New car!

After a couple long conversations, Charles finally gave in to buying a new car for me to drive! My car has been giving me some issues and I wanted something more reliable for while he is away. Thankfully my husband is a whiz when it comes to pretty much anything. He found a dealership with the car I wanted, he got a lower rate, and he figured out the auto loan thing. I did not even know where to start.

Here's my new car--a Chevy Spark in Lemonade! (now I have to start thinking of what to name it)

Charles think I look like a giant standing next to my car. It is tiny, but in the best way possible.

New car!

Our beloved Ford Focus, Scout, has been traded in for a new car. Scout was a my first car and a good one at that.  Even though it was dark green, it felt like a girl so I named it after Scout, the character in To Kill a Mockingbird.

A few years later, I got my sister's VW Beetle and Charles bought the Focus from my Dad. It was nice to keep it in the family.

But it was time for a new one. Charles has been looking for months now. He is definitely a thoughtful car shopper. We found an awesome deal on a certified used Honda Insight and couldn't pass it up. After 4 hours at the dealership, we drove home our new car with an awesome interest rate on a loan.

This is Charles' car and I'll probably hardly ever drive it. But in a couple years, it may be my turn for a new car! I have my eyes on a Chevy Spark (in Lemonade) or a Toyota Yaris.

If you need car buying tips, do not come to me. We hardly did anything because it was priced so low. And I just sat back and let Charles handle everything. 

Blessings Monday

I realize I haven't posted in a week. Life has been a little boring with Charles away on his vacation. I'm watched a lot of things on Netflix and I've looked at Pinterest way more than one person probably should.

This week's Blessings Monday is dedicated to the object that gets me from Point A to Point B--my car! I drive a mint green VW Beetle. It is basically my dream car!

Once upon a time when VW Beetles were being reintroduced (I think that was back in 1998 or something) I fell in love with them! I was in the 7th grade at the time and one of my teachers bought one and I was so jealous. At that time, I wanted a sunny yellow one.

In high school, my friends and I would say how we would each have one in a different color. It's amazing how much those girls have changed. One of them I cannot imagine in a million years driving a VW Beetle now. It just wouldn't fit.

My first car was a Ford Focus. It was definitely not my dream car, but it was a good car. Then in college, my dad got another car for my sister. Guess what...it was a VW Beetle. I was a little jealous.

But then after my junior year of college a series of events brought us together. Charles' car died and my parents moved to Texas. Charles bought my car, the Ford Focus, which he still drives. And because my sister had conveniently gotten into a minor fender bender which caused them to leave the car in  SC to be fixed, I was able to have the VW Beetle!

We have not always gotten along. I killed it once and had to get an engine transplant (long story that I would like to avoid telling because it was all my fault). And there have been a few other bumps in the road since then (literally and figuratively), but I am very blessed to have my dream car. It fits me perfectly and I don't know what I'll do when I have to get a new car.