What happens when you plan a weekend getaway and your car breaks down?

You buy a new one of course!!

Adam and I had planned a little anniversary trip to Houston a couple of weeks ago.  We got in our car (which had been giving us problems the last few months... but we thought it was fixed) and started the long drive to our destination.  We were so excited to get out of DFW and have a little adventure, but 2.5 hours from home (and about 2 hours from the hotel) our car decided to give us a little scare.  We were afraid to try to continue to Houston, and not sure we could make it home, but we were able to get back safely. We were both disappointed to miss our mini vacation, and Adam was finished trying to fix our Ford Taurus, so the next morning we headed to a local Volkswagon dealership that had a great deal on some of their vehicles.  After 5 hours of paperwork (we knew what we wanted when we walked in... how long would it have taken if we had to pick a car and haggle on the price?? I don't even want to know), we drove away with our lovely new Jetta!!

I made the mistake of telling Karen that the car color is called "candy white", because she felt that sounded like a stripper name.  It kinda does actually... But now the name Candy is stuck in my head...  And here she is:






Isn't she beautiful??