Dream Pan

I have been longing to buy a grill pan.

But I didn't want to buy just any ole grill pan.

I wanted a cast iron pan 

(yeah, I have this thing for cast iron).

I wanted a GOOD grill pan.

What makes a GOOD grill pan?

I wish I knew!

Because I had known several months (or years) back, 

I would have had a grill pan AGES ago.

Why, you may ask, why didn't I just 

buy the first grill pan I found on the store racks?

Because they would still cost me money

 and they would still take up space.

Both of which we don't really have a lot of.

There was a time that MumofFive 

was working at a nearby kitchenware shop.

She could have gotten a discount on 

any product I would have wanted to buy.

But I couldn't bring myself to part with 

$100 for the good grill pan.

I didn't even feel I could afford

 the $25 cheap-o one in the corner shop.

Then out of the blue, it happened, 

me and my future grill pan met.

I had filed for a leave to use one of my days in lieu.

MacGyver asked what I wanted to do.

I made an appointment to see the eye doctor.

He said we could drop by 

the garage sale at the church nearby.

COOL!  Garage sale?  SURE!

So after having my eyes checked 

(my reading grade has gone up),

we headed for the garage sale.

I found it sitting by its lonesome self on a chair.

There was a price tag on it ... $5.

FIVE DOLLARS?   ( G R A B !)

I hung on to the grill pan even if it was super heavy 

and I had just started my bargain hunting.

I was NOT letting go of that grill pan.

For five dollars, I was willing to risk 

it not being a GREAT grill pan.

So we bought it (along with a lot of other stuff)

and brought it home.

Here it is on its maiden voyage.

(The single piece of steak was a winner!)

Definitely worth the five dollars.