I have been lusting after Minis for years. Every time I saw one on the street, my inner voice would squeal "miniiiiii!!!" and I even test drove them several times over the years. I was smitten. As every male close to me in life kept reminding me, it certainly would have been more "practical" to get an economy car like a Honda or a Toyota, or really any Japanese car with 4 doors and a large trunk, etc.
But whatever. I'm not going to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a car that someone else wants me to buy. I know that in just a few short years I will have to buy that practical car (especially if the twin prediction comes true) and I didn't want to spend the rest of my life regretting the fact that I didn't take advantage of the one time I could buy what I really wanted.
So I saved for three years, I worked really hard to get my credit score up, and I wrote the biggest check of my life. And boooyyyy does it feel good to have bought myself exactly what I have wanted for years! :)
