Top ten of all weekends

If it wasn't my favorite weekend of all time (which would have to rival our fantastic wedding whirlwind, so I don't think that's possible), it was definitely in the top ten. For starters, there were three days of wonderfulness. For another, Sean was home for ALL of them! Bonus for Britt!
On Saturday, after the crack-of-dawn feeding of Roscoe, we both fell back asleep until 8. Then, we watched t.v., brought some breakfast to bed, watched some t.v., fell asleep for a few more hours, watched some t.v., then got up around 3 to get ready for our dinner at Stella Mia. Afterwards we saw "He's Just Not that Into You", which had some pretty funny moments, and quite a few I could relate to directly. Then it was back to bed again!

Sunday was spent more than making up for the lack of productivity the day before. I cleaned out junk drawers, the desk, our closets, threw away a ton of things we never should have kept, washed and folded about 8 loads of laundry and just generally cleaned and organized the day away. Sean built a great set of shelves on the car side of the garage that perfectly match the ones he built on Friday on the other side. He's been working hard to help the Man Cave reach it's full potential.

On Monday we fully intended to be just as productive, but then Sean asked me to come with him on some errands that included test driving the two cars we were considering purchasing later in the Spring: a Honda Pilot and a Toyota Highlander. (See posting from last year) We started at Toyota and saw a Highlander we really liked until we were looking at what our financing might be and found out the sticker had incorrectly stated it was 4-wheel drive when it was actually 2-wheel. But by then we were still interested and pushed forward with other options. So, here is our newest addition!

The dealer actually gave me $1000 trade in value for the Jetta! As sad as I was to see my trusty little car drive away for the last time, sitting in the new one quickly erased those feelings. This sucker, in addition to being the color of a clown car (but Sean loves it, and I don't care enough for it to matter) also has: automatic windows and doors and keyless entry (none of which I have ever had before), hill assist, snow package, towing prep, 7 airbags, defrostable mirrors and lights, rear back-up camera, in-dash navigation system, 3rd row seating and leather seats (against my better judgement as a vegetarian - I can hear the cows crying). It's a dream to drive...so smooth and effortless. Of course, it has to be in comparison to the Jetta.

I've actually caught Sean quietly going out to the garage just to look at it. I'm just sayin'.

Neither of us has ever owned a car this nice, let alone one that isn't used. We feel oddly guilty about buying it. We know we've been talking about it for over a year, and that the Jetta wasn't going to be reliable or safe enough for when our new little responsibility arrives, and that everyone we know has had a much nicer car for years, but it still feels like so much more than we deserve. It's not buyers remorse - we're just too frugal to buy Sean boxers when they aren't on sale, so this is big.

To top it all off, though, I talked to our insurance agent on Tuesday about switching our coverage from Jetta to Ol' Blue and the quote she gave us was $64 a month. No, that's not $64 more than the Jetta, it's a total of $64 a month to insure the Highlander. *gasp* That's amazing. Apparently it's so safe that insurance is only $9 more than the Jetta. I'm still in shock over that one.