so, today I really had on those big girl pants… was up and out fairly early, headed to Woodhaven Toyota to speak to Nelson about a new car, depending on whether they could give me a good enough deal.

Crystal and I had gone six or eight months ago and not had a positive experience, so left without a new car and I was prepared for that to happen again today…

had a good meeting with Nelson Gaspar and then we took out a Corolla S for a test drive… I have never been the one to drive out of the lot, that was always George’s job… I might have driven for a little bit when we found a parking lot, but my job was also to check out the passenger spots, front and back, while he did the major driving portion of the test…

was very nervous, but Nelson did a great job and before I knew it I was breezing down the highway and through the beautiful fall trees… George would have loved this car – you can use paddle shifters on the steering wheel like a race car driver and drive in Sport mode for faster turning… AND it has heated seats, lol…

after much finagling, the car was mine… looking forward to picking it up on Tuesday… leaving behind our current car will be difficult as we had it together…

later in the day Crystal, the little boys and I went out to celebrate with dinner at The Keg…

first really big purchase on my own…