it.
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  3. I'm TOTALLY teary right now! That thing is gorgeous.

    I'm so jealous.
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  4. CONGRATULATIONS!!! I have the same mixer and it changed my life!!! Just wait till you start buying attachments and start slicing and making pasta and everything else you can do!!! :o)
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  5. Congratulations! Love the music to go along. Beautiful, I have the same color but yours has a few more features. Enjoy!
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  6. Congrats on your new toy. Now you just committed yourself to making sure we see lots more baking here. Now aren't you sorry you told us about this? ;-)

    So was Grandma calling to demand more treats from you?
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  7. Okay, that HAS to be the coolest Valentine's gift-for-yourself EVER!!!!!! I'm thrilled for you!

    Cindy
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  8. Hubby bought me a Kitchenaid for Crimbo - Im in love. Have fun with it
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  9. this is serious the best thing i ever bought for my kitchen. totally worth it!
    I am so suprised this is your first one with all the baking/cooking you do! yay for you!!! :)
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  10. Oh man, you are gonna love it! When I first got mine, i ran around for a month just finding excuses to toss something in it to watch it mix!
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  11. Hi Em,

    I'm jealous, its awesome. I also still use a hand mixer.

    Enjoy!

    Sam
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  12. It is a beauty. Enjoy it. I am so sure a million gorgeous yummy edible items will come out of it!!
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  13. LOL! Great song choice!...and congrats on your new toy!
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  14. Aw, good for you. I haven't broken down and bought myself one of these babies yet. So glad you won the gift card and were able to get something so special. It's a beaut! Can't wait to see what amazing treats you turn out with this.
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  15. CONGRATULATIONS! It came!!! Yay! It's spectacular. You SHOULD be teary.

    It's a red banner day in your kitchen. Now, step away from the blog and GET BAKING! (And THEN blog.)
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  16. Wow, that looks awesome. Congrats! I just have the regular old KA mixer.
    Having a giveaway on my blog. Come on by.
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  17. haha, love it!! beautiful new baby :)
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  18. You're gonna LOVE it! Mine is just like it, but with a matte finish. See my baby: http://erinsfoodfiles.blogspot.com/2008/11/fantastic-fudgy-brownies.html
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  19. I'll be curious to read what you think about it. I upgraded a couple of years ago and to be honest, I miss my old smaller version. I don't like that the bowl lifts up and down and I just don't think it works as well. I'm thinking of buying a Viking next!
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  20. Sweet purchase! I just have the regular ol' KA mixer, but I'm in love with it. I can't imagine what I'd do with this fancy guy :)
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  21. you should be teary that is a beautiful machine - I have had mine about ten years now and could not imagine life without it.....congrats...
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  22. How beautiful! Congrats on your new acquisition!

    My mom sent me my stand mixer (a KA Artisan) before Christmas--neither of us can believe I thought my KA hand mixer would suffice between visits home. (I moved from Ohio to British Columbia.)

    I hope my mixer lasts as long as hers did! She got one for her wedding (1974), and it died a few years ago, in theory, because:

    a. It was Thanksgiving and she was just about to make her mashed (whipped) poatoes and

    b. I complimented her patience waiting for her mixer to die so she could get a professional model.

    No kidding--she gave me a scathing looks, said, "I can't believe you just said that," and turned on the mixer to find that only the first two speeds worked. She had just used it half an hour before to make the Parkerhouse rolls dough.

    Oh well. My dad ventured out on Black Friday to get her a new one, and got a good deal on it. The only glitch in that plan is that Mom wanted a red one, but they didn't make red ones that year.
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  23. Oh, Emily, I am so excited for you! You deserve it with all the yummy treats you already churn out. I must admit to being slightly jealous, as I've been pining away for a Kitchenaid for quite sometime. Perhaps you've given me the motivation I need to reward myself with this beauty. Can't wait to see what happens when you go into baker-overdrive!!
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  24. Awww, it's beautiful! Have you picked out a name for him/her? :-)
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  25. It IS beautiful! :) With me and my Kitchenaid, it was love at first sight; that is, when I saw the awesome deal I was getting, I couldn't say no haha! I also suggest getting the pasta roller attachment - it really takes a lot of the work out of homemade pasta.

