You could also look at the paper for estate sales or garage sales or through Craigslist for a used portable washing machine. We had one in our first apartment that was ancient--it belonged to my husband's grandmother and still worked just fine. I had to make sure to clamp the drain hose into the sink or it would just fly and spray all over the kitchen. Before we had that, I actually did our laundry in the bathtub sometimes--just agitated it really, really well (sometimes with my feet), rinsed, then walked on it again to get as much water as possible out, then pressed it between towels before hanging it up. That won't work so well with baby spit-up and blown-out diapers, but might get you by on a bad day.