this wasn't in the plan |but life is still pretty good

It all started out so innocently. A dinner date followed by a trip to a nearby car dealership just to "look". But it ended with us becoming owners of a 2007 Toyota Sienna. It's exactly what we wanted and we're happy that we have a car that better fits our family. I'm sure there are many people out there who would be very content with a five-passenger car for their family of five, but we just found it a bit too cramped for our liking. Here are a few random thoughts regarding our experience.

• We feel confident that we weren't going to get a lower price from a dealer. Perhaps we could have paid less by purchasing from a private party, but that would mean we would need to find one and if the past 3-4 months are any indicator, the car we wanted just doesn't come up very often, or really at all. 
• Seeing that much money leave our bank account all at once is hard.
• We were very, very surprised that the dealer dropped down to our price. We were shown a car, we liked it,  but it was more than we were willing to pay. We said that it was too high for us, so they came down a few thousand. We said it was still too high, so they came down again. We agreed to take it for a test drive.
• We did have to finance some of it. Without selling the Jeep we just don't quite have the cash. As soon as the Jeep sells we plan on paying it off in full.
• I think the kids like the car more than we do.