goodbye to the purple machine

tonight i bid a fond farewell to my well loved and well traveled mini van

yes, the days of playing soccer mom in the mini are over...not that i had any kids to fill the soccer mom mini, but what i lacked in children i made up for in general junk

the mini reached its 169,434 mile before creeping its way into the new car dealer lot, shuttering a little as the transmission was telling me....(i'm going any time now)...putt putt putt

and in a final effort to put her best wheel forward, her trade in value of one grand made it possible for me to actually afford a new car without selling all my other worldy and not so worldly possession

so off to the land of used cars she goes, after a countless number of eastern seaboard trips and several side trips west to ohio....my little eggplant served me well, she will be missed and remembered fondly......