My growing concern was that He would surprise me with an iPhone or a Blackberry, since he loved his so much and seemed to be reminding me of its benefits an awful lot. Maybe that was on purpose to throw me off! My 3 year old little Motorola phone works and I felt no need to replace it with a phone that had more bells & whistles I wasn't using. The days before my birthday, I tried to pry out of him what my present was or if I could open it just a day early, pretty please? He would not budge.
On the eve of my big day, he promised that if I could stay awake for the ride home after dinner (a rare occasion) and stay awake until midnight, I would open my present. Fortunately for me, our delicious dinner ran to at least 10pm and I was wired from the good conversation and wine. I was wide awake at 11:50pm when he finally broke down and allowed me to open my present.
When I saw the size, I was relieved that it could not be a new phone and started to think it was Wii Fit or something entirely different. I really had no idea what it was!
It was a beautiful Seashell white Acer Aspire One...I was immediately in love before I could even get it out of the box. Most sites are calling this a Netbook, it's little and quick and so cute! A full qwerty keyboard, Linux based, packaged with a email/RSS reader/contacts manager combo, Firefox, a few games and not too much else. It's exactly what I needed and I didn't even know! I am on it right now...
