Day 131: on wheeling and dealing

Yesterday, Himself took the car in for its scheduled maintenance, and he was advised at that time that he was going to need to replace the tires. We have a service contract with the Mazda dealership in town, and they perform the maintenance for free. 

They also let him know about a tire company that would not only give him a Veteran's discount, but also work out a payment plan. So he went down to them yesterday to arrange the purchase, and today we returned to the tire company to get four new tires installed on the car. 

The installation itself was painless, but there was a technical glitch around finalizing the purchase, so both Himself and the serviceman were on the phone with the credit company to see if they could work out the issue. I joked about placing a bet as to who would be answered first; Himself would have won the bet. After returning to the main website and navigating through the options, the transaction was finalized, and we had our tires and a payment plan to go with them.

After we were done with the wheeling, we had to do a little dealing (with the cable company), and we reached a satisfactory conclusion. In truth, I would be just fine without tv for a while, but the rest of the household would have serious fits. We have covered the basics for the rest of the month. Not sure how we're going to get through next month, but we will do our level best.

The latest storm began while we were out getting new tires, and it's expected to drop a lot more rainfall on the county tomorrow. I'm waiting on the advisory to start ark building. ;) Kidding, but we have sandbags left over from the last big rains in 2016, and Himself dragged them to their strategic positions in front of the patio door, just in case.

Not quite sure how our Valentine's Day will unfold just yet, but we will do our best to avoid having a terribly soggy one.