The Anatomy of getting a new HD TV

DH: “Honey, if I combined all the money from your parents, my parents,your siblings, my siblings, your present to me and my present to you we could get a new flat screen HD TV for Christmas”

ME: “So part of MY Christmas gift would be that YOU get the TV YOU want?”

DH: “You know you’ll use it too, it’s in the living room, you’ll love it”

Fast forward one week

DH: “Honey, Best Buy is having a contest. You should write a 250 word essay on your favorite Black Friday Experience. You can win a bunch of stuff, including a $1,000 gift card”

ME: “Sure, Honey”

Fast forward one week

DH: “Honey, I sent in my essay to Best Buy. In less than a week they’ll be calling me to tell me I won”

ME: “Sure, Honey. Wouldn’t that be something?”

Fast forward four days

DH: “I freaking won!”

ME: “WHAT? I’m on the blue-tooth. I can’t hear you. WHAT?”

DH: “I FREAKIN WON! Best Buy called me and emailed me. I have to get all the paperwork signed and back to them but I WON!”

ME: “SHUT UP!”

DH: “I FREAKIN’ WON!”

ME: “You best not be kidding about this. I’m so proud of you! Oh my gosh! Are you serious? Really?”

DH: “I’m serious. I wouldn’t kid about this. I’m totally shaking!”

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No, really. DH won Best Buy’s Black Friday VIP Contest for the LA Market. Really. My DH, a winner! We’re just a happy little suburban family, things like this don’t happen to us. Direct from the Best Buy website Jim will receive:

http://askablueshirt.net/blackfridayvip/

Prizes: Twenty-five (25) Grand Prizes (One (1) per Participating Store) – A Black Friday Store Event, consisting of: limousine transportation to/from the participating Best Buy store/winner’s designated location on November 28, 2008 for winner and three (3) guests, a Flip Video Mini Camcorder to videotape the Grand Prize winning experience, a $1,000.00 Best Buy Gift Card, and up to four doorbuster tickets (one per winner and each guest, no more than one ticket per doorbuster). Approximate Retail Value: $2,000.00/each. .


Now the accountant in me realizes that this much celebrated victory does not come free. Sometime in late January, long after the Christmas cards have stopped rolling in, we’ll receive a 1099 from Best Buy for the retail value of the contest winnings. That said we’re still thrilled! What a fun experience! Clearly DH is beside himself. I’m a proud, excited, supportive wife. DH is currently on his laptop reviewing floor plans of Best Buys to determine the best route to take in the half hour that we have in the store before the crazies who have been waiting in line for days join us. Okay, he’s not, but he is actively trying to figure out the way to maximize our buying power.

DH has been coveting a flat screen HD TV for a while now. Don’t all men? He’s been doing research on what accessories are required, those that are not and where to get said accessories for the best price. Want to know what came in the mail today? HD TV cables purchased online in a wonderful attempt to save money.

Clearly the universe believes my DH deserving of a new TV.

I tend to agree.