Proud New Parents......of a Chevy Malibu

Yes that is right, we finally bought a car and it is our little baby. Today I picked up Trevin after work and we set out on what I thought would be a miserable journey to find a new car. We had our eye on a 2007 Chevy Malibu in Salt Lake. We headed up there figuring the salesman would be a jerk, we would hate the car, and come home miserable. These assumptions were all based on previous car shopping adventures. Well little did I know how surprisingly please we would be with today's outcome. We went up to Mark Miller Toyota in Salt Lake. Best place ever to buy a car, ps if you do buy a car there mention our name because they like referrals. Anyways we test drove this Malibu that we had had our eye on. Before we ever started the car buying experience it was decided that I would do all the talking, I'm the money person and most definitely better at bargaining. Anyways we went on the test drive and the salesman came with us. Super awkward. I couldn't say how much I loved the car and I would pay whatever for it and didn't even need a test drive with the salesman sitting right there. That would ruin the whole bargaining effect. So as Trevin drove the car around I picked out every possible thing there is to hate about a car and shared my opinions loud and clear. By the time we got back from the test drive Trevin was fuming mad and I thought he would never speak to me again. Unfortunately he has never been very good at the bargaining thing and had no idea that it was all fake. Well we struck a deal with the salesman, got a good bargain and drove off the lot as proud new parents of a Chevy Malibu. Hopefully we wont have to do the whole car buying thing again for awhile now.

Rehab and Car Shopping

So I've been trying to kick my addiction for McDonald's ice cream cones. They aren't all that bad for you, I mean if you need a treat it doesn't get much better than a 150 calories cone of dreaminess. Unfortunately this little dollar splurge has started to add up and so Trevin has been desperately trying to get me to quit. It is tough and some days I go through withdrawals but I am officially clean since Wednesday. So what four days? Don't worry I'm still going strong......except for the carton of ice cream I bought at Smiths today. Oops.

On another happy note, Trevin and I went car shopping today and I absolutely hated it. Our car, aka the Sauna is becoming unbearable without air conditioning and we aren't sure when it will completely give up on us. Anyways, there is nothing worse than walking around car lots in the 100 degree weather gazing at all the car that are way out of your budget wishing you could buy them. We schemed and plotted and recalculated and reassessed and no matter how hard we tried those beautiful cars were still out of our price limit. The cars in our budget were the ones in the back corner with the beat up bumper and smoke coming out the hood. Well needless to say we left the dealership empty handed hoping that maybe next time we would be more lucky. I don't know if I'm even up for a next time.

Oh Summer Please Stay Forever

Well unfortunately summer is coming to a close really soon. It is even more unfortunate that I feel like my summer is just beginning since classes ended on Thursday. Despite school and work Trevin and I managed to have an amazingly fun summer! It seems like there were lots of moments this summer where I realized how awesome this summer has been and how much great stuff we have been able to do. These were the very best, most fun moments of the summer. Here they are....in no specific order:

Swimming in a cove at Lake Powell. Another boat drove by playing California Gurls and since then I absolutely love that song.

The hot tub at the Waldorf in Park City. There was classical music playing in the background and an awesome view of the mountain, not to mention it was our anniversary!!

The Fort Collins drive-inn. We saw Toy Story 3 opening night.

Riding jet skis at Bear Lake. This picture is actually Lake Powell but you get the idea. Trevin's parents rented us some jet skis to play around with while we were at Bear Lake

The Rockies Game. My parents took us to a game while we were back for a visit. We had great seats and the Rockies won 17-2

Jack Johnson concert. The concert last night was so awesome and inspired this blog post.

Eating McDonald's ice cream cones. I am seriously obsessed, just ask Trevin. Actually don't ask Trevin because it's embarrassing how much I constantly want them.