Big step for yours truly this morning: I paid off my car. Completely. Farewell to forking over HALF of each paycheck every month and embracing being broke. Now that class is starting, I have a whole new reason to be broke! It's really not that bad, I'm rather looking forward to it. Having no money during college years is sort of a rite of passage like a first concert, first kiss, or first car crash.
Which brings me to!
When I re-found my blog I couldn't help laughing at the optimistic little ramble I wrote about buying the convertible vs a sensible car. To fill in the last few months blank; shortly after writing said blog, I was in a mean car accident that left me emotionally scared, on pain killers, and without my cute little cream-colored Corolla. Long story short, I had my first collision, first totaled car, first fight with an insurance company, and first car buying experience in the same two weeks. I'll skip the gruesome details of running for my life past brand new Civics, Mustangs, and Chargers, from soul consuming sharks in salesmen suites...
Eventually I decided on a private buyer; This really nice guy who's spoiled ass daughter didn't want the two year old, fully loaded, sage green, four-door, hatch-back Ford Focus he'd bought her. I can't hate the snotty little brat too much because the man ended up selling me the car at a murderously generous price. I almost felt bad... Almost.
With the money that the insurance company (finally) gave me I only had to borrow a small amount, but resolved that I WOULD have that money paid back before school started in order to avoid car payments during college. So, like I said, half of EVERY paycheck and six-ish months later, I've got my sensible car.
I love my Focus. I can't beat the gas mileage, it's cute as hell, and I love the four doors and hatch back that mean I'm never leaning too far over or around anything to get the four to five pairs of shoes I always have with me... For emergency occasions of course.
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