Ok, it’s Wednesday, so it’s once again time for a check-in on my new car challenge. In case you don’t know what I’m talking about, check out the rest of the Mike’s New Car Challenge posts.

I’m going to keep this short today, because I need to spend a little time playing catch-up for the rest of the day week. That alone should give you an idea of how this week went…

As of last Wednesday, we were at $2,072 toward the 2010 Honda Fit. I had really hoped to be close to $3,000 today.

Life, it seems, had other plans.

We ended up spending the weekend with friends about 4 hours away. We had a fantastic time, and it was a rejuvenating experience, but very little work was done. It wasn’t a last-minute trip, but frankly, I forgot it was coming.

Next, a $432 affiliate payment hasn’t shown up yet. I’m not too worried about it (yet), but I was counting on putting that toward this week’s contribution to the new car account.

Third… I got a $120 traffic ticket last Thursday. That’s all I have to say about that.

Finally… We have family coming to stay next week. My wife insisted on painting the living room and dining room this weekend… and since the dining room had both a wallpaper border and a chair rail, I had to pick up an electric sander and primer in addition to the paint, rollers, trays, books of expletives, etc. Total damage: $132.

Argh.

So this week, we added a whopping $80 to the new car fund. I’m not happy about that… but at least we didn’t have to rob the existing car fund to make bank this week.

So here we are at $2,152, with 15 weeks left to go.

*deep breath*

Hey, if life was predictable, it wouldn’t be any fun, right?

Um… right?

Alright, I’m off to get next week started on the right foot.