Toyota Tacoma (New Truck!)

We bought a truck! No, you're not blind. That ^ is a Dodge Journey, not a truck.

My husband's plan, since leaving his window washing job this spring, has been to start his own Window Washing company next spring. The largest expense (by far!) for the start of that business was my husband's dream truck, a Toyota Tacoma with a truck bed cover and a ladder rack. We've been looking locally for months now, and praying for the perfect truck to show up in our price range, but whenever we would go and see a truck (and fall in love), we'd make our best offer ($8,000.00 cash), only to be turned down. Over and over.

Toyota Tacomas hold their value forever, because they last forever, because they're fantastic trucks, but their lasting value makes it hard to find a steal of a Toyota Tacoma.

My brother-in-law stopped by Norfolk on his way to path of totality for the total eclipse, and we mentioned that we were looking for a Toyota Tacoma. When he went back home to Philadelphia, he poked around and sent us a link. It was Matt's dream truck (with the truck bed cover and the ladder rack) for $8,500.00. We were close. Matt prayed hard for clear direction and open doors, and a couple of weekends later, he road tripped to Philadelphia, handed a Polish gentleman $7,850.00 and came home with his truck. Some of that discount was because we only had $8,000.00 for the truck, some of it was because of the ten hours of travel, and the last $50 came off because Matt is Polish too.

So, on Saturday we bought a truck, and the next weekend we listed our Dodge Journey. We have someone looking at it this afternoon, and I'm trusting God for whatever he wants to do in our family, while praying that it sells quickly.

This weekend we're having a GIANT Yard Sale, which we've been hoarding for all summer. Everything people have given us to sell, will be priced to move, and we're hoping that it will make up for the (mandatory) week off work that Matt has this week. I promise to take some pictures of the truck (I should be driving it this week) to show you, but I also promise that all week this week I'll be up to my eyeballs in treasures, sorting and pricing, to place them out this weekend. If good deals are your thing, come out and visit us on Saturday!