    Congratulations on your awesome purchase!
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  26. I loooove my Kitchenaid mixer, and I am so happy you got one of your own! It is beautiful!
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  27. It's gorgeous! Congrats :) I usually keep my comp on mute and when I saw the title of your post I started singing "At Last" to myself. Then I read someone's comment that said they loved the music, so I listened to it and it was the song I was singing! Ha.
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  28. I lucked-out recently and found a floor model Prof 600 on clearance at Bed Bath and Beyond. It was missing some attachments and a rubber foot, but I got it for $175. I have since ordered the flat beater and foot, and it works awesome. Plus my girlfriend's sister was thrilled when I gave her my trusty but old 4.5 qt Classic.
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  30. What a mixer! Congratulations on your upgrade. (I like a stand mixer but sometimes I just want to crank it out myself with that little hand mixer.)
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  31. Congratulation to the newest member of your family.
    Awesome color.
    You two are in for a goood time together.
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  33. I'm wicked jealous! My hand mixer is from the 80s and is hideously underpowered. Looking forward to baked goods!
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  34. Beautiful! Yay for gift certificates!
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  35. It is gorgeous, I am so jealous!
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  36. This cracks me up. You know you're model numbers just like I know the different lines of Drum kits and Subaru part numbers.

    By the way, don't you know that black shows dirt more than any other color?
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  37. My first thought was it's beautiful!

    NAOmni
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  38. I have to laugh. The song was playing in my head, but I had the sound turned off on my speakers. Saw everyone's posts and realized the kids turned off the sound!

    She's a pretty baby-be good to her!
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  39. Congratulations! It's beautiful!
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  40. Yay!!!!!!! Heckofalot better than a box of chocolates!
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  41. Yay!! This is so wonderful, sweetie!
    I love my Kitchen Aid so much I don't know how I'd lived without it. :D
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  42. so i noticed that you referred to your new acquisition as "it." clearly, you need to decide if it's male or female and name it appropriately. :)
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  43. You're going to love, love your new mixer. I've had my Kitchenaid for over 20 years and its still going strong, a real work horse.
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  44. we have the same mixer! except mine is the stainless color. don't you love it more than anything?!?! it has changed my life :)

    happy valentines to you, and congrats!! and, you gotta love ella :)
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  45. Lucky you! Enjoy....I still use a hand mixer but I AM going to get one like yours one of these days!!!
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  46. I see you went for the next model up! So did I... nobody needs a mixer this powerful unless they are seriously serious about cooking! It took a bit for me to get used to it, but the power, the attachments available, and the quality have all really impressed me! Makes bread dough perfectly. Grinder attachment makes ground meat like you can't buy from the store... etc....
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  47. And a very handsome guy it is!
    Congratulations! I'm sure you'll be very happy together.
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  48. She's a beauty! Your gonna have so much fun with her!!
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  49. Congrats! My baking life changed when I got mine...you'll never be the same after this.

    Enjoy!
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  50. I can't believe all this time you've been making these desserts without a stand up!

    I call mine 'white lightnin'

    It even has a sticker that I made out of masking tape with a totally bitchin sharpee lightning bolt.

    Enjoy the freedom of being able to cream butter AND blogsurf.
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  51. Congrats on your new toy! You will LOVE it. I have the same one, only silver!! It is a dream machine!
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  52. Well done, I hope that the Kitchen Aid makes you happy,....Who needs a man if you have that? Haha,..Have fun using it!
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  53. You soooo deserve one of these! I couldn't live without mine!
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  54. Jealous. I was about to get one but I inherited my late mother in law's ancient and very scary Sunbeam. You can't throw something like that out! I'm just praying it'll give up the ghost soon.
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  55. Congrats on the mixer! Best part is it was free!
    ~ingrid
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  56. OH happy dance! Wonderful new machine to play with, congrats!
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  57. Oh the joys of Kitchen Aid! Wish I had one too, because my little mixer is on the verge of a serious meltdown every time I try to make bread dough. The poor little motor just can't take the strain! Have lots of fun mixing with your new KA - I'm looking forward to reading some of the resulting recipes that you come up with ;)
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  58. Oh, I love those first Holy Grail moments. (In fact, I call mine HG for short.) Congratulations! :)
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  59. That's a foxy machine you have there! Hope your kitchenaid gives you as much joy as mine has me - I know it will

    Wow, it's such a big day in a girl's life, unpacking her first kitchenaid. Thanks for sharing the moment!
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  60. It is sooo beautiful. My mother has one and I swear one of these days when she's not looking, I'm going to steal it.
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  61. Look aat the Baby/ Way to go. I have the lesse model, but I still love it.Your life will change.
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  62. Woohoo!! That's the model I have. I can't wait to see what you crank out with that puppy!
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