That was one of the first things Dave said to me when we woke up this morning, we were both so excited!
So we sold my truck a couple months ago and decided we would try it a while with just one car, lots of couples do it. The only problem is that Dave's truck is a stick shift and I'm not confident driving it on my own on these windy, hilly streets. We do pretty much everything together, so we weren't worried. My father-in-law, who's an experienced used car shopper was keeping an eye out for us, and every once in a while I'd check online just in case there was some amazing deal that we couldn't pass up. Well I found one!
I like to plan, so I was looking for a compact car that would last a long time and could carry a growing family (not an announcement, just planning ahead) After some research we decided on a Camry. I was looking for a newer model with around 30,000 miles and a great deal.
I found one that was a decent price so I called and he said that he already had a buyer set up. Well, he ended up calling me back and said that they buyer fell through and he was anxious to sell, so he dropped it $1,000 for me. (He's moving to South Korea, where he used to live for 30 years and has three cars to sell in a couple weeks) Then, I found out that there was some discoloration on the bumper that I didn't know about so I talked to him about it and he had an estimate of $1100 for the repairs, so he dropped it an additional $1100 for us. I was a little skeptical about getting it repaired and scared about it maybe being more expensive, so we took it out to a little auto body shop and they offered me the same repairs for $600. I was so excited! It's a 2011 Camry LE with 32,000 miles, still under it's factory warranty, and we got it for a really really good price, several thousand under it's blue book value after I replaced the bumper. The car runs great and it still has the new car smell. I love it already! Plus, the owner had bought a year car wash pass, so we have six months of free car washes :)
We feel so blessed to find such a great car that was even less than we were expecting to pay. We can't wait to take a road trip in it :)
We went up to Austin this past weekend to spend the day with Tom and Katie (Dave's brother and his family). We first went to Barton Springs which is a little spring-fed pool. The water was freezing cold, but refreshing because Saturday was the official hottest day of the year, a blazing 110 degrees. 
I found one that was a decent price so I called and he said that he already had a buyer set up. Well, he ended up calling me back and said that they buyer fell through and he was anxious to sell, so he dropped it $1,000 for me. (He's moving to South Korea, where he used to live for 30 years and has three cars to sell in a couple weeks) Then, I found out that there was some discoloration on the bumper that I didn't know about so I talked to him about it and he had an estimate of $1100 for the repairs, so he dropped it an additional $1100 for us. I was a little skeptical about getting it repaired and scared about it maybe being more expensive, so we took it out to a little auto body shop and they offered me the same repairs for $600. I was so excited! It's a 2011 Camry LE with 32,000 miles, still under it's factory warranty, and we got it for a really really good price, several thousand under it's blue book value after I replaced the bumper. The car runs great and it still has the new car smell. I love it already! Plus, the owner had bought a year car wash pass, so we have six months of free car washes :) 
This past week we got to try out the services that Dave sells every day. We went to a nearby town to take a test drive before buying our lovely new Camry. We were excited about the car and decided we were going to meet up on Thursday and buy it. On our way back I was calling our parents, telling them about the great car that we just found and we heard a big boom. Dave's tire had blown out. When we made the 20+ hour drive here to Texas, we discovered that Dave's spare tire was gone, it must've fell off somewhere because it wasn't under his truck. So, we pulled over on the side of the road and called our insurance, Farmers (good thing Dave put towing on our policy). It took almost an hour since we were inbetween cities. Of course it was around 4 in the afternoon and over 100 degrees. I was scared to just sit in the car with all the big trucks zooming past us so luckily there was a little warehouse about a quarter mile away that we walked to. They let us come in and sit on some comfy chairs in the air condition and gave us water. They were very nice and accommodating. We called around to find the cheapest tire store and it was easily within our free tow limits :) We approve of Farmers towing!
If we're not careful, we'll eat the whole thing in one sitting. So I usually have to divide them up into three different portions.
I got some great discounted movie tickets through Groupon that were about to expire, so we decided to go see Captain America. I popped up a bag of my favorite kettle corn and we each picked out a few treats at the store. We had to make a rule that we couldn't start eating the popcorn until the movie started, which was torture sitting through all those previews!
Everything went so smooth. First of all, we sold it for $6,000 more than what that crazy Ford dealership man offered me. (I'm still debating calling him and letting him know) Also, after we officially handed over the truck, the guy asked me if I wouldn't mind moving the truck over to a different parking lot where his wife would be meeting him to drive it home. I was honored that he trusted me enough to let me and sooo happy to have one last drive with him. Chuck was such a great truck and has been through so many big things with me. I really hope that they take really good care of him! 