Prompt for December 6: Money: where did you spend your money this year? Did you save it instead? What, if anything, would you like to do differently with your finances in the coming year?
I bought a car.
A very silly little light blue Korean-made car with a manual transmission and an impractically pale interior. It looks suspiciously like an Easter egg.
I love it.
And my father didn't get to make this decision for me.
The day my sister and I spent in the local high school parking lot and surrounding neighborhood learning to drive TheEgg was priceless. If I damaged the clutch learning to drive it on all of these damned hills, well, then I'll replace the clutch.
And you know what? My father was wrong. Girls can drive a stick shift. I love mine so much I'll probably never buy an automatic again.
Six months later, I still love the pale blue color. It makes me happy. If I get a ticket because of the silly color, who cares? It is my car; I will pay my ticket and no one can say a damned word about it.
This car is like me: fun, dependable, a little frivolous, and smells of coffee and Burberry perfume.
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