Happy Easter!

I did an unexpected thing yesterday ... bought a car.  I was ready for a new car last year, but since it's not a great time to buy a car with supply chain issues I put it on hold.  My car is hitting the heavy maintenance years (7 years old) and Mercedes maintenance is outrageously expensive.

Hubby suggested we go looking since it was a rainy day.  Cars rarely excite me and I expected I'd just get a smaller Mercedes -- I drove one for a loaner car last year and it was nice.

I used to have a Lexus (the only car I ever missed) but their new model changes are the pits.  Funny enough, I kept calling my old car a Volvo when we talked about it lately.  We've never shopped Volvo because of maintenance issues years ago (which are no longer an issue).  I LOVE the exterior shape of the Volvo -- always my favorite.  We decided to check it out since I kept mistakenly saying 'Volvo.'  

Devine intervention?!?!  Loud intuition?!? Hah!

So to land this plane, I got a Volvo midsized SUV.   It's the right size, had everything I wanted.  They aren't taking orders and are at the mercy of what comes into their dealership -- next shipment is maybe July.  Given all that ... we decided to go ahead and buy it.  I pick it up tomorrow.

It reminds me of the Lexus I loved years ago -- this would be the type of interior modifications I would've expected from Lexus.  

Has all the bells and whistles but in a simple design.  It's also a good size for me.  Some of the smaller SUVs we checked out were too small.  

Simple, but has all the gadgets.
And a touch of fancy (crystal gear shift)

Classic Volvo rear end shape

Built for safety.
White is my "signature" color because it
doesn't show a lot of dirt or its age.

As I said, I was scheduled for a new car in 2021, so it's not that crazy we bought a car.  I thought it would take another year to find one that fit the specs I wanted though (shortages in all brands of cars).

Tomorrow is the hour long setup and such.  Just me going since hubby is out of town.  

Heading to the kids for an early Easter dinner today.  I'm looking forward to it.  All I'm making is a salad -- can't get much easier than that!  I'm bringing some other Easter goodies, but no work needed (alcohol and candy).

We're in the middle of a rainy few days.  Sun by Tuesday.  I have a full week and need to do some planning tomorrow.  A few balls in the air ...

Hope you have a great Easter Sunday.  Later gators.