A New Toy(s)

The hubby tried to get up early on Friday. He really, REALLY wanted to go to Wal-Mart to get a GPS thingy for his truck. He got up at 8:30, mulled around trying to figure out if he should go or not. I told him he'd better or else he'd wonder if they still had them. In my mind I was thinking, "shouldn't we go somewhere in order to use that thing?" Off he went and quickly returned. He returned empty handed. Our conversation went like this:

Me: did you get one?

Hubby: No

Me: Why?

Hub: They were already out. I knew they would be.

Me: Are you sure they were out? Did you ask?

Hub: (I think he was searching for an answer.)

Me: Did you ask? Sometimes they move things around on Black Friday.

Hub: yeah (he quietly answers and I'm still unsure of his response, because a lot of times he appears mute)

Hub: (loud enough for me to hear) I wonder if they still have them in Moberly?

Me: We are headed there in a few anyway, lets just go and find out.

Hub: I'm sure they are out too. I'm going to Westlakes to get a card table.

Upon returning with a card table and after checking the computer we decided to try the Wal-mart in Moberly before heading to my mom-in-law's home. I see him walking around aimlessly.

Hub: They don't have them.

Me: Did you ask?

Hub: Yeah.

I could see he was heart sick. He's been wanting one for a very long time. Even though he goes no where to get lost, he is the KING of gadgets. That is until they bore him. Then they go to the "I'm bored box" in the spare bedroom. We make one more stop before heading to his mom's house for the day. I kind of forgot about the GPS until yesterday. Sunday of all days at Wal-Mart. I needed some furniture polish and he wandered around aimlessly. I heard him quietly yelling (you'd have to know him to understand, he's almost mute remember) "Lisa....Lisa...come here!" I knew this wasn't good. "Look!" He pointed to a stack of GPS's he'd claimed they did not have. They still had the Black Friday price too. I just had to go there...

Me: I thought you said they didn't have any.

Hub: (He's mute again.)

Me: Didn't you tell me you asked them if they had any left?

Hub: (He's still mute again.)

Me: (Did I ever tell you I'm an only child and I HATE to be ignored?) Shouldn't we be going somewhere to get lost in order to get one?

Hub: I think I'm going to get one.

He grabbed one up and continued wandering aimlessly in our little Wal-Mart. Then I heard, "Lisa...Lisa". I think this is the reason why only children like to go shopping by themselves in Wal-Mart. "Look". It was the camera I was interested in on Black Friday, but forgot about it. It also still had the Black Friday price. Since the Reynaldo incident with my camera and since a twerp on ebay sold me a not so great one, I relented and snatched it up. We had decided not to buy each other anything for Christmas. So really, we each bought our own gifts yesterday. We both got our toys out today and played with them. He used his while taking me to return movies. Fortunately we already knew the way there, but we f ound out his new gadget is accurate. He was happy. I've taken a few pictures with mine to check the zoom and overall goodness of the camera. So far I'm pleased.

I still have to learn how to utilize the flash and zoom. The last pic of the birdhouse turned out great. I used some of the zoom as I was standing on the front porch taking a pic of a tree in the backyard. It turned out well I think.

I'm continuing to SLOWLY get the Christmas decorations out and up. I've never been this slow. I hope it's not age. I just can't seem to quit taking a break...