My Single Mom Life

The other day when Sebastian and I went grocery shopping, I finally bought a new plunger.
Yes, a new plunger after 10 years of living in this house.
The plunger we had seemed to not be working anymore, the rubber plungy part was old, stiff, and starting to crack a bit, so I bought a new one for just $2.99.

We did need a new one, not just because the old one was broken, but because that morning when I took my shower, I noticed the tub was not draining as normal while I showered, and even after getting dressed, it still wasn't drained.
I came back from the store and it had finally gone down, but I ran the water because I knew it was clogged and I didn't want to hear either one of the teens complaining that it was clogged.
"Mom! The tub is clogged up! What am I supposed to do?!"
*eyeroll*

So I ran the water to about ankle deep and started plunging away with the new cheap-o plunger.
It had a really tight seal, like really tight, I had a hard time breaking the suction from the tub a couple of times, but once I got a few reps of plunging done, the water drained out of the tub like it had been blasted with some sort of air tools pipe cleaning thingamabobber.
I was shocked.
The water in the tub has never gone down that fast in all the years we've lived here.

Then just now as I was washing my hands at the bathroom sink after peeing, I noticed how slow the sink drain was not draining, and decided to try out the super cheap plunger on the sink drain which has been the bane of my existence since living in this duplex.
Drain-o, Liquid Plumr, special stuff you sprinkle in the drain at night and it eats away the gook, all of it has gone down those pipes, and all of them would work for a few days, so I tried the new plunger.
7 plunges with a sink halfway full, and then I watched.

It went down in a flash!
Yay!
I don't know what kind of magic powers this $2.99 plunger was made out of, but I'll be damned if it isn't the best little plunger in all the world!
I will take care of it, I will keep it clean and in a safe spot, I will love it and call it Dave.
Dave the cheap plunger is my new bestest friend appliance in all of my house.