We are all settling in really well, and we LOVE our new life here in Canada. The girls survived their semester of school and are now enjoying their second summer vacation of the year! It seems very odd having a summer vacation in the middle of the year rather than at Christmas time. :)
6 months in to our little adventure, and I'm up to my second car! Having no luck at obtaining finance for a nice flash (reliable) car, I resorted to paying cash for a little rust bucket bomb. The guy I bought if off was terrible at negotiating the price down - but thankfully in my favour! He had a car advertised for $1300. After taking it for a test drive, I looked under the hood and pretended I knew what I was looking at, kicked a couple of tyres (thought that might look a bit impressive too) and hmmmed and haaaaed......
Me: There's a bit of work to be done. Hmmm.... I tell you what, I have $800 cash on me, so I can take it here and now for $800.
Him: Ummm....I really didn't want to go lower than $1000.
Me: (say nothing, say nothing, say nothing.....)
Him: Ok, I guess that will have to do then
Me: Huh??? I mean, ok, yeah, great, you have a deal!
Moron - i was totally prepared to go as high as $1000! What a crap haggler *he* was!
So I got to drive my little rust bucket away for the bargain price of $800! Woohooo!!!!
It did us well driving into Halifax and back, but I got a bit nervous driving it too far, mainly because of the different warning lights that would randomly pop on and off for no reason. So we mainly stuck around town, and it did well getting us from A to B. We even nicknamed it Eeyore, due to the lovely squeaky donkey sounds it would make when I had to turn the steering wheel!
However, with summer looming, and wanting to see more of Nova Scotia than just the city limits, I bit the bullet and tried again for finance for a nicer car (particularly one with air conditioning!). After a few hundred back and forwards emails, I was finally approved for a lovely almost new 4WD!
We have lovingly called the new car Clifford - because it's big and red! :)
So now we can cruise the highways of Nova Scotia in airconditioned style!
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