The Sad Kitchen Aid Mixer

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First a little history before I get to the story about the Sad Kitchen Aid mixer(and the obsessed person I have become)...

I have a Kitchen Aid Mixer and it is one of my most prized possessions. I got it as a Christmas gift about 25 years ago from my now ex-husband (yes, I was a child-bride). I can't begin to tell you how much I love my mixer. After every use I clean it all up, I even take a toothpick and clean the gunk that gets between the white enamel and the metal band that goes around the mixer. I know, I'm a bit weird but it's 25 years old it still looks like it's brand new. Okay, now for the really sad story....I was in a thrift store the other day and saw a Kitchen Aid mixer. I am not kidding, my heart dropped when I saw it. I mean literally, I had that heart sick feeling you get when you see something that is so disturbing. It was soooooo dirty and disgusting. It made me so sad. It was also missing the bowl, it looked like a poor neglected child. I looked but didn't see a price on it and it was so dirty I didn't want to pick it up to see if the sticker was on the back. I left the thrift store and came back to work. I couldn't stop thinking about that mixer. I was shocked that I was having these feelings for a mixer! I went back the next day and was going to buy it and fix it up, get a new bowl and resell it at the flea market but it was gone. I didn't know if I should be happy or sad. I just hope that someone was so excited to see that there and took it home and cleaned it all up and is bragging about the great mixer they found. I thought this would be good to write about so I could get it off my mind. It's been a week since I saw it and I'm still disturbed and thinking about it. What is wrong with me???? It's a just a mixer not a person! Someone please tell me I'm normal and you've felt this way over something non-human in your life.