I am the desperate longing for true satisfaction...

Happy 7th b-day BUBS!!! I love you little one! Video courtesy of B

So I'm totally totally torn...

With the accident and all, my parents decided that they would rather just take my car rather than deal with buying a new one and getting used to driving a new car and insuring it and all that jazz. Instead, they'd rather have ME do it, he he he. So I get to get a new car...BUT, I've been teetering and tottering between two choices: splurging, or going w/ the practical choice...

This is the dream right now....

or I'd totally settle for...


But this is what the practical bone is gently tugging at...


Should I just bust out and go for it? Or do I buy the more conservative choice, the Camry Hybrid? I've been interested in the Hybrid's since they came out, and I do like how the new Camry body looks. The payments would definitely be nice and easy to make. I'd be saving money on gas...and I could use that money saved to do stuff. Stuff I like to do. But it doesn't have too much power...I kinda want a fun car to drive for a change. And the Camry hybrid isn't as fuel efficient as a smaller hybrid...averaging about 40mpg. It's only 10mpg better on the highway. But hmmmm, if I go w/ the Beemer...the payments would be definitey higher, probably almost twice as high; I wouldn't be over-extended, but they'd be higher. I'd have to see what the insurance premium goes to too. Like I said earlier, I spend a lot of time driving, which means I'll be buying more gas, and it'll have to be of the premium variety...but one thing someone pointed out to me was, since you DO spend so much time driving, you should be in a car that you love. You're only almost 30 once...and who knows...later in my life, it's likely I'll have far more responsibilities than I do now and probably won't even have this choice, and therefore have to go for the economical option. So is this my time to splurge? What to do, what to do...I still have to do research to make sure it actually does fall into my budget though, so we'll see. But the decision will have to be made probably by the end of Oct. I don't want to have to cover too much out of pocket expenses just for a rental...

Thank goodness it's Friday. Got lots to do this weekend.