Happy Valentine's Day

Today I was at work, and everyone was asking me what I was gonna do for Valentine's Day. Everyone seemed pretty disappointed when I informed them of our agreement to basically do nothing. Not that we don't want to celebrate our cheesy love. We just didn't want to waste our money and time buying stupid gifts. Also, as usual on Thursday, Kj had school and wasn't going to be home until 9pm.

But what always happens to me is I catch the Valentine's fever. I decided today that I would finally get that laptop Kjersti's been wanting. The one she's been using is old and bulky and has absolutely no battery life, and is Windows. She hasn't taken it to school, I think because she's embarrassed of it.

So I left work a few minutes early and stopped at the Mac store near the office. I told the guy what I wanted: a white Macbook with a ComboDrive. He started giving me the whole spiel about all the different options. He wasn't a very good salesman. He was just giving me the same old line he gives everyone. But I had just told him I wanted a Macbook! Just give it to me and charge my credit card and be done with it. I had to interrupt him a few times to convince him that I did indeed want to buy a Macbook. I had a train to catch and it was annoying that he was preachin' to the choir.

#1 Rule of Sales: Don't sell to someone who's already sold.

Once I finally convinced him that I wanted the very computer I had come in the door requesting, he rung it up. He didn't try to sell me Microsoft Office or anything else. What a disappointing salesman.

Anyway, that's not the point...

The point is I got Kj a Mac. Now we're both Mac people. Tomorrow we're getting a Wii. We're so chic. We're thinking about starting an independent film festival and putting out our first folk album.

Anyway, Kj didn't follow the rules either! She bought chocolates and champagne.

We had a nice Valentine's night once she got home. I surprised her with the laptop. She got me drunk. We ordered pizza and watched Lost. Perfect.

Interesting fact: My great grandfather had the last name Falentine.