December 2009

We’re buying a car to save money!

Let me explain. It all started with a long conversation (read:freakout) I had with the boy the other day about how much the wedding was costing and having to eat BEANS and RICE for the next 6 months because everything is so effing expensive and never being able to buy shoes ever again. EVER. I may have cried about the shoes.

So, he got the bright idea to sell our cars –both paid for– and down size to one smaller, cheaper car. This would, in effect, bank us a sizable amount of money. Cause he drives one of those weird cars that has actually gone up in value since he bought it. Not just an urban myth folks! I drive a 10 year old piece of crap.

Anyway. One car for an American family. When I tell people this they give me the big crazy eye like, “what are you thinking and are you smoking the crack?” But really, they nod and smile and politely tell me that I’ll miss having wheels of my own. At which point, may I interject, but if our family downsizes to one car, why is it that I am out of wheels and the dependent? Is it because of the vagina? I want to know.

Where was I? One car! By doing this we will have enough in the bank to cover the rest of our wedding AND not bleed our emergency fund dry. One of us could even, maybe, one day buy shoes again!

{via 100 Layer Cake}

What crazy things have you done to save for your wedding?

p.s. If anyone could identify these shoes I will love you forever.

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