financegirl on May 8th 2008 Spending
Why, a Mustang rental, of course!
I was looking through a friend’s scrapbook last night and there was a picture of a very old man sitting in the seat of a car. It was her husband’s grandfather, who was turning 100.
Apparently he’d always wanted a Mustang (he still jokes that someday he’s going to get one), so they rented one and picked him up for his 100th birthday party in it.
“After all, a 100-year-old man doesn’t need more stuff,” my friend said.
I couldn’t agree more!
Photo Credit: 20070106-mustang_gt_cardomain 1.jpg by ZHEPER Studios, used under Creative Commons licensing
financegirl on Mar 19th 2008 Credit Cards, Debt-Reduction, Personal Progress
Tonight we’re going to Buffalo Wild Wings to celebrate paying off my car.
The loan officially bites the dust on Friday, but we’re having an early celebration so my stepson can be there (side note: my husband bought a Powerball ticket on Saturday and we were taking turns saying what we would do with the money if we won. My 9-year-old stepson said the first thing he would do is pay off all our debt - what a genius!)
The last time my husband and I had paid-for cars, they were both over 10 years old with close to 200,000 miles on them. Now, we own a used car that we bought in July with 75,000 miles on it, and my ‘06 that we purchased new two years ago.
The first thing I plan to do after work on Friday is take my car for a wash and vacuum/clean the interior. I own this car now, so I want it to look good!
The timing on paying off the car couldn’t have been better - I just reached 50,000 miles earlier this week, which means my warranty has expired (I have a long commute). I’ll feel a lot better paying a repair bill for a car that I’m not still making payments on!
Now it’s on to my credit card. Citibank, I’m talkin’ to you! Just because you have a fixed 2.99% interest rate doesn’t mean you’ll be hanging on for another nine years (that’s right, nine!).
