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And so, the inquiring of my parents began. I say inquiring with a purpose, because, unlike most children, I do not interrogate my parents when there is something I am asking of them. For me, that is far too bold and way out of my style. I merely mention in to them, you know, as a simple passing thought, one that just crossed my mind. I rarely ever want something so bad that I will ask for it, but I guess the 3DS was pretty high up there on my list.
When it gets to this point, I usually go out and get the thing myself, but I really wanted my parents to know what it was I was purchasing before I did. And so, after a quick visit to the Nintendo's main website, and a couple of videos shown to them on YouTube, my parents were convinced that it would be a good buy and that it was indeed time to upgrade from my graying DS lite.
Over the past few months and after carefully thought sorting and planing, I have managed to accumulate a hefty stack of video games that I see little point in keeping and need to pass on. I think I would feel much better if I knew they were in the hands of some little child who actually had the time to play them. Most of them are DS games that I sorta' bought on impulse, the rest are for the Game Cube and two-three are for the Wii.
Also, being the frugal Canadian that I am, I collect Canadian Tire money form my parents every time they buy something from the hardware store. (If you are American and don't know what Tire money money is, you should! Because it's Canada's official currency, don't you know?... eh, I can't even attempt to be funny tonight for some odd reason.) Over time, the wad of CT money I possessed had grown to the point where it almost reached the full size and circumference of the cylindrical case I had stored it in. My father, remembering this, decided to strike up a deal with me, a trade; 'all the money in that jar, for its actual worth in cash' my father said. He was planning on buying a small saw from Canadian Tire some time soon, and he really wanted to see me get that game system. Sadly though, CT money is hard to judge. It comes in frequency ranging from 5cents to 2dollars, and all of them in bills! It makes you think that you have more money than you actually do, and that seemed to be the case with dad. I counted:
($3.50 worth in 50cents, $1 in 1dollars, $3.00 in 25cents, $5.60 in 10cents and $1.35 in 5cents.)
I was totaling all of this up while sitting on my stair steps, and by the time I was finished, a good three rows were covered in various sheets of coloured paper, all arranged in their individual piles based on value alone.
All of this, and only $14.45 ?
My father, being very generous as he is, still gave me twenty dollars for the little amount that I gave him. I protested, saying that he should not have to give me more than I gave him, but there was just no chance in me ever swaying him any other way.
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Part 3- Coming your way this weekend!
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