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Car Shopping... The Saga Continues...

Okay... so my passenger side seatbelt broke in my Expedition ... a few days before VBS. I did NOT have time to deal with this. Now, I don't MIND puttin' Mom in the back seat to travel -- unless I have Luz with me! One time Mom accidentally unhooked the seatbelt that holds Luz's carseat in and I took a sharp left and Luz went flying - carseat and all! Fortunately she was not hurt - and she actually found the whole incident hysterically FUNNY -- but I didn't! Sooooo... I had told Dennis that as soon as VBS was over, I would go "shop" again -- because he was obviously NOT going to shop for my car. Grrrrr....

Today Mom & I went to lunch, then the grocery store, and after putting the groceries away, we headed out to look for a car! I had walked out the door telling Dennis (who was cutting grass) to stick around because I was BUYING a car TODAY, and I wasn't going OUT of the county to do it! I would find SOMEthing I could live with IN THIS COUNTY one way or another! Sooooo I headed down to the Toyota dealer - they know me real well down there. For some reason they always have a car that catches my eye - but never pans out. These poor guys are so frustrated with me - because all they ever hear is "I'm in no hurry... I'll wait for THE car." Until today. So today I walked in, I grabbed my sales guy AND his manager and I said, okay - here's the deal guys... I'm buyin' a car IN the county today. There's 3 lots and somebody's gonna get lucky! Whoever offers me the most of what I want for the least amount of money is selling me a car! Now... these guys KNOW what I want! Trust me. And they know they really don't HAVE it on their lot today -- but they try to get me into a Saturn Aura. Now, I LOVE the Saturn Aura! In all honesty I have been COVETING the maroon 2008 Saturn Aura fully loaded! But I hadn't driven it - mainly because it was quite a bit more money than I really wanted to spend ... and I really didn't want to buy brand new! ( I was actually thinking about waiting for the 2009's to come out - and THEN get the 2008!) But the Toyota place had an Aura - a white 2007 with cloth interior. But a very nice car none the less. I agreed to drive it! I am SO glad I drove that car! I HATED it! Actually, it handled really nice -- but I felt like I was in a bottle or something... I dunno... the windows ... the vision... something didn't fit me right AT ALL! It did drive nice though! But when I stepped out of it, my love affair with the Aura was done! Finis! Sooooo the Toyota mgr. told me he had an o7 Buick Lacrosse CXS (white) fully loaded on his Waldorf lot... but that he couldn't get it today. I told him the Buick dealer across the street had a charcoal Lacrosse for a good price! (where do you think I went on my test drive? LOL!) The salesman volunteered to drive over to Waldorf and pick up the car! I agreed to meet them back at the shop at 5:30. On my way off their lot, I said a little prayer... Lord, if this is NOT the car you want me to have, make something happen. You know what my options are. (you know where this is going don'tcha...) On my way home I called the Buick dealer and asked how many miles were on their Lacrosse and if it was a CXS or a CXL. I talk to the sales girl who had met me in the parking lot and I told her straight up - I'm more than likely buying this white CXS - hers was a CXL. But I TOLD her - IF something happens, you'll hear from me before 6:00! (they would close at 6:00 pm) Then I came home to talk to Dennis and look up Kelley Blue Book! Sooooo... at 5:05 Dennis, Mom & I leave to go back down to buy my car! Two blocks down the street my phone rings. It's the Toyota Mgr. He can't get the car! WHY? I ask. It's not on the lot, he says. Apparently, one of the Waldorf managers took THAT car home for the weekend and it wasn't there. They had been trying and trying to contact that manager and they couldn't get ahold of him. Dennis started to turn the car around and I said NO! He looked at me like I was nuts! I said Honey... I knOw you don't believe this... but I prayed! I told God if He didn't want me to have THAT car, to do something! I BELIEVE He has spoken! Go to the Buick dealer - I'm supposed to have that CXL! Again, he looks at me like I've lost my bloomin' mind. But we went to the Buick dealer! And here's my new car!!!

posted by Melli at 8:48 PM