get a generic coffee boiler, espresso machine will just be used once or twice and left to gather dust.

http://www.alibaba.com/showroom/Coffee_Boiler.html

unless you have the time to steam whip foamy milk, and clean the grinds off the espresso maker...  as long as the beans are good, most people can't taste the difference between boiled coffee and americano(espresso+boiled water) anyways.

delonghi is quite good brand, but i find very troublesome to wash and clean...  better off just get one of those coffee machines that have the big glass pot under and use paper filters.  why must people drink espresso based drinks?  your morning tongue will not recognize enough difference to matter.  and if you buy UCC 117 instant coffee it will smell even better than your starbucks over-roasted arabica...

don't drink coffee because it is fashionable, drink it because you need that caffeine to wake up.

(or in my case, to help sleep)