I Have a New Car!!

Oh the excitement continues!! I still feel shell shocked that we bought a car, I have a new car!! I just love it. I still have my trusty escort as well, but am attempting to sell it, so if you know anyone looking let me know.

I have a new car!!! We ended up with a Dodge Avenger. The picture is not my car, but one I found online, the color is the same though.

It has butt warmers, sunroof, my ipod will play with it too! Oh, and I went fancy and have leather seats too. Oh, the drive is so smooth, its truly a Gigantic step up from the escort.

Stupid Emotions

Emotions are a terrible thing. Especially for females. One moment you're fine and the next you can be crying.

This happened to me last night. No idea why I started crying, I just did. I came home from a shoe party, which was lovely & fun, made dinner. Soup, YUM!! Dropped hubby's off downstairs and ate mine upstairs. Then I went to bed. Didn't really feel like starting stitching or cutting pants, or watching video game. Next thing I know hubby is looking for me upstairs. Finding me in bed he somehow realizes I'm upset and leaves me alone. After this I just break into tears.

I still can't find a reason. I just started crying, yet when I think about it I want to cry all over again. Oh well

Costco or Sams...

In the past we have shopped at both Costo & Sams. When we lived in SLC I LOVED shopping at Costco. At that time hubby worked nights and I spent my evenings wandering stores to take as much time as possible...so I wouldn't be home by myself.

When we moved up North there wasn't a Costco close by so we joined Sams. Which is also nice. In my own opinion...which you're getting anyway since you are reading this...Costco tends to have higher quality of items. But I've enjoyed so many thinks at Sams. Now that hubby has a membership (via work) to Costco we can't decide if we should keep the Sams membership.

Last night we went shopping at Costco, both of us too!! I was curious what they had since it has been years since I was last shopping there. Plus I couldn't get in without hubby as its his membership.

I still enjoy it, but there are a few things that I miss at Sams. Like being able to buy 1 quart of milk, plus having the really nummy orange juice...I'm a slight juice snob and have to have 100% juice or its too sweet for me.

So the debate starts. Do we keep Sams or keep that option open?

Vehicles

So, I’ve been avoiding talking about cars lately as it’s a sad and painful subject to me.

A couple of weeks ago my car was sounding like it had died. The clutch was not catching like normal and it constantly smelled like burning brakes. Being brave I ask the car-expert neighbor who lives down the road from me what it might be, either my clutch or brakes? He proceeds to explain a couple of tests I can do to figure out what it is, which I promptly give him my keys as I can't do tests on my baby car!! Granted its 12 years old, but its still my baby.

Mind you, the same time I was asking car-expert about car he was with my other neighbor directly across the street from me. Who kindly informs "Never Ever Ever buy a car for sticker price, if you do you're Stupid"!! He continues to explain what he does (my mind being brilliant, only remembers its the auto auction)and that he can "hook me up with all the perks for cheaper"

This is the same neighbor who schooled me in cons about buying a hybrid at this time. Basically they're great for city driving and not so great for highway driving. This changed my mind about buying a hybrid, sadly up to this point I knew, I knew with a conviction what car I was going to buy and that is was going to be a hybrid. Then I get schooled and I have no idea anymore!

But I'm jumping ahead…The car expert does his tests on my car and informs me its the clutch, and as long as I don't do any steep hills I'll be okay for a bit. But he can't guarantee how long the bit will last. So I debate for a week with myself & hubby as what do we do...let my car die and find a new one within a week or just fix the dumb thing….boy has my attitude towards car change drastically.

Cars life has been pretty good, I've only had one major repair done many years ago. Then it hit a turn for the worse & hearing about clutch was kinda the icing on the cake for me. Just the month prior my driver seatbelt quit working for me and I only had the lapbelt holding me in...I felt very safe, really! So I had that fixed for abo $700, now the clutch!! My fear is coming true…car is turning into a sinkhole. NO matter how much I fix, something will need fixing the next month & I won't be able to get ahead of the repairs.

Long story short, we fixed the clutch. Decided by January (if car lasts that long without breaking again) I get a new car. At least new to me! The new debate I have with everything is before auto auction neighbor I was looking at dealerships & new my price range & what style of car. Now with auto auction hook-up its opened up a whole new world for me and I’m back to having no idea. I could stick with the normal and try for a cheaper car, or since its at a lower price try for a higher end car.

I’ve come up with a couple of dream cars for me, but it’s me, and I don’t know cars too well so who knows. Dream cars because they’re so expensive but a slight possibility to gain because of the auto auction people we know. Plus I drive cars till they die and go to car heaven…or so I think.

Any suggestion on cars would be most appreciated. The current list of cars are: Mazda’s 3 or 6 grand touring (not sure which yet); Dodge Avenger, Acura’s, Lexus ES 350, and Audi A4. Sadly the last 3 are probably dream cars, but I haven’t looked too closely at the Acura’s.

I’m terribly afraid to test drive cars for fear that I’ll fall in love with the car and want it but not be able to afford it.

Coincidences Made My Weekend

This weekend I had a run-in with coincidences. Very odd for me but I was so happy for it.

So I went to Ikea with my friends, I rarely if ever go there. While we were walking to the check-out area I'm not sure who saw who first, but I ran into...wait for it...My sweet cousins wife and lovely daughter! Not to forget the lovely wife's mother. It was so awesome for me as I always mean to visit one of these Fridays, since I work at home on Fridays. But I always fail in that endeavor and stay home.

Then the very next day I run into the cousin who's precious other half I ran into on Friday. At the grocery store of all places!! Mind you I don't shop too often at Albertsons, but to see his whole family within 24 hours of each other was such a blast for me!

The oddest part is they're from up North so it was a very pleasant coincidence to run into them in my own hometown! It helps that lovely wife's mother lives in my hometown too!!