waiting for wii
getting up at 4am is not even half as bad as those who've been camped out since friday morning to get their hands on nintendo's new wii. i did my share of calling all the stores in the vicinity that would be stocking it and our diligence proved to be worthwhile. we got to the walmart parking lot in Tracy at 5am and found a cluster of tents. we were quickly discouraged from waiting as a bystander approached us to tell us there were only 26 units. the night before i called and was told there would be 60. there were actually 28 and joie got the last one. so we were still 2 short in our hunt.
across the way was costco and they had said they were gonna have 48 in stock without any guarantees. the great part was that it was only 8 am and there was nobody in line. after a breakfast run, we came back to being numbers 6,7, and 8 in line and with encouraging news from the costco employee that they did indeed have 48 and were ready to be distributed when they open at 10. joie was able to score an additional set and exbf and ambrose were happy campers....$1800 later (750 (console, accessories, and games + 350 ( costco bundles with 2 games) x 3).