December 21, 2006

Out of Karma Comes a Wii

Yesterday, I was able to obtain a PS3. This morning, my husband called me and told me that someone he works with knows a friend who wanted to buy it, someone who wanted it for themselves, not to resell it. We sold it for what we paid for it, nothing more. We both felt good that we were able to make someone’s Christmas a little happier.

(Edited to add that the PS3 buyer backed out. My husband thinks that he thought it was too good to be true that we were selling it for what we paid for it, and figured there must be something wrong with it.)

After I got off the phone, I couldn’t help but start thinking about how nice it would be if I could get my hands on a Wii. When I was little there was this Christmas where I really wanted a computer. My sister and I opened all of our presents and there was no computer there. I was thrilled with everything else I got, but I was a little disappointed. I was determined not to let my parents know that though. Then my Dad asked me if it was a good Christmas and if I got everything I wanted. I told him it was a great Christmas, and that the only thing that would have made it better was if we got a computer. But I told him I was o.k. with not getting it.

A couple minutes later, he walked into the living room with a huge box and my sister and I knew we had our computer. It was SO EXCITING! I’ll never forget that Christmas. I wanted to do that for Big I this year so badly. Big I has had a lot of surprises over the past year, like how a baby sister completely changes your life for one. She’s a really good kid and I really wanted to get her a Wii.

I thought about completely giving up last night, and then this morning I decided I couldn’t possibly give up yet. I’m the eternal optimist I guess. It became bigger than the Wii for me. It’s a competition and for anyone who knows me or has read this blog regularly, you know that I must ALWAYS WIN! Losing is not an option. Failure is not an option.

So, I had my husband call Walmart and ask when their FedEx shipment was coming. It was around 11 this morning. He called me back and said that FedEx had arrived with a huge shipment and that they were going through it, and if I wanted a shot at a Wii I should arrive around noon.

I waited in the car for Big I to get off the bus and zoomed off to Walmart. With Lil C in my arm and Big I struggling to keep up, we practically ran to the electronics department. There were boxes everywhere.

"Did you get any Wii’s?" I asked with hopeful anticipation.

"No," the guy said.

I was crushed. My husband and I had both had a good feeling and it was gone. "Oh well," I thought. "Let’s go get some more Tylenol for Lil C" I said. (She is getting four molars at a time I swear.) So, we picked up the Tylenol and something told me to walk by the electronics department again. One of the workers there stopped me and quietly asked me if I had about 10 more minutes of shopping to do, and I said that I could certainly find 10 more minutes of shopping to do. I hung around the electronics department like a stalker.

At 12:30, the employee told me to meet her in Lay-Away and I BOUGHT A WII!!!!!

She triple-bagged it for me to avoid any problems exiting with a Wii and two kids. I told her that she restored my faith in humanity. She laughed. I wished her a Merry Christmas and left smiling, but not too big. I didn’t want to draw attention to myself.

As we were leaving, Big I said, "I saw that you bought something. Is that my ‘wideogame’?"

And like any good mother would do, I said, "What? What videogame? No, honey. I’m so sorry. This is the CD player I’ve been trying to buy for your uncle. He wants this so badly and they were sold out everywhere. Isn’t it exciting that we’ll be able to give this to your uncle and make him so happy? Maybe we’ll be able to get you that videogame for your birthday."

She agreed that it was going to be exciting to give the "CD player" to her uncle.

Was there ever a better example of what goes around comes around? I can’t wait until Christmas!!! Good luck to those still searching!