I don't think any book can prepare you for how many things change when you are preparing to have a baby. Your home, your surroundings, your clothes, what you eat, your lifestyle.. AND YOUR CAR.
In our case.. your CARS... plural.
FLASHBACK... NOVEMBER OF 2009...
"Brian?? I really want a baby."
9 seconds later
"Brian? I really want a Coupe."
I think I'm a pretty smart girl. So WHY, OH WHY didn't I think to myself, 'hey, a 2-door vehicle probably won't work when we need to wiggle a carseat in and out of the back.. day in and day out."
Nope..I just thought pretty white coupe.
DUMB. DUMB. DUMB.
So in all likelihood, I'll be trading in my coupe and my 2+years left of my lease negative equity, for this bad boy
Nissan Altima Sedan
It's not all bad. I REALLY miss my Altima Coupe.. and I love my bestie Dani's Altima Sedan.
My payments'll stay about the same.. other than the processing fees and taxes you have to pay getting into a new car. Stupid government.
So just as I was accepting this fact.. and preparing to make the financial/automotive switch.. The Lord of the Jeeps decided to poop on us. Brian's Wrangler needs needed new tires, new internal-ma-bobs, etc (clearly, I know a lot about cars.) So today, another switch.
2011 Jeep Cherokee Laredo
Ladies and gentleman (who am I fooling.. LADIES..) I present to you Brian's new ride. My husband is a stallion and finagled his way down to a payment that's only slightly more than what we were paying for his Wrangler. But AGAIN.. stupid taxes to get into a new car. REALLY stupid taxes in Nebraska to get into a new car. We thought about just fixing up his Wrangler, but when Baby is born, I'll be the drop-off-at-Grandma's parent.. and he'll be the pick-up-from-Grandma's parent. So again.. there wasn't really any way we were going to cart around Baby Paul in a Jeep with the doors off and the top down. As much as I'm sure he/she would enjoy it.
SOOOO, here we are. When I break it down.. I know we can handle it. And I know we HAD to do it for Baby's sake. We are successful individuals who manage our money responsibly.
SO WHY AM I HYPERVENTILATING?? :)
2 cars in 2 days... Momma needs a cocktail. And since that's not an option.. Momma bought Pop-Tarts.
Not that I wanted to before, but your blog REAL makes me not want to have children :)
ReplyDeleteJust wait 'til you see how fat I am at your wedding! I have the feeling Fat Brandi will resurface.. with a vengeance.. courtesy of Owen :)
ReplyDeleteJust now getting a chance to catch up on your blog....Welcome to parenthood and the car game. While I was prego with Madalyn we (Matt) wrecked my car and we had to replace it then a few months later Matt's engine blew and we had to replace his car. Since I wasn't working and we had both of our cars paid completely off this was a big OUCH! So I feel your car pain.
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