Cape Optional

There's no easy way to say it.  Being a one family that lives in two separate houses doesn't add up.  So, it was time to buy me and the twins a new ride.  And though I'm a cheapskate on gas, I decided an SUV would be wonderful, especially after 9 months in a teeny tiny Saturn. 

There are things that you can learn from small cars:
1. Children who can touch each other in the car....WILL!
2. If you blew out your knee in college, you shouldn't drive a stick shift.
3. Headlights smaller than a house will not illuminate a deer playing hide-and-go-seek on the Trace.
4. Strong winds can make you a rodeo cowboy as you "white knuckle" on the way home.

So, after taking Kid home last week and visiting the house of Js (super fun!), I paid a visit to the lovely folks at a car dealership in Collierville.  In the rain.  At night.  Honestly, I was just looking for a distraction, so I didn't have to sit at home alone without the twins.  Yet, there they were....car salesman...waiting for the gullible woman to walk in A-L-O-N-E.  Bless their hearts.  When I walked out....albeit several days HOURS later, I was the proud new owner of an SUV.  Don't worry, ladies.  I got them 10K off the sticker price.  That's right.  I did WELL!  (Who's up for some shopping?)

Sure, it's the base model.  Not a lot of frills going on here.  But I have XM Radio, radio controls on the steering wheel with Bluetooth phone, and 3 rows of seats...who needs leather, sunroof, and power everything?  I needed safety.  So kbb.com, consumer reports, and just about every other publication said that's exactly what I'm getting.  Happy! 

But the biggest happy was from a free year of OnStar.  That's the single mom's guardian angel. The little blue button with all the power.  It's like the bat signal.  If you land in trouble, you press that button, and someone will come to rescue you.  Sing it with me!  Da-na-na-na na-na-na-na ONSTAR!  Whether they get to you dressed in tights and a cape, who knows....but the point is....they get to you.  Even on the Trace in Mississippi.