In With the New!

I always love this time of year. I'm usually getting a tax refund, and my other half is usually getting his bonus. This means we take care of a few annoying bills, do the things we couldn't afford to do during regular pay periods, and get a few things that we covet, like tattoos, electronics and miscellaneous things. Today, I'll talk about how I got the laptop that I now have. 




There I am, diddling around on the HP website, since my husband gets a discount on HP through his job. My last laptop was trashed during a camping trip when my middle child had gotten too hot and vomited into my pretty, new toy that I had brought with the intention that the children would be able to watch movies with it. Like a moron, I did not get the warranty that would have covered child vomit. Dammit.

Thanks to the quick thinking of my mother-in-law and hubby, there was not too much inside the keyboard, and the damn thing still kind of works. However, during the cleaning process, keys were removed and could not be replaced. I solved this problem by hooking up a regular keyboard to it, but it understandably had serious issues and was not a reliable machine, anymore.

Unfortunately for me, the only other computer in the house is the desk top. It's pretty decent, but I hate having to sit in the chair at the desk for very long. I get stiff and my feet freeze, regardless of the season. We must have the ghosts of many dead mice in that corner. Plus, the rotten, gaming hubby hogs it.


Anyway, back to the HP website. I just could not convince myself to spend that money, again, so I decided to look on Ebay. Why not? I farted around for a while, and I found a little Dell laptop. I'm not too picky, and the specs looked decent. The auction was about to end, and the bidding was around $175. I got silly and put in a bid of $176.50. I put in a maximum of $179 or $180, I think. Much to my surprise and dismay, I won. Oops! How do I tell the hubby?


I did tell the hubby. I just inserted this non sequitur into the conversation, "Oh, and I kind of won a laptop on Ebay, today." Then I continued the conversation. It turns out that he does pay attention to some of what I say. Who knew? I explained the situation to him, and he was fine with it. After I got the laptop and set it up, he explored it a little and was pleased with my purchase and the bargain!

Now, I have a laptop again! Yay, me! It's so much easier to blog and write, now that I have portability, again. Well, that's all for tonight, folks. Good night!