New car

We spent Saturday at a Honda dealership buying a new (used) car. We have been in the market for a new car for quite some time, but we finally decided it was a good time to take the plunge and purchase. Jeff's car had been paid off for about 3 years and it was needing more repair work than it was worth and wouldn't have passed inspection. Plus we are getting ready to pay off the Audi.

We got a 2007 Honda Pilot that was a great deal and pretty much in mint condition. It's bigger than we wanted (we were thinking about getting a "crossover") but is a low-emission vehicle and gets better gas mileage than our Audi. It has all the amenities we like and even a DVD player for Cleo in the back.

We left the house pretty early and were at dealerships for about 5 or 6 hours. We didn't get back home until about 5 or 6pm. Cleo did so great! Which makes me think that traveling next week won't be as big of a nightmare as I'm anticipating.

Yesterday morning was beautiful and we were up at the crack of dawn and itching to get out of the house and drive around in our new (to us) car! We drove all over the south shore and ended up at the beach for a little while. It was fun to watch everyone trying to surf. We didn't stay too long though because we weren't really dressed for the beach and didn't have sunscreen. Cleo didn't seem to notice the water much, but was fascinated with the sand.