introducing the newest member of the shaffer/carpenter family

HOLLA! i finally got my new car! no more begging for rides, working late because i have to wait for julie to pick me up, etc., etc. i'm just glad i have a car actually.

and i didn't have to get a loan. because i have an amazing boyfriend that spoils me rotten [HA...right] and since he has money...that i never get to see, trust me, he wrote a personal check for it and i'm going to pay him back. he says he's going to charge me interest, but his mom won't let him. lol. (side note: sometimes it's nice to date a guy with a brother who's not married [anymore, but that's for another blog] and no sisters!)

but, of course, since i got it saturday, it's been dirty from kyle's dirt road, then i finally washed and and as luck would have it [or just becaue i live in kansas...] it rained today. so i don't have pictures of MY car, but to hold you guys over until i have time to take pics of mine, here's one that is almost exactly like mine!

catie's car stats
make: lincoln
model: ls
year: 2000
engine: v8 [!!]
exterior color: black
interior color: black [...and leather. YES!!]

i would go on and on about how loaded it is and how much i adore it, but i'll save it for when i have pics of my "real" car up here instead. :)

exterior of car. duh.

better view of the front.

this interior is pretty much the exact same as mine. black leather seats and a really dark grey carpet. wood trimmings...i wanted the metal ones, but we this car was too much of a good deal to pass up just because i didn't want the wood. :) i don't think it looks TOO old lady, but the wood adds a bit of old lady touch to it. :)

yeah, this is pretty much exactly like mine. i promise, it really does have a cd player, just for some reason the 2000 has it in the glove box. it's a 6 disc changer, so you have to take it out to load it. better for a passenger to do that i guess. :)

more pics/descriptions to come!

revamped!

i revamped my blog today...i'm sure you noticed. i mean DUH, it's not black anymore. [okay, sorry that was mean if you didn't notice. i apologize.] have you noticed that is like cleaning house for me? i do it and i feel like i've really accomplished something. and yet, all i've done is searched through a million pre-made templates and found a pretty one. and then copy/pasted it into the blog. so sad...but so true.

:)

anyway...i'm in pretty good spirits today. i went out to my mom and dad's house tonight to help my mom and some of her chamber of commerce friends plan a 5k run/walk in goddard. i ended up staying a little later. my mom was awesome and did all my laundry that i had left there on sunday night! yay! now i only have to do a few loads of sheets and towels and i'm done! don't you just love moms? they really are the best.

then i went straight over to my friend julie's house, she made me dinner [i'm starting to sound really spoiled in this post...trust me, these are not normal occurrences.] it was delish, chicken and couscous...YUM! and then we took our pups for a walk around the park. the ghetto park in our neighborhood....we've decided that if BOTH of us go and we BOTH have our dogs, probably no one will bother us. i didn't run today, but i've started this program called the Couch to 5K program. sounds perfect for me, eh? it's a nine week program and only 8 weeks left until the FIRST ANNUAL GODDARD CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 5k run/walk!! jules is going to join me in my quest for 5K greatness. wish us luck!