My mom has been requesting that my sisters and I get her the Wii since October. We weren’t able to get it for her birthday since I didn’t know how or where I could get it. Finally, for Christmas, I decided it was time to find a Wii for my mom. Every time I talked to her about potential Christmas gifts, she was sure to bring up the Wii. I called Best Buy and Circuit City two weeks ago about when they will have the Wii. They both told me that they are expecting shipments the following Sunday because neither of them received any that Sunday. They suggested I call on Friday to see. So on Friday (12/14/07), I called Best Buy at 9:20 am and the sales representative said they had 151 Wiis! He took my number in case they’d be doing “call-backs”. He suggested I get to the store on Sunday at least 1 hour early. I got the same info from Circuit City, but they were more vague about how many Wiis they’d be getting. I recruited my friends and only two were willing to help. I decided to just have one wait with me because I felt like being nice. Lynne and I woke up at 6am and got ready. I sent her to Circuit City (it’s right across the street) and I went to Best Buy. Lucky for us, it just snowed and it was super cold. We kept updating each other for the next hour and half. My line already had at least 25 people ahead of me. It was nuts. I overhead that a girl who was a couple of people before me got to Best Buy at 4:30am. I was happy that I was just a couple blocks away. While I was in line, I wished that I was wearing my Uggs. I was so cold. Then it started to rain. At about 7am, I saw a Best Buy employee come outside to count how many people were waiting. Then about 30 minutes later, a guy came out to give out tickets! I was number 30. Then, they let us in at 8am and it was complete madness. They were trying to sell us any Wii accessory or game. People were biting too! All I got was an extra Wii remote since it only comes with one. Didn’t the classic NES system come with two controllers? Who plays video games by themselves these days? I presented my mom with her early Christmas gift Sunday night. I was so proud of myself. During our car ride to dinner, she said to forget about getting the Wii because she has someone else getting it for her. Whatever! I think this is the reason I am currently sick! I want to thank Jane and Chris for helping me attain this video game console. I can’t wait to go home and hook it up and play Wii sports. I think that’s the only game we really need!

In other news, my company had its holiday party at Dangerfield’s and then at a UES frat bar. I got really drunk and took a bunch of pictures I don’t even remember taking! My boss had a great time and was dancing with all the ladies. It was so funny.

I just got back from dinner and Pinkberry. It was an excellent day. I left work early so I could rest up since I felt a little under the weather. I am so ready for the holidays.

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