I Finally Own a Car That’s Not a Beater!
Tonight we’re going to Buffalo Wild Wings to celebrate paying off my car.
The loan officially bites the dust on Friday, but we’re having an early celebration so my stepson can be there (side note: my husband bought a Powerball ticket on Saturday and we were taking turns saying what we would do with the money if we won. My 9-year-old stepson said the first thing he would do is pay off all our debt - what a genius!)
The last time my husband and I had paid-for cars, they were both over 10 years old with close to 200,000 miles on them. Now, we own a used car that we bought in July with 75,000 miles on it, and my ‘06 that we purchased new two years ago.
The first thing I plan to do after work on Friday is take my car for a wash and vacuum/clean the interior. I own this car now, so I want it to look good!
The timing on paying off the car couldn’t have been better - I just reached 50,000 miles earlier this week, which means my warranty has expired (I have a long commute). I’ll feel a lot better paying a repair bill for a car that I’m not still making payments on!
Now it’s on to my credit card. Citibank, I’m talkin’ to you! Just because you have a fixed 2.99% interest rate doesn’t mean you’ll be hanging on for another nine years (that’s right, nine!).
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congratulations! i love the feeling of paying off a debt, no matter how big or small.
that’s one weird thing about having everything consolidated and at low interest rates. now my debt is just three big lumps that seem like they’re taking forever to pay off, and i don’t have the fun “one down, four to go!” feeling very often.
very happy for you - enjoy the wild wings!
Thanks Idub! I’m trying to celebrate the small victories while I can. Only three more until it’s time to face the whopper: the $35,000 second mortgage. I might have to think of a bigger reward for paying that one off. After all, I don’t think I’ll be able to stay away from BWW that long!
hah! i sometimes set smaller milestones on the big goals - like, at the next $1,000 i can do X or whatever. i have to trick myself… good thing i’m very, very gullible!