Tuesday, April 1, 2008

So close I tell you!

We're so close to finding the right minivan, it's sick! Over the past two weeks we've really stepped-up the search. And by stepped-up, I mean we've spent every minute practically looking online, playing hookie -er, I mean er, not working - so we can go out shopping, paying a babysitter a ton of money so that we can look without the girls, calling in favors to friends and family to watch the girls, reading reviews online, paying more money to get unlimited carfax reports on the various vehicles we think might be a good deal, driving all over the upstate area (ok, not quite, but still a lot of driving), bidding on some on ebay ... and whew ... are we there yet?

There were two today that are very good possibilities. They're both Ugly Vans, but they have my 3 criteria for our purchase:
1. It must have TWO sliding doors. Escape plans are always a good thing!
2. It must have bucket seats in the second row. We thought it wouldn't really matter, but let's face it, we can't have Maddie crawling in through the trunk each time!
3. I really really want a CD player. Not a tape player, because aside from my awesome INXS cassette collection, I have no music on cassette. I haven't purchased - nor do I intended to purchase - a cassette since the early 90s.

So that's it! Maybe we'll be stylin' in a minivan by the weekend! Seriously, did you EVER think you'd hear those words from my lips?

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