auto show

We went to the Auto Show with Allen and Steve Saturday night. While Team Purple House isn't in the market for a new car right now - the Alero is doing just fine - it sometime takes us over an hour to decide what to eat for dinner, so we should probably start vehicle negotiations early.

Going into the evening both of us had a few cars in mind. For Lelaine that would be an Audi Q5, Prius, or Volvo C30 (something about a kid's car seat). I am more into a Chevy Malibu, Ford Edge, or Jeep Patriot. Unfortunately, even after looking at over 100 cars I don't think we are any closer to agreeing on anything.

I must admit, the Q5 is really nice, and surprisingly costs less than a A4. The only problem is the small sticking point of still costing a lot. I really like the Jeep Patriot - it reminds me of my old Cherokee. However, Lelaine doesn't like its boxy design.

We couldn't even agree what cars we would get if we won the lottery, as she would take a Mini Cooper over a Range Rovers or a Jag XK. Pretty much the only thing we mutually agreed to eliminate was the Ford Edge.

Granted it is a few years down the road, but I see either a Prius or CRV in our future.

After agreeing to disagree about cars, we met Sam, Alison, Hudson, Heather, and Shelby at Carmine's for an Italian feast consisting of fried zucchini, lasagna, spaghetti and meatballs, veal parmesan, penne alla vodka, and chicken scaloppine. When we left, I was more stuffed than the cannoli I had for dessert (we went skiing on Sunday, so we make up the excuse that we needed to eat a lot to be ready for a day on the slopes).