This is a little late as my dad's birthday was on Saturday. It was a bit of a milestone as he was turning 21 (uh huh!! nah uh huh!!) so we were going to have a birthday party at our cousins' house (our house is too messy and small) Now all we needed was a birthday present for him!
Saturday was a bit of a hectic day with my mum busy cooking food and getting things organised, while us Anderson brothers were searching for a birthday present on the internet. We decided we'd get him a laptop, seeing as our main computer is out of order at the moment and because the rest of us are using laptops, nothing has been done to fix it which had left our dad on a slower computer. We finally spotted one from Dick Smith with good enough specifications so that it was better than my laptop in certain areas despite costing half the price that I bought mine! There were only a few left though with the closest DSE shop being in New Lynn, so we quickly went over to our cousins' house to drop off some food before heading off to the shop.
When we got to DSE we were greeted by some Indian lady who showed us the laptop. We told her we'd buy it but we'd need to cross the road to Lynn Mall to get some money first, so she said she would reserve it for us. We went off to Lynn Mall in search of a Kiwibank ATM only to find the single Kiwibank machine out or order! So we dashed across the road in the rain searching for the post shop.
We finally got back to DSE when the Indian lady told us the laptop they were going to reserve for us had actually been reserved for someone else already! There were no laptops left in any Dick Smith store in Auckland and the only ones available would be the store model. We had a tough decision, but with no alternative, we decided to get the store display. We were informed that it would take half an hour to restore the laptop to factory settings so we decided to wait around.
Fortunately it paid off, as the person who had reserved the last laptop just pulled out, and so we were able to purchase that one! We were saved!!
Even though a few of the family couldn't make it IE AONGHAS (production commitments taking priority over his dad's birthday party aye!) the party was still pretty good, with yummy food. As usual I got myself full again and then spent the night talking to my cousin Janice and flicking through my cousins' Sky TV channels hunting for Cartoon Network and I've got to say, once I found it I wasn't disappointed! Samurai Jack, Teen Titans, aaaaaahhhyeeeeaaaah!!
My relatives got my dad a book on philosophy and an Antarctic journey (??) and some clothes, so it was a good way to celebrate his 21st, the first time we've bought him a birthday present with our own money too!
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