Lord... Won't you buy me... a Honda Accord!!

So last Friday I headed over to Tri Cities with a couple girlfriends in search of a dress.... I drove over in this:

2004 Honda Civic EX Coupe

And drove home in this! (With better wheels...)

2007 Honda Accord EXL

Never did find a dress, but the "test drive" we took out to lunch and attempted dress shopping was a blast! I had all intentions of getting the Civic its 60,000 mile tune up and calling it a day, but I made the mistake of asking the salesman what he had in the way of Accords. What's funny is I had lost my license somewhere in my house a couple weeks ago and hadn't gone in to replace/renew it (I'd been driving around with my passport as ID). So I bought this car WITHOUT a license!! I of course went to the DMV first thing Saturday morning and got a new one, then faxed over a copy, but the whole thing was unreal!!

We also had to take the salesman back to WW with us. One of my friends had to be back in WW by 5pm (we didn't even leave the dealership until 6pm), so the arrangement was that she would drive the Civic back to WW and we would come later in the Accord with the salesman so he could drive the Civic back to the dealership. We liked him so much, he stayed for a beer. :)

Now I don't just buy cars on a whim, but the two girls I was with are pros. It's not like I NEEDED a new car, it wasn't like when I bought the Civic and didn't HAVE a car, so we had fun with it. The girls pretty much did all the talking and I just sat back and enjoyed the show. The salesman was a good sport too. We definitely made him work for that sale. And eventhough I was a little freaked that I was actually going to get a new car, and more than a little sad that I was giving up my very first car, the girls convinced me it was the perfect birthday present to myself... and that I can always trade it in after 2 years! lol.

So I'm growing up... I'm turning 27 on the 24th and apparently needed an adult car.... with 4 doors. :) Even though there's a bit of a mom factor to the car, I have a feeling the leather seats and seat warmers will win me over this winter. :)

slr