It's been sixteen years since I've been able to say this... I'm free of a car payment! I made my last payment online tonight on the Cruiser. It's completely mine. And now, something will go horribly wrong. Like finding another car and ending up in another loan. Let's hope it's a while. Got my eye on the Chevy Camaro convertible that is due out next year.
It's a great feeling though to have a car paid off. The student loans were finally paid off last summer. And now that we aren't paying for storage on a "pile of crap" (click here for Time Capsule) maybe we'll be able to spend some money on landscaping that we've been wanting to do. First is a privacy fence between our back yard and the neighbors driveway. We have no privacy on that side of the backyard and it makes me a little crazy sometimes.
Next would be taming the wilderness at the back of our property. It's overgrown with honeysuckle bushes (considered a noxious weed in Indiana) and takes up15 to 20 feet of our yard. A yard that we'd like to add a playset and playhouse for Riley. The only downside is that the birds really like the cover when hitting the feeders set up back there. Maybe the best thing would be to remove them a little at a time and replace them with something a little more tame and not so rambling.
So there are the possibilities now that I don't have a car payment going out every month. Fencing. Playsets. Playhouses. Shrubbery. Or I can just go crazy and get lipo and then drop the gym membership. More money saved.
