i bought myself a car...

since i started driving i've been given a car.  i know, spoiled me!  when i turned 16 i asked my dad for an audi tt roadster, remember those? i somehow convinced my dad that i needed one in colorado.  not practical at all.  he even went as far as going to the audi dealership, to look at them. and then he figured out what i was trying to do.  needless to say, i didn't get my audi or anything near that!  my dad bought be a very adorable little black chevy tracker, convertible style.  it was so cute and fun for a 16 year old girl.  it wasn't the fanciest of cars, but it got me to and from school and all of my sports.  the only thing was it was terrible in the snow!

my freshman year of college i didn't have car.  i went to school in boulder, 40 minutes away from my house and i didn't need one.  i learned the bus system very well this year!  plus to have your car was a lot of money! same for sophomore year.  junior year i became the president of my sorority and got a parking spot in the back of the house, so my mom gave me her tahoe.  biggest car ever!  it was a great car, and i drove that until about fall of 2010.  i handed it back to my mom. 

andrew's parents offered to give us their acura mdx, which we just got rid of.  it provided better gas mileage, and wasn't as big, and was better in the snow.  this car was awesome.  fully loaded! 

then andrew's acura tl failed on him, and the repairs were too expensive for him to fix at the time, so i offered to let him drive my acura since i take the bus everyday to and from work.  being a one car household was fine, and we were that for almost a year! crazy.  there were times where it was really frustrating.  getting stranded at the park-n-rides, not being able to go where i wanted to when i wanted to, having to rely on my sister, or friends to get me places.  i will say the nice thing was getting to spend more time with each other.  andrew would take me to the park-n-ride, the grocery store, etc.  but it certainly gets old.  and i was totally willing to sacrifice a lot to do that, but it was time for a change.

so as of friday night after work, i purchased my first car! since we were trading in the acura mdx we needed something comparable in size.  we looked at several cars before we made our ultimate decision.  i never thought in a million years that i would ever buy a suburu, but i did, and i love it.  it is actually really fancy inside and so clean and pretty!  and no i will not turn into a weirdo as so many peeps in my family had said!  in fact the first time i drove my car, i was wearing stilettos! we were sad to get rid of the mdx because it was such a good car, but it was getting up there in miles and age and this was the best solution for us at this time.

factors we considered:

*an suv (crossover was fine)
*safety specs to be over-the-top (this is the car that we'll have to lug kids around in, and we'll *something safe for not only them, but myself as well)
*great gas mileage.  the suburu does not dissapoint.  yesterday we were driving and it said that we were getting 410 miles to our tank of gas! what?!?
*space - we liked the size of the acura because it could hold a lot of cargo, our dog, andrew's work when he needs to
*good in snow.  i hate driving in the snow, and if i can have a car that i know will get me there in one piece, i'll take it!

so far i dont have any cons on the car! it runs great, kaia fits (and loves it) and we can fit both cars in our garage (major plus). 

i'm excited to have a new car that i know will last me a long time and that i got for myself.  feels great!

here is a pic (we got the dark gray one - almost black). and you better believe i'll be sporting my cu plates!