New Car?!?

So when you expand your family of 5 by one...you get six and six "don't fit" in a Jimmy! So we are starting the adventure to a new car. We have a saying, E and I..."looking is free" however, this usually leads us to a very large outlay of cash...our house, an adoption, a car. So we have been looking freely. Car dealerships are crazy places. You are either met by the aging, been selling cars my whole life, slicker than snot salesperson who doesn't acknowledge women, or the young whippersnapper who needs to make this sale to save his job and will pretty much show you every thing on the lot, and talks mostly to the kids. Then there is the 2o something who knows just enough to be dangerous, and if you aren't careful, you'll be asphyxiated by his cologne and his rico-suave moves. In our house, I am the one who takes on the bankers, the dealers, and "dudes" I like it....gives me a warped since of fabulous accomplishment. SO naturally, the old geezer is out...ignore me and watch this sale walk away. The kid striving to keep his job is sweet and I would love to throw him a bone, but a gas guzzling suburban just isn't in the cars. So that leaves me with Rico Suave...he actually let us take a vehicle over night! Maybe thinking that, once they have it, they will love it. We do really like it...it is a GMC Envoy XL...big enough, without being ginormous! It will pull the boat, push the plow, and fit all the kiddos, and probably the dogs as well. It is used (the only way a family of 6 can afford to go!!) It has a few little issues that need to be addressed. If those can be fixed and I can wheel and deal, our looking's free attitude will once again cost a fortune!

Funniest story of the car hunt, was taking this beast for a trip to the DQ last night. If you're gonna fit in our family, you must be able to execute the DQ run with style and class. So we go to DQ and eldest son, who had just put away four plates of noodles at dinner, gets a small blizzard and proceeds to eat it all. Then it's back into the car for a little more drive around. Eldest son quickly voices "I don't feel good, I ate too much...drive home FAST" Okay, so much for a little relaxing - test out the car- drive. Dad floors it. It's got some good get up and go! Mom, sitting next to eldest..."Please honey, don't puke in the car, it's not ours yet...Hang on honey...almost there..." We made it, puke free thank God!

So maybe by the weekend, we will have a new member of the family...granted it isn't quite the new addition I am longing for...but it is nice to obsess about something else for a few days!

Z-man says today is our day for the referral. He has it all worked out. We'll see what happens...yesterday someone just 4 days ahead of us got theirs...so our time can't be too far off.

Here's hoping!