Thursday, June 3, 2010

Today was a sad day.

Today was the day I had to give back the Chevy Malibu I had been test driving and blogging about at www.GirlfriendGetawayFlorida.com for the past month.

*tear *tear The Malibu will surely be missed.

What did I think about the Malibu? Well, in all honesty I loved it! I mean I loved all the cool features that came with it of course, but that’s probably because the car I drive is basically feature less.

• I loved the XM radio – especially the Broadway Channel!

 

• I loved the bluetooth feature and it’s ability to allow me to talk on the phone hands free while driving (check out my post on bluetooth here)

• I loved the comfy leather seats

• I loved the regular outlet that came in the car

• I loved that it had 4 doors
• I loved the turn by turn directions of OnStar

• I loved the large trunk

• I love the remote start feature
• Overall, I just loved driving it!

Of course, not everything was always roses and sunshine with the Malibu

• I did not love how unsafe the breaks felt on wet roads. At first I thought it was a fluke, but on three separate occasions I felt like the breaks were going to give out on me as I tried to make a quick stop in the rain. NOT good!
• I did not love how much gas the car used. The 16 gallon tank only last me a week! I’ll admit it still had better gas mileage than the Traverse, but nothing will ever be able to compete with my echo
• I did not love how difficult it was to get out of parking spots with the car
• And I do not love the price tag. It’s wayyy out of my price range.

You win some, you lose some, right?

I still had fun blogging about my experience with the Malibu

Feel free to check out my other Chevy Girl on the Go posts

•  A Day in the Life of a Chevy Girl on the Go
• Groceries and the Malibu
• Junk in the Trunk
• Meghann’s Musical Sing-A-Long
• Spoiled
• Bluetooth

After giving the Malibu back it felt strange to drive my Echo again. The car almost felt flimsy compared to the Malibu. I really need to change my Echo’s oil and have the tires checked.

Alas, the Echo is still my baby. My Echo was the first major purchase I made once I entered the real world – one I’m still making payments on! – and for that it will always have a special place in my heart. It may not have fancy automatic locks, leather seats, or XM radio, but it’s all mine and that’s what matters!

I have a new favorite snack combination.

 

Watermelon + Quaker Maple Oatmeal Squares

Sounds odd, but the flavor combination really works. I had a quaker square with each bit of watermelon. The oatmeal square gave a nice crunch to the refreshing watermelon treat.

I had to go home to exchange the Malibu for my echo, so I made a quick salad before heading back to work.

 

My salad contained

• Spinach
• Artichoke Hearts
• Beets
• Tofu
• Almonds
• Cheese
• Leeks
• Cherry Tomatoes
• Balsamic Vinegar & EVOO

Basically anything that was in the fridge that had to be eaten was thrown into this salad.

On the side some Salt & Vinegar Chips

I’m not a big chip eater in general, but since the bag was left in my apartment from the weekend, I’ve really been enjoying the salty treat.

A reader had commented how Naturally Nutter Nut Butters can be found around Orlando at Chamberlain’s (a local health store) so obviously you know where I made a pit stop on my way back to work…

Check this out – $6.99!! Score!

(p.s. how insane is it that I think $6.99 is cheap for a jar of peanut butter? lol)

The only bummer was they didn’t have all my favorite flavors, but I did make a special request for them when I was checking out.

Sneak Peak of Glee’s Season finale next week. Eeekkk!!!

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