My Trip to Raleigh Part One The Beach

I know I have been pretty quiet lately but I have been to visit my DD2 in Raleigh. 

 I arrived on Friday. 

 We met up with her friend Dan and his wife and his MIL. 

 We all went to a nice place for small plates and wine and

 then back to their place for steaks on the grill and more wine!! 

 HAHA it was a very nice evening,

We got up and packed to leave for Wilmington where we were staying. 

 We were going to go to Wrightsville Beach for a few days too. 

 I. LOVE. the.beach!! 

 We spent 6 hours at the beach both days.

 Kelsey's friend Adrienne came with us and on the second day her friend Sam met up with us too.

This beach had amazingly gigantic waves, beautiful beach umbrellas and lots of SUN!

We could not have asked for better days at the beach!

We went out for dinner in Wilmington at the Pilot House. 

 We walked around the water front too.

On the drive to downtown Wilmington we spied this fountain in the middle of the street!

We saw this awesome ship too. 

 My hubby tells me it is The North Carolina.  

I love how this photo came out!

It was a wonderful fun filled 2 days. 

 We drove back to  Raleigh on Monday.

  Kelsey's old car was making weird noises. 

 REALLY bad noises.  

Like "it will cost you more to fix me than I'm worth" noises. 

 I knew this day was coming and was hoping to eek out a little more time but these things can't be helped.  Her little Saturn has been a great car but it was time to look for a replacement.  

While she was unpacking and starting the laundry I went online looking at used cars.  

She told me the one she was interested so I emailed a couple of dealerships. 

 The first one that got back to us was the one we would go to and so 

off we went to Fayetteville (an hour and a half away).  

We looked at a LOT of cars, drove a few and finally had it narrowed down. 

 They had a 2013 Mazda 3i HB that had been a courtesy car. 

 It had 1800 miles on it and they were selling it as used.  

This meant we got quite a good price on it but because it had not been titled we got new car financing. 

 So after 6 hours this is her new baby!

I'm not sure I have recovered from that day just yet, LOL!  

I am going to stop for now.  

The next installment will be about my meet up with my blogging friends and

 my shopping adventures so stay tuned!

~XOP~

Yesterday Was The BEST Day EVER!!

Although the day didn't start out as the best day ever it certainly ended up that way.
 My van had been acting up and as I suspected it was the transmission.
 UGH
We just put a used one in it 2 years ago.
So we decided to buy a different car.
 Our van was a Honda and it had over 225,000 miles on it
so we figured a new Honda is in order.
  We test drove several and decided on this Honda Civic.

Actually that exact car! 

 They drove it off the showroom floor for me and it only had 7 miles on the odometer!!

 I LOVE it!! 

 Improved gas mileage, no more soccer mom car, a cute little, gas efficient vehicle!! 

 WOOT WOOT!!

 It has leather seats, a moon roof, a navi system and Sirrius radio. 

*sigh* 

I'm in love with it!!

But wait...it gets even better!!

 I drove my new friend home and got the mail 

and

 lookie what was waiting for me in the mail!!!

My new iPhone case!! 

I went to Quilt My Phone 

and uploaded a photo of the quilt I wanted put on the case, 

paid the $$ and voila, here it is. 

 Isn't it a beauty too?

 I adore that quilt and since it lives somewhere else I can always have it with me now. 

 Sweet huh?

They also do this with covers for your iPad and lap tops.

Edited to add, if you go directly to Zazzle (who actually does the cases) and use the code

FFHSCASEDEAL

 

you can order yours for 50% off until 4PM pacific time today!!!

Life is good at my house this week!!

~XOP~