out with the old & in with the new. . .

logan & i have been searching for a new car for a while now.

my little silver beetle has been acting up lately, & we knew

it would eventually have to go.

we decided the time was right and began the process of selling our car.

we posted on ksl.

we put up a for sale sign in the window.

we put ads up on campus.

after almost 50 days of hearing nothing-we were starting to give up.

why in the world wouldn't anyone want to buy my fabulous car?!

it's cute!

it's zippy!

and it's a convertible!

alas, nobody was interested.

we knew our last resort was taking it to a place like low book sales.

honestly i warmed up to the idea after thinking about how

hard it would be for me to sell it to someone in our town

and see it being driven by someone else.

also i just couldn't cope with the idea of selling to someone knowing

that it is starting to have some issues.

yesterday logan & i went to a dealership to look at a car

that we had test-driven a few weeks before.

we really liked it and it seemed to be a good fit.

while we were test driving it again, i got a call from someone at

low book sales asking if we were interested in selling our car to them.

it was a sign.

we told them we would come in later that evening.

we bought our new civic from the dealership & sold the bug to

low book all in the same day.

i cried as we were leaving low book sales.

this car has been my life for the past 7 years.

it was the perfect car for me during high school and college.

but as they say, out with the old and in with the new.

here are some pics of the "mare-bug"- a nick name given by my roommates.

the bug has huge sentimental value for me.

alllllll my friends have driven in it and it was always

super fun to drive.

logan & i even drove off in it after our wedding reception

& we drove it all the way to our honeymoon in aspen.

now we have this car. . .

i cannot tell you how thrilled logan is to actually be driving

a car that is pretty gender neutral.

he was getting pretty tired of the looks people would give

him whilst driving the beetle alone.

this new car will last for a loooooong time & it's always

exciting to get new things, but last night as i said

goodbye to the beetle it was really hard.

when we got home logan promised me that when we get older

and our kids are all grown up etc. he will get me whatever convertible i want :)

that helped a little. . .

r.i.p. mare-bug.

r.i.p.