Our New Van

Today we got a new minivan. Tom decided to play some hookey from work since he's been feeling really crummy from this bad cold he picked up that's been going around town, he actually got a lil laryngitis from it, and since he telecommutes from home, and spends his days on the phone, he wasn't much good to his coworkers, so he decided it was time to go looking. We've been looking here and there, but not finding much in style or price or anything really that was jumping out at us or suiting our needs. We were trying to stay within budget, but musta caught him on a good day as I was only planning on spending under 8k! We Found an'05 Dodge Grand Caravan with 14 thousand miles on it-{which I can't seem to get because 2006 just basically started, how you get that much miles on a car in one year?} but anyway we figured it musta been a rental because its in fabulous shape, and they wanted 17k for it but Tom talked the guy down to 15 k max,but after taxes and all we wound up paying 17k anyway, which for an almost brand spankin new van thats not a bad price given it has the stow and go feature and seats 7, power everything,dual air, rides real nice-the brand new ones usually go for 26 or higher !! I couldnt believe how bouncy my truck is compared to this thing! I'm still adjusting to parking it, but so far so good! Thomas loves it, he's been wanting a minivan ever since we took the 30 hour drive from here to dads in upstate N.Y. for XMas 2004! So he's ecstatic! Now we got somethin to cart mom n Doug around in when they come visit in a couple weeks and now my prego butt can finally buckle Thomas in the back without squeezin in and gettin stuck between the seat and door frame!LOL I'm already lovin the stow n go feature for groceries! and it'll have plenty of room for the baby's stroller and what not. Guess this is my early Birthday present and mother's day gift and new mommy present..;) Do I have the greatest husband or what?? I think so!! Well just thought I'd share- Pretty color too no?