Archive for July 24th, 2008
Making amends
Last year, I made a off-handed joke about my then 21 yr old niece having the house to herself for the week that my brother & his wife and their youngest 2 kids would be away. I said “uhoh – here comes a baby in 9 months”. Now, our family is the BIGGEST bunch of ballbusters you’ll ever meet. We tease, we joke, we never mean anything by it. I certainly didn’t mean anything by it. Hell, my brother was 16 when he & his (then) gf got pregnant WITH THAT NIECE. So it’s not like it was out of the question, either.
Anyway, apparently from what I heard from the same dumbass (my ex-husband) that I told the joke to, my brother (who he works with) went ballistic, was really really pissed off about it. But no one really said anything to me. About a month after I heard that, I logged onto facebook to find a rant email from my niece, telling me all the ways in which I was in the wrong for saying what I’d said. I wrote back, apologized for the joke. I also let her know that she’d pissed off the WRONG person. At that point, I was on the brink of the depression and this event is what knocked me over the edge, truly.
Gaming Mama
I think when a lot of people think about video game stores, they think kids. But in our family, not only do we ALL love GameStop, we probably spend more time in them than our son does. LOL
When you walk into a GameStop store, you don’t feel like a fish out of water. No matter what game system you are shopping for, everything is easily identified throughout the store. As a bargain shopper, another great thing about GameStop is that they sell “pre-played” games as well, which really helps when you have a kid who likes lots of different things, or has multiple game systems. As well, GameStop also offers a large selection of PC games as well. Since I mostly play games on my PC, that works out great for me 
Did you know GameStop also sells a wide variety of game systems and equipment? We’ve picked up extra controllers, extra memory cards, power packs – and it’s much more affordable than you’d imagine! As well, you can trade in your gently used games and equipment for store credit towards other things.
GameStop also has a great website, laid out just as well as the store. It’s easy to find what you’re looking for, or if you don’t know what you’re looking for, it’s simple to browse and sort games based on game system or even by their rating system. I personally appreciate that because I don’t allow my kids to play games that are not rated for their age/maturity level.
So, the next time you’re in the market for a new or gently used game or game equipment, GameStop should be your first stop.
It’s funny because as I was driving home last night, I spotted the sign for a new GameStop in town and I got so excited because we LOVE GameStop and currently, we have to drive HOURS to get to the nearest one. I even called home to tell Jimmy, because I was so excited LOL With the holidays not too far away [153 days, people!], this is really great news for Santa, too!
My thanks to MomCentral for giving me the opportunity to tell you all about my love affair with GameStop
Quote of the Day:
The easiest thing to find is fault.
–Anonymous
