Bought a car; also, our financial theory

Today, Lee and I wrote a check for 6 large for a 1999 Subaru Forester. This is a sweet machine, as far as we and our trusted mechanic can tell.

Let's hear it for goatee-wearing demagogue Dave Ramsey, who inspired us to start a REAL emergency fund. We're also using the Freedom Account system described by Mary Hunt, whose books helped us a lot, too. Your Money Or Your Life helped us talk about many facets of how we think about money and spending.

I was about to post a list of all the games that $6,200-odd would get you. Then I realized I don't even want that many games. Seriously.