OH. My. Life.

Today marks a new day for the Kaman family. We have made a GIANT leap forward and we did something CRAZY. We have gotten a car! It's not new but it was an AMAZING deal. It is a 2002 Ford Taurus. It is a lot roomier than my mom's Ford Focus and we hope that it will last us for quite some time. It just got a new drive belt today. We signed all of the paperwork and will be dropping off a check for our car tomorrow. I love the phrase, "Our car."

Some of you are probably wondering how in the heck we can afford a car when neither of us have jobs. But, we will do it. Somehow it will work out. Between Ralph's student loans and my job as a ChaCha.com expediter (I answer people's questions for .02 cents a question...it pays much better than you think.) we will make it work. Ralph will also be able to get his license which will enable him to get a job as well as go to school. This is a big step and it took a long time to figure out our next move. We discussed this as a family (my mom included) and we felt that this was the right step for us to be able to move forward in life.

I must admit that I am still a little shocked. We only decided Sunday night that we would even look at cars and then we found this one. We took a test drive and it just felt right. Everything has fallen into place for us to be able to get the car and we are very excited. I can't wait to go get it tomorrow! Here are some pics that I took off of the dealer website:






By the way, if anyone needs someone to haggle a good deal on a car for them then let me know. I am your girl. The dealership manager wasn't going to lower the price any lower than what it was but I got them to lower it AND include DMV title transfer, registration, and fees into the final sell price. The final cost of the sell was just $5 over the price that the manager said he wouldn't lower and wouldn't change. Yay for us!