I bought a truck!

Before my husband deployed he sold his truck. We needed the money and he wasn't going to need a truck for the year he was gone so it didn't make sense to keep it since I was moving back home and had my car. Regardless I felt horrible. As long as I have known him he had this truck. It was his truck and uniquely his to the point where you would see it somewhere and immediately know who it was.

I've told him that one thing he needs to let me buy him is a truck. He didn't trust me in the slightest to pick out a truck so he did his shopping online. It took nearly this entire year but he finally found a nearly perfect truck close to Jacksonville in our price range. He sent me the link this morning and by 6:45 pm I was pulling it into the driveway. I had to drive 2 hours to get it and it took nearly 3 hours at the dealership but hey, outcome is a good one.

We are the proud new owners of a black Chevy Silverado <3

Not our actual truck, I just googled this pic. But it's identical.

This is his old truck. You can see what I was talking about. Severely obnoxious, but I will admit that I miss her a great deal. 

The nice shiny new one will look similar to this eventually. Jon has plans for her. Just not as drastic as before. 

But hey, I've seen worse. 

The real point is that I bought this truck all by myself!! I did the examining, engine checking (even though I really didn't know what I was doing under the hood I just faked it) enough for them to think I meant business and knew what I was looking for, and negotiating. I got an incredible deal and successfully bought my husband the most expensive present I will ever give him. Well he kind of bought it himself since he makes the moola currently, but the downpayment was all me baby! 

I'm proud of myself. Another thing I thought I needed a man for that I can clearly accomplish myself. This deployment has made me one hell of an independent lady. Except for the fact that I would honestly die without my husband or daughter. Purely for love and satisfaction. 

Anyways, just wanted to pat myself on the back publicly. Toodles!