Snow trip or In search of a new Itouch

Let me tell you a story. It’s not about knitting.. well maybe a little. When Tom gave me the Itouch for Christmas 2008 (32g), he inherited my old ipod classic. Recently he’s said he wished the ipod had video. I’ve repeatedly told him to go buy one. Of course, being Tom (does the word tight mean anything to you), he wouldn’t just go out and buy one. So I just made a command decision, told him I was buying myself a new Itouch with 64g. I keep videos (knitting), audio books (some knitting, but mostly J.D. Robb) and I download podcasts (mostly knitting), so I could really use the extra memory.

MORE PHOTOS ON FLICKR The photos were taken from a moving car.  Tom wouldn't stop.

Tom said that he had seen them at the hospital shoppette, but they only had 2 and probably were gone by now. So off we went this morning to the Base Exchange. You’d think the “biggest exchange mall” in the military would have Itouch and Ipods. They didn’t have any. The reason given, they just had inventory so they hadn’t ordered any. So what’s with that?? The clerk wasn’t very helpful, but did say that the shoppette across the street had them. So off we went back in the snow and ice to the base shoppette.

And when we get there… No they don’t have any, same reason. Inventory. Tom asked if they had the phone number for the hospital shoppette. This clerk was very helpful. He got the phone number for us. Tom called and they still had the Itouch 64g. So off we went again, back into the ice and snow.

We got to the shoppette just as they opened. I got my new Itouch 64 and was ready to go home and load it up. Tom had other ideas.

He made me go to the commissary. You know I hate to go to the commissary. It’s always crowded and full of kids running around. But to be nice, I went grocery shopping. When we got home we had to unload and put away the stuff. Where were our kids when you need them? I hate putting away the stuff almost as much as I hate going to buy it.

So after all this, I did get to work on my new Itouch. While I loaded up my new one, Tom cleared out the old one so he could put his stuff on it.

Does it seem strange, that Tom did not want to spend the $$$ for an Itouch for himself, but had no problem with me upgrading and giving him my old one. Men!