i almost purchased a mini van this week. i know - unbelievably cool. however, we had a major problem with the prius we ordered last fall - it wasn't coming. in november, when we had purchased the prius, we were told it would come in the first or second week of january, they would take a day to install the leather, and ta-da! - new car. so we sold bryan's car at the end of december. and received a call from toyota letting us know that we were on track to get the car in january. then they called bryan on tuesday to let him know that there wasn't a car for us, and we had 2 options: 1) upgrade a package or two, pay the difference, and get a car now; OR 2) get the package we wanted in april (now, they have a car on the lot that is the package we want, but there was some BS about how they have to keep cars on the lot x numbers of months before selling them... shady). so we discussed our disappointment, and in the end decided that we weren't willing to pay the extra to upgrade, and we really weren't too keen on waiting until april. bryan gets discounts through IBM, so we started checking out other dealerships. and what we found was that we could get a pretty awesome deal on a chrysler town and country mini van. bryan has been waxing poetic about being a mini van owner for a few years, and in light of the deal we could get on one, i was definitely running out of excuses (other than "OMG NO WAY"). so i cried a little to myself, and on wednesday we went to a dealership to see what we could see. it turns out (shock and amazement) that in order to get any of the nifty features that make getting a van worth it (such as the swivel seating, built in child seat, automatic door openers) you have to upgrade a bunch, and of course the price goes up considerably. and we're not looking for a long term loan, so that was out of the question for us. the sales guy offered us a few good deals (including one on a chrysler 300 floor model, a car i've been eyeing for awhile), so we decided to go home and consider our options. we figured if we're going to get a van, we should check out used ones as well, so i started compiling a carmax list of mini vans and station wagons to check out in detail. my coolness was on its death bed. in the meantime, the toyota dealership emailed bryan, saying that they really wanted to get us in a prius, and what did they need to do in order to make that happen. easy - give us a car *now*, for the price we agreed on. in the end, the guy gave us *2* package upgrades, still with the after market leather, for just an extra $500. pretty bangin. so we took that, they're installing the leather today, and we'll get the car next week. fantastico! my coolness is feeling much better. that was a very close call. :) lucky for me, bryan has already pledged that our next car will be a new suv for me, so i shouldn't have quite such a scare again for a very long time. after our experience at toyota (which, even with this snafu, overall was very good), we'll be back to purchase a hybrid suv from them. i'm getting ahead of myself again, though. first, we need to actually have the prius in our possession.
bryan made me some phenomenal fish and chips for dinner last night. he beer battered some tilapia and served that with some homemade thick cut french fries and ghee'd peas. our bottle of malt vinegar seemed to have disappeared, so we had tartar sauce instead. too bad; that and some mint in our peas would have made us very english (we were watching the current big brother: celebrity hijack at the time too). no complaints though - it was positively delish!not sure what is for dinner tonight, but hopefully we come up with something extra warm, because it's freaking COLD out there! weather.com says 8°F, Feels Like -8°F. stupid wind chill. i bundled ollie up this morning, and he did look very cute in his new oshkosh b'gosh red sweat one piece, hat and mittins, and 2 blankets. he gave me a big fat smile and a giggle, so he couldn't have been too uncomfortable. :)
it's supposed to be even colder tomorrow (3°F, Feels Like -13°F at NOON - i like how weather.com labels this as "Uncomfortable" weather.... no, seriously?), so i think we're going to hide out at home and make chili for dinner. sunday won't be much better, but that's the day of the final packer's play off game, so we'll be home then as well. i may have to venture out to get some groceries at some point, but we'll try to keep the baby home all weekend so his adorable little fingers don't freeze and fall off.
in his on going quest to sleep through the night, he slept 6.5 hours last night. i woke up at 3, which is when he's normally gotten up by, and had that momentary "holy crap the baby's dead" feeling, but of course he wasn't. :) he got up at 3:30, ate and was back down by 4, and got up shortly after 6. apparently, "sleeping through the night" means 5 - 6 hours of sleep, so technically he is sleeping through the night... but getting up at 3 isn't sleeping through the night in a real sense, so we're not totally there. we're pretty close though! then, once he starts sleeping through the night, i'll still get up at midnight to pump, then 4am to pump, so i can work out at 4:30 and still get to work by 8. i'm never going to get a full night's sleep again, am i? :) luckily, i have no problems going to bed before 9pm.
yea, ok, my coolness started to die long before the mini van scare.
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