The Weekend

This weekend I spent a lot of time shopping - it was very exhausting!

Friday morning I paid off my bank loan that I have had for three years - YAY!

Friday afternoon I went and test drove a manual Honda Jazz VTi 1.5l and it was awesome! I really enjoyed driving it and the way the car handled, very nice! The service I got from the dealer was also oustanding! While I was test driving the Jazz they did a trade in valuation on my car and to my suprise they came back with $1200! And to think that morning I was wondering what I would do with my car if I couldn't trade it in.
Saturday I went and checked out the Mazda 2. This is smaller than the Jazz and while they have slightly different features I didn't really like it. Driving it was too soft, the power steering was too powerful in a way, it felt like steering in a computer game - a bit NQR.

I then headed to Nissan to look at the Nissan Tiida. I didn't even test drive this car as the rear seats don't fold flat - what's with that?

After Nissan I headed over the road to Toyota where I test drove a Yaris which was again smaller than the Jazz. In fact, while it was a 4 door, the boot was really tiny - smaller than my Barina has, so it was off the list. The sales man then convinced me to test drive the brand new Corolla. While I really enjoyed driving this car, it was a bit too pricey for me. He got the price down to something reasonable, but it was for the stock standard basic model with no extra's so I decided against it - a stock standard basic model car has no re-sale value.

I went and had brunch with Ange where we had a great chat just the two of us and then we headed off to St Pauls Cathedral where she had to ring bells for a wedding. It was so interesting being up in the bell ringing area. The stair case up there was kinda scary as it was so narrow and had really small steps, but the view from up there was great!
Once they finished their ringing I tried to ring the massive tenor bell and after a big effort I got it to make a noise and then cos I was holding on so tight it then lifted me off the ground several times!

I then wanted to show Ange the Honda Jazz, so we went down to Yarra Honda and took out an auto - the guy just gave us the keys and said cya later! Wooooooo! I really got to test drive it and relax :D It was still great to drive!

On Sunday I did a lap of the boulie on my bike and my foot didn't hurt at all while riding which was a relief.

Once I got home and showered I then went shopping for something to wear to my brothers Deb. I wanted to get something that I would also wear for work when I travel interstate or to NZ. After trying on many pairs of slacks and suit jackets I finally decided to go to Myer where I tried on a very nice jacket and some very nice slacks. I have an issue with jackets in that their sleeves can often be too long, but not with this jacket - it fitted very well. Well ok the sleeves are marginally too long, but not obviously so. I then went to find a shirt, which I did, but I don't think I will wear it on Friday.
I still have to buy a pair of shoes to wear which means more shopping....yay....

Today I got the quotes from the company that my work uses for novated leases on cars. I did some sums and I don't think I will bother with it. To be honest it gave me a big headache trying to work it out but I honestly don't think it is worthwhile. I wont be changing tax brackets, I wont own the car at the end and they have to make money somehow so umm yeah I wont be doing that.

This arvo I went to a Honda dealer that I am not going to buy the Jazz from to get a price on the VTi model with a few extra's like tinting, floor mats, tow bar and fog lights. I now have an idea of what the package will cost and when I go to the honda dealer I want to buy from tomorrow I will have an idea of what to expect and what I can try to bargain with. Once I sort all that out and I put down a deposit I can then organise the finance and set a date to pick the car up! At this point I don't want to collect the car before June 1st as I hope that on that pay day I will get my new wage back paid and have some money to the deposit of the car so I wont have to borrow it all.

All these great things seem to be happening at once and it is all rather exciting and I am finding it hard to focus on anything, especially work, but I really need to knuckle down and start getting things done.