Impulse Buying

We are not normally impulsive people, but we made an impulse buy on Saturday.  We kept getting flyers in the mail to trade in our Maxima for a new car at Ken Garf Nissan, and at the bottom of the flyer is a coupon for an oil change.  So, we decided to take advantage of the coupon and take a gander to see what they had in inventory and what the price range would be.  We in no way actually thought we would be buying a vehicle.  

Because of all the equipment that we have to bring with us for Kai whenever we go anywhere (oxygen tank, trach and g-tube emergency kits, monitor, feeding bag, plus all the normal things you need to bring for a newborn), we knew that we were going to have to upgrade to a bigger vehicle sometime in the near future.  We were looking at seven to eight passenger vehicles (SUV's and minivans).  When we took a look inside this Tahoe, we fell in love.  It has bucket seats for the second row, leaving a gap in the middle (perfect for placing all of Kai's equipment), and allowing easy access to the third row without having to remove any car seats.  The previous owner had taken really good care of the Tahoe and we knew we couldn't pass up such a great deal.  We were able to get a higher trade in value for our Maxima than we thought and we got a new vehicle!  

I still can't believe we bought it, but we absolutely love it.  The Tahoe had only been in the lot for two hours before we bought it, and as we were getting all the paperwork filled out, we heard two other people asking about the Tahoe (they post their inventory online)--good thing we got to it when we did!  It is hard getting back into a car payment because we had both our vehicles paid off.  The payments are just slightly more than what we had had with the Maxima so they really aren't that bad, especially considering the Tahoe is worth much more than the Maxima.  Nice thing too, the Tahoe is $3 less to insure (hey, every penny counts)!

In further news, we will be moving at the end of the month.  We are getting an apartment with my brother, Shin.  We are really excited for the move, although we are going to a one level place, which we haven't been in for two years now, so it will be quite the change for us.  We will still be in Orem (can't seem to escape Happy Valley), but it will be a good change for all of us.