This week in hammerland

.........................................................................................................................................

Thanks for all those new slang terms you guys left in the comments. I'm going to work them into my repertoire "Slicker than two slugs fucking in a saucer of snot..." I'll tell you what! LOL

Well the wife got transferred after all but it's not all bad. Instead of being sent back to her old job, the boss stood up for her for once and demanded she be moved to the next career building post instead. So now she's in charge of a hundred teamsters ...oh boy! The only thing that sucks about it is that she has a 45 min drive each way to work.

Wife insisted that she needed a smaller more fuel efficient car for her new commute. I was thinking used Ford Focus she was thinking new Cooper Mini. Right now she drives a Dodge Charger SRT8 with 14,000 miles on it and I just paid it off so I'm not inclined to go into debt for another car.

.

Usually when she gets the new car bug we just go get one but this time I had to hold my ground and be fiscally responsible. I looked into the gas savings of buying a small car, the payment, insurance etc versus what she has now and there is no way it would pay for itself in under 12 years if ever, plus we have no place to keep it.

I reminded her that once her Charger gets on the highway with the cruise control activated the engine shuts down to four cylinders to save gas. I think she just wanted the mini. Maybe once this recession is over.

We've made enough financial blunders in the last 18 years and I'd like to think I've learned something in that time and can hopefully avoid throwing anymore money away.