If someone had told me a week ago that there would be a 2008 Jeep Liberty sitting in my garage I would have laughed. Josh and I have been talking about getting something a little bigger for awhile. My Grand Am was nice but difficult to fit a kid and even just groceries in. Plus I was having a really hard time getting Jasper in and out because it’s so low. However, we had just decided a week or so ago that we would keep the car for awhile. We could get by with it. Since we would not have a baby in November, we had more time to figure out what to get.
The day we got back from the procedure my dad informed us that my car is shot. We had driven their car since my car had been acting kind of funny. My dad took it in for us to get serviced. Turns out there were quite a few things wrong…to the tune of at least $1200. Surprisingly, I laughed when I heard that. I think I was just all cried out. I told Josh I just couldn’t talk about it yet. Although my parents and Josh were in agreement that it was time for something new.
On Sunday I analyzed our budget and Josh looked up vehicles online. We drove through a few dealerships so he could get a better idea of what I wanted. One vehicle he suggested was too small, another too big… On our way home we happened to think of the Jeep Liberty. We both have always wanted a Jeep so we checked out the reviews. He found a nice one at a good price near us.
Monday we went to test drive it. Tuesday we bought it. I still just cannot believe the timing of this. I’m kind of in a panic figuring out how we’ll afford it. I guess I wouldn’t worry so much except I know we’ll have a lot of bills coming in soon. Like my mom says…everything always works. Plus it’s a pretty sweet ride!
Awesome! Your mom is right too don’t worry things will work out. Seem I always worry about that stuff too and it always works out!
oh honey, I somehow wasn’t getting your blog in my feed reader last month and just wanted to let you know that I’m praying for you.