The Beast

I know this is really late but I thought I would try to catch up....So for our first Christmas together I was really wanted to make it special for Billy. A couple months before Billy was going on and on about wanting to buy a TV. He kept saying that prices were going down and that it was a good time to buy. I on the other hand really didn't want to spend a whole lot of money on something that we didn't need. We had a perfectly good working TV.

Until one day this is what we saw....

(still waiting on opportunity to take pic...will be updating soon)

Billy researched the problem and figured out the only way to fix it was by hitting it. So every time our "not-working-so-good-TV" had just a line going across the screen we were to hit it. It was quite annoying when you were watching something you would have to get up off the couch to hit the TV and then sit back down. This started happening about a month before Christmas.

Even though I was putting some money back for a TV I still wasn't sure if I was going to get him one for Christmas until we started having problems and I was getting frustrated with it. So I researched and researched for the best TV at the best price. I would even ask Billy what he wanted for Christmas and he would always say a Panasonic, Plasma, Flat Panel, 42" 720p or 1080p TV. My reply would be, "That is a big item to purchase and I would rather purchase that as a couple and make that decision together. I just don't feel comfortable buying something that expensive without your opinion," even though he would constantly tell me exactly what he wanted.

So while searching I found exactly what he wanted on a website from hhgreg except it was a 50" instead of a 42". I didn't think that getting a bigger TV would be a problem. :) It was even a better deal to get the bigger TV. So when I went into the store I saw it but the price was not what it had on the website. After talking with a gentleman, he was able to knock off $200. I was so proud of myself. I first said I would take it and then called my in-laws to ask if they would keep it for me because there was no way I could find it at our one bedroom apartment. He would see it for sure. Of course they said yes. I later came over and wrapped it while Billy was at work. I thought for sure he would find out that I was sneaking around but he didn't.

Up until Christmas I would constantly ask Billy what he wanted and he would reply back with a TV and I would say I didn't feel comfortable buying it. So this went back and forth. Christmas morning I had a decoy gift that I had him open at the Keown's in South Carolina. He was some what excited about it but I could tell there was some disappointment in his face. So I constantly apologized for not getting what he really wanted.
Billy had to work the day after Christmas so we left South Carolina Christmas evening. Before we left, Billy's parents asked us to stop and check on the pets because they would not be returning home until a couple days later. (Billy didn't know that I asked ahead of time for them to ask us to do this.) So when we got back to Raleigh, Billy went to check on the dogs and I went to the spare room downstairs and called to Billy, "Hey what is this in here?" Billy came into the room and found this.

He was so surprised. I was almost crying and I think he was too. He had no idea, but as soon as he saw it he knew what it was. It wasn't until he opened it that he found out that it was bigger than he had ask for. Check out his reaction.

Now the beast of a TV sits in our living room and the other TV is in our bedroom where we still have to get up and hit it once in a while.