The Wii. I have been wanting this console for a while now, at least a year. And I'm pretty sure we were the only family I know that didn't have at least one of the 3 newest game consoles. And this is totally ironic because Vince and I are tech geeks by profession. He's a programmer, I'm in systems support. At work, we talk among our colleagues about the latest and greatest in technology. So I've been coveting the Wii. The Xbox360 and PS3 not so much, maybe because I'm not an avid gamer now as I used to be. And maybe because my old Xbox and all the games are just gathering dust.
Anyway, we saw an ad in the Superstore flyer the other day -- $399 Wii bundle, includes the console, Wii Fit and Wii Play. Cool! On impulse, I said to Vince, "Let's just buy it." Lol! I think he was shocked to hear that from me, because when it comes to big-ticket purchases, I'm a little prudent. So we went to the Superstore close to home. Sold Out. Then we drove to another location which we thought wasn't too busy. The Wii Fit was sold out (no surprise), but they had the console available. the store also had a special going that for every $200 purchase in the store, you get a $25 gift card. So woohoo! We bought the console, plus Wii Play (which includes another Wii mote).
After putting Claire to bed, Vince and I started playing. Tennis. Bowling. Laser hockey. Table Tennis. Oh the fun we had!
Yesterday, during my lunch break, I picked up Rayman Raving Rabbids from EB Games, a crazy funny party game featuring evil bunnies. Lol! When we got home, we introduced Claire to the world of the Wii. And we played until Claire finally said, "Mommy, I'm getting hungry." Oh yeah, it was time for me to make dinner. I seriously could have played longer but you know, Mommy has to set a good example. We don't want the kid getting addicted to video games now, right? ;)
