A Virgin No More!

I finally bought something on e-Bay! (Yeah, it took me long enough!) So I'm no longer an e-Bay virgin. Yippee!

What I bought: a Nintendo Wii Fit bundle.

I had tried the Wii once at the Senior Center (just bowling, unfortunately, which I've not done much). I loved it, but there's no way I could justify the cost.

Today they had the Wii Fit bundle, and I had a chance to try a few of the "exercises" (games, really -- they're far too much fun to be exercise). I did the tilting table (fairly well), the tightrope walk (terribly -- I fell between the buildings both times), the hula hoops (fairly well -- I got up to 4 or 5 of them), and the step exercise (very very badly). Then I watched other people do crunches and pushups and head-off soccer balls. What a hoot!

Meanwhile, I'd won a $500 American Express gift card in a Dummies Books sweepstakes, and it was burning a hole in my pocket. So I found a Wii console and a Wii Fit bundle on e-Bay for just about $400 (a bargain!), with free shipping. It turns out Pay Pal accepts American Express, so I was able to bid on it and get it processed right away.

Now I can't wait.... It'll probably be about a week before it arrives. So now I have something huge to look forward to!