Christmas shopping wraps up early for some. . . While out running errands this morning, it was pouring. So when at one of greater Somersworth’s strip malls I pulled the car up to let Amanda in without getting wet. I jokingly roled down the window and told her she could get in only after she walked down to the game store and bought me a Wii. . .

After starting to drive away a few times when she came to the door, I let her in the car. A few jokes later resulted in pulling back into a parking spot and going in to the store. The next few minutes turned to a blur. I asked the sales associate how much a Nintendo Wii costs, if they had one in stock. The reply was a bit shocking. He told us the price, and said they had a few out back. Amanda then looked at me and said, “sure, if thats the only thing you want for Christmas.”

I bit. We brought it home, and considering the 7-day return policy we tried a game of Wii Sports bowling. It rocked. We played around with the few things in the menu and had fun noting cool little stuff like when I twisted my hand the pointer finger spun around on the screen, and when downloading something, Mario ran across the screen collecting coins instead of the typical downloading bar.

We then packed it up and put it away until Christmas. Pout.