(As told by an email)

We bought a brand new Civic LX last night!! It's not as sleek and sexy as I like my cars, but I like the fact that I (hopefully) won't have to dump thousands of dollars of maintenance work into it. Plus, in a year or 2 when we move out of the city, I get to get my own car anyway :)

I would write out the long, tiring process, but let's just say that at the end of 2 hours (and walking away twice), I had convinced them to sell us the car for $800 under sticker price. I feel good. I had done all my research and brought the paperwork with me, and I basically said "this is what I'm willing to pay" and stuck with it. Life is good. We pick up the car on Saturday. :)

A brand new car! I thought I'd never buy one, but you know what? The 2007s were cheaper (and had no miles on them) than the 2006s!!!! (Had to do with the certification and the extended warranty.)

And on another note, Shakes managed to land himself in the ER for a few stitches. Chalk it up to a hash run gone amiss. From his perspective:

"So... I'm totally bored in the ER right now.. yea, I cut my foot open swimming in disease infested ponds in boston... you know, sitting here really makes me appreciate what we have here in america... here I am, a drunk fuck that got cut up because .. well, because I was drunk and jumped into a pool of toxic ooze to get a beer or two.. yet these awesome people are going to take care of me just because I walked inthe front door.. shit, I should be sewing my own foot back together... shit."