Am picking up my new car today, and am silly happy about it all, with the exception of "what ifs" as to what better deal I might have wrought had I been more wily.
Well, it's about time I faced facts on this front: I'm not now, nor have I ever been, wily. Or a hard bargainer. Even a tough customer, for that matter.
Me, I'm a wuss. God put me here to pay retail--someone has to do it. I keep the engine of the economy running smoothly, with my timidity and inability to bargain. Happily, I make enough money so that this is not a problem.
However, I also paid retail in Morocco (where they bargain over tomatoes, for pity's sake), when I didn't have the proverbial pot to do my bidness in.... But bad negotiating skills were the least of my worries back in those bad old days.
Sigh.
So, once I quit wondering "what if," I will be able to enjoy my car completely. Please goddess, let it be soon.
The car will be mine this afternoon, so I hope to get the self-recrimination out of my system by then.
It's a beautiful day, if silly cold. Yup, nice day for a drive.....
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