On June18th, after a night of relatively hard partying with Chris and Paul at an Irish Pub in Southbank, Chris and Paul left for Sydney, and we went to finalize the sale and pick up our new car! It's actually a used car, but...what does NBC say about reruns during the summer months, "It's new to you!?" Anyway, here it is! Our little ladybug! It was first registered in 1995, and it only has 30,000 Kms on it (that's about 15,000 miles to you yanks!). It is sold mostly in Japan and the Commonwealth--you can't buy them in the states, which makes it even better to us!

Here, Mike happily though warily drives out of the lot--not only is this our first new car, but it is a manual, and the stick shift is on his left! I can't even drive a manual yet, but I'll learn...I'm sure it'll test Mike's patience, but isn't that what marriage is all about?

One more full-body shot of the ladybug--isn't she special? If she weren't in such great condition, we'd paint large black spots all over her body!