Hmmm...

I'm having a hard time deciding what I'm thankful for today.  Perhaps the $600 medical bill we just got in the mail that's not covered by insurance AT ALL.  Or maybe I'm thankful that I spent the afternoon looking at and filling out an application for a house, and it looks like it's already rented (there's still some hope there, though, so maybe that doesn't fit into this list!).  No, no, I think I'm most thankful for my car that arrived 2 weeks ago and now belongs to someone else!

As most of you know, Noah and I have been in process of buying a new car for quite some time.  This really all started 2+ years ago when he decided that my car needed replacing.  We never got around to buying a new one by the time we moved, so he said we could sell it in CA, then buy a new one once I moved to OR.  Six months later, I still didn't have a new car...  So I finally cracked him, and we special ordered a brand new 2012 Ford Focus hatchback.  It had everything we needed; moonroof, winter package, Sync technology, Bluetooth, MP3 jack, cargo area for Charlie, and got incredible gas mileage (28-38 MPG!).  We felt that when spending that much money, we should exactly what we want, thus the special order.  We were told the earliest it would come was July 20.

Come July 22, we get a call from the dealership.  Good news!  Our new car arrived two weeks early (read, two weeks ago).  Bad news!  One of the salemen sold it to someone else...  I'm stunned, flabbergasted, in shock... I'm BEYOND pissed!  All I can do is sit and shake my head.

We're at a bit of a crossroads: do we order another one?  Do we haggle over another one on the lot?  Do we take our deposit and go elsewhere?  I think we're going with door #3, Wayne.  A dealership that is THAT incompetent (or shady... let's say someone offered more money than we agreed to pay.) doesn't deserve our business.  So to all Portlandians, DO NOT buy a car from Dick's Mackenzie Ford in Hillsboro.

But in all honesty, I'm quite thankful to head out to Rodrigo and Beth's for dinner tonight, get some snuggles from baby Zoey, and try to forget about the day.