Goodbye, Old Girl!

Our '96 Honda Accord

We sold a little piece of our lives today.  We sold our little Honda Accord we've had for the last 11 years.  I bought the car 11 years ago- right after I met Kenneth.  We have driven it ever since.  It is the car we drove away in after we were married.  Our first child came home from the hospital in that car.  Our third child came home from the hospital in that car.  It has been with us in New York, North Carolina, Maryland, California and Kansas.  It has been an amazing car.  But, it was time to let it go.  We listed it this morning and by the afternoon we had had over 30 people call or email about it.  The very first person I talked to and made the appointment with purchased it.

 My amazing boss at the time that I bought the car (who happened to also be my sister-in-law's Grandmother) was so nice to buy the car for me and let me pay her back- interest-free.  Here is the record I kept.  I paid it back far sooner than was the goal.  It felt so good to own it outright.  Of course, I couldn't have done it without Margie!

Here is the record of the loan

There we are getting into that good-looking car right after we were married.

 It was a great blessing in our life to have no car payment for so many years.  It allowed me to stay home after Emma was born and Kenneth was still in school.  We had no income and I could still stay home with my baby.  

Kate and Kenneth with the car a couple of weeks ago.

Goodbye, Old Girl!  We'll miss you!

In case you're wondering, we replaced it with another 1996 vehicle!  (Who does that?!?!?)  It even has more miles.  We got a great deal on a Camry from our neighbor.  He had taken impeccable care of the vehicle and we decided to 'upgrade' to a rust-free car with a CD player!!!!!  Yahoo!!!!!  (It's the little things, you know.)