new car

i am on the hunt for a new(er) car..hard to believe since i was rollin' around in a '07 mazda3, just shy of having it paid off too. i was down to a year and was planning to squish the payments together to do it in six months. but, i was in an accident and it's been deemed a total loss. wednesday morning, i said farewell to my purple phantom. :(

the weekend of july 4th 2007,

i traded in my '87 windex blue cavalier

(given to me by my grandma out in CO)

for the phantom

my parents and i are working on a rental..which needs to happen ASAP considering i need to drive down towards wilmington on monday for an interview! so, while we're working on that, i'm dreaming of which car i will soon call mine. (food for thought, with the great apr offer for october, i could potentially have a lower monthly payment on a new mazda than i "currently" have on the '07..)

here are my favorites:

2011 mazda2

2010 mazda3

ford fiesta

obviously, there's a trend and a loyalty to mazda. what do you think? any other cars/small suv's i should be condsidering? wish us luck!

Onto Year 2....

This past weekend, I celebrated one year in Charlotte and one year with Cabarrus County. As promised, I did enjoy a (few) tall glass of Blue Moon to commemorate the event. One year done, on to the next....

This week, Bella has puppy school Wednesday night and then I take her Thursday morning to the vet to have her op (to get spayed). Relient K is coming to Amos' Friday night. I'm hoping to have money left over in my "fun box" after Bella's op to go.

We'll see how the week progresses......

p.s. AARRGGHH! Yay for a PIRATES' victory this weekend over Memphis!