That new car smell...
Jessica and I bought a car today--a 2009 Hyundai Elantra! Talk about making real-life, adult decisions! We checked our budget (about a dozen times), and decided that we could afford the investment. Our piece of mind about car reliability (the Volvo we were driving wasn't looking very stable), plus how awesome the car was in general, made up our minds. We got a pretty good deal on it, too, so our payments are totally reasonable. I realized during the test drive that it was the first car I had ever driven that wasn't old and busted, so it was really, really nice! We also lined up an apartment in Long Beach, and we're planning to drive down in about a week and a half. Road trip! :-)