My car is definitely a beater now.

Last week my car rolled over 200,000 miles. That has to make my car a beater, right? I bought it in Feburary of 2000 new. Back when I was young and had a totally different outlook on money. Today my view of cars and money is totally different. I don't think I'll buy another new car again.

I have to admit I do hate my car, but I don't hate it enough to buy another car yet. The car gets great gas mileage and is in great shape. Over the coarse of the last year besides oil changes I probably spent only $600 on maintenance on it. That is less that 2 car payments. That is way cheaper than buying a new car.

After we are passed baby step 3, we'll save up money and buy a used car to replace my old beater. But until that day comes, my beater will do just fine.

October summary

October was a busy month. I worked lots of overtime at work. My wife and I also took a week of vacation to work on the house. I get paid for my vacation but my wife doesn't. So the extra overtime helped make up for the week she didn't work.

We spent a good bit of money on the house in October. We sort of divided the extra money in the budget between debt and home improvement. When the month was over we paid an extra $817 on our debt.