accessorizing

When in doubt, strike a pose!  This is my ballerina self.  I am wearing a blue t-shirt I sewed. 

Anyway, remember my car? Well, it has gone to Subaru heaven. 

I always said I would go buy an new Subaru exactly like my old one, but I didn't.  I got this Scion xB.   It is a most wonderful color that reminds me of my favorite nail polish (a discontinued color called "Violine").

My old car was still going strong with 224,000 miles on it. Well, except the A/C only worked intermittantly.  And it smelled like mildew after a hard rain.  But other than that, it really was awesome.  That car served me so wellover the years and I loved it.

Being attached to my car, it was hard to lookfor a new one, but I knew it was time.
I asked Howie to find me something comfortable.  The budget was enough to get a lightly-used Lexus, BMW or Volvo, and frankly that's what I was expecting.  To my delight, he found something much more economical, and comfortable and fun, to boot.

Did you know that these new Toyotas need an oil change every 5k miles instead of 3k?  And the rest of the routine maintenance is a lot less, too.  So here I am driving a car with "new car" smell- another thing I said I would never do.
Well, actually, ahem, I am not.  He has agreed to drive the car until the new smell is gone so I am driving his car for a while.   I am an old dog, learning new tricks and one of them is marriage.
I like being married. :)