We purchased a "new" car. A used 2005 Saturn Vue. It's pretty nice. Big windows, so you can see everything, heated seats, and lots of storage. Plus, room for a baby seat.
And much safer than the stupid Jeep. I hated that thing since the moment Jake bought it. And, oh wait! We're still paying for it, because technically, it's part of his student loans from college. Grr...
The bad part is because neither of us had bought a car before (and I didn't know that this sort of thing mattered) and had no "car credit" (because the fact that we pay a gigantic mortgage with no problems isn't the same somehow), our interest rate is through the roof. 9.35% APR. Yikes. In this market?! That's highway robbery.
Oh well. A couple years of paying it down and we'll refi to get a better rate. I hope. 9.35 is ridic.
But, I still love the car. And it's SO much safer than that Jeep was.
So, now I feel much better about life. Now, it's just a matter of making the payments. Thank goodness they are due on the 22nd of the month -- we can save up at the beginning of the month and pay everything at the end. I should probably map that out, however. My paychecks are going to go down, because I have a few more insurance type things coming out of my paychecks. Oh well. We'll survive. Just can't go out for dinner as much. Which isn't really a bad thing.
We'll take pics when it's brighter out and I'll post them. Maybe. We'll see. I'm pretty tired today, so I'm about ready for bed here at 8:30 or so. It's been a long week.
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