Car Shopping and Doctor Visit

Today was incredibly, incredibly busy. I am soooo worn out.

Drake had his eye doctor appointment today. We were a few minutes late, because someone (me) had no idea where the dr's office was located. I knew the area, not the address, and couldn't remember the phone number. I blame being tired.

We waited nearly an hour and a half before being seen. I am so so so proud of my little dragon, because he did not really fuss at all. He did here and there, but quieted quickly. When we were finally seen, he sat on my lap in the chair and the dr checked out his eyes, put drops in (which Drake didn't care for much, but didn't complain) and then he left us in the room. Drake's eyes were dilating and we were left to contend with a baby growing increasingly fussy. We never hit meltdown point, because Drake gave up on being fussy and decided sleep was a better option.

We got the news- his eye is FINE! The worst case scenario is maybe he might develop a lazy eye, in which they would patch the good eye and force the lazy one to work harder. Which is like... nothing! Hurray! I must take this moment to say I am probably a terrible mother- because I stopped worrying about the welfare of Drake's vision when Brian totaled the car- but I know I am not a terrible mom, because I kept my baby calm and collected at the doctor's office and I knew his eye was probably fine anyway.

Which brings us to the next point- WE GOT A CAR!!! Hurray!!!! Not only did we manage to get a car in as little as a day, but we got a GREAT deal on it! It is a 2007 Chevy Aveo hatchback- Brian's been wanting one f-o-r-e-v-e-r, and it was a great deal and a great price. $7,000- 50,000 miles, 1 owner... it is a manual tranny though, which Brian did not know how to drive... but learned in the parking lot, and is a natural at it. We put down $1500 and got it for a better interest rate and lower monthly payment (by $20) than the last car.

Source

(PS how hokey photoshopped is that picture? I mean, seriously.)

The only terrible thing was somewhere between me counting the money in the envelope to paying for the down payment (a span of mere minutes) I lost $100. So instead of having $1500 in cash, I suddenly only had $1400. We looked every where for it. I counted 15 then only 14. We counted and counted and counted and it was only 14. So I put $100 on our debit card. Whatever. I don't care. I would gladly lose $100 extra dollars for a car. It wasn't a big deal to me. Also while I was sitting in the new car at the rental place and Brian drove the rental just next door to top up the gas, they closed the rental place and locked me in for the night, and Brian got back JUST in time to see the guy starting to leave!! Hahaha... weird.

Brian really got into driving the manual quickly, and only stalled out once (when we got home! haha) and we even drove it to my parent's house to show off. We are so impressed with ourselves. We totally feel like grown ups.


And, for the icing on the cake? I am back to my wedding weight. 238. Just 16 lbs to go until I am back to my pre-pregnancy/last WW weight! I am joining WW again too! Hurray!

Glorious Day

As you can tell from the title dear bloggy friends I am out of my funk of the previous night. After eating 4 Eggo waffles with syrup and butter, I figured it was time for bed. I let out all of my frustration and fears before sleeping and really talked myself through it. I ate the waffles because I was hungry.

Aside from a lot of head congestion, a minor sore throat, and a temperature on the verge of "fever" I am in a great mood today. I got paid, and I didn't even know it. The one bank account sends me constant emails to let me know where I am money wise. Here's your daily account balance! Oh hey, a deposit was made to your account over $100 limit you set! etc, etc. The other bank account doesn't, because I haven't set it up. So I was pleasantly surprised to find out I was paid 3 days early (gotta love direct deposit) and I hadn't even noticed!

I sat down at the computer with Google Calendar, the calculator, and my bank account open. I took out my debit card/ check book, opened up each bill website in a different tab, and started paying them all. I wrote down  how much more I had to pay than just the minimums. Some of the bills I didn't have enough to pay all of the minimum last month, so it was carried over to this month. I knocked out everything except my car payment, Netflix (which comes out automatically next week) and rent due on August 1. Wow! Just... wow. It felt great to be able to pay everything.

Brian also gets 2 more paychecks this month, a check for a commission he's done, and he's been working 30-35 hours a week lately. He makes really good tips, about $10 an hour. Since he's been working a few 9 hour days you can imagine my delight when he comes home and hands me a big wad of cash :)

Also, even though it's 3 weeks late, we are celebrating this Sunday with his parent's for his birthday and his brother's birthday... so likely he will get some birthday cash as well :)

They say money can't buy happiness, but it sure can set the mood. I haven't been this happy (or this able) to pay all of our bills for a few months. I forgot how nice it was!

I'm off to study for my exam. I got 2 days to prep for it, and it's open book so I'll be fine. :) I'm going to start making some home made mashed potatoes and chicken & noodles. Yes it is 90 degrees out. But I want comfort food today :)