Donna needed to go to Omak today, so I agreed to chauffeur. I took the opportunity to pick up a shop vac I’d seen at the Walmart in Penticton. There, it was $35 (plus 12% tax) and I found the same one in Omak for $24!

It’s a small (one gallon) wet-dry vac. My hand vac died recently and I knew why–I’d been using it like a shop vac. So, replacing it with a normal vacuum cleaner didn’t make sense. I debated whether or not to even replace the vacuum, but considered what I need to clean up from the renos I just did and realised that having a vacuum on hand was a good idea.

The reviews for this machine are excellent, which is great since it only comes in at 720 watts, making me wonder how much sucking power it really has.  I just hope I can find a place to store it since it is about twice as big as the old hand vac!