No More Shoe Rental

As you've seen in my previous posts, we've been going bowling lately and I always hate renting and wearing the bowling shoes.  There's just something gross about putting on a pair of shoes that hundreds of other people have also worn.  Yuck. I decided to buy a pair of bowling shoes.  I am far from a bowling professional and I don't take bowling that seriously but it was worth buying a pair.  I wanted to find something that was cute.  I figure all the shoes fit relatively the same so I purchased them online without being able to try them on.  So here's the new shoes I'll be wearing for bowling.  Do you think they're cute, considering they're bowling shoes?  I took one picture with a flash and one without.  Now maybe someday I'll get my own bowling ball.

eReaders

I finally made a purchase that I have been stewing over for months.  I bought an eReader, specifically the Barnes and Noble brand, the Nook Color. I went back and forth whether or not I was the type of person who needed to feel the paper and turn the pages of a paper book.  I realized I'm not.  Not only that, I do not keep my books after I've read them.  I sell them or donate them, giving me all the more reason to collect and download books on the Nook Color.  I have had it for about a week and a half and I've already finished two books and I'm currently reading my third.  There are many books you can download for free, including public domain books.  I've downloaded about 25 eBooks, of which I've only paid for two of them and they were $5 each.

I ultimately decided that I would get the Nook Color vs. Amazon's Kindle or any of the other eReaders out there.  The Nook Color is first and foremost an eReader, however it's also like a tablet, like the iPad.  It has a web browser (it has built-in Wi-Fi) as well as has some applications on it such as Pandora for listening to music and games.  I can also download or subscribe to a variety of magazines and newspapers, some for just $1 a month. You can also download eBooks from your local library, however I haven't looked into doing that yet.  

I'm very excited to continue to use my Nook Color and see how much more I end up reading versus having a paper book.  I even bought a cute little cover for my Nook Color. 

Do you have an eReader?  If so, which one?  Are you interested in getting one or prefer to read books the old fashioned way?

   

My Shiny New Things

I've made a few purchases lately and I thought I would share them with you.

First, when in Florida, I was going to buy a Coach purse. I've never had the luxury of owning a real Coach purse, only knockoffs. My sister on the other hand has at least 5 real Coach purses. I wanted to go to the Coach outlet store and treat myself to one but instead I found another purse that I fell in love with that was much cheaper than a Coach. I mulled it over in the store whether or not to purchase it but ended up doing so and only spending $31. That's a lot less than a Coach! (P.S. I still want a Coach though...someday I'll buy one.)

Here it is! I've had about 20 compliments on it so far. Everyone who has commented on it loves it. Do you?

Thanks to my lovely model, Michael.

My second purchase was a picture. I saw this and had to have it even though I don't really know where I'll hang it. It still even has the cardboard on the corners. Daisies are my favorite flowers. I love the plain white daisies but love the colors of the gerbera daisies. My favorite colors are orange, pink and yellow, just like the picture.

Finally, I bought a new phone...a Droid Eris. I've never had a smartphone before so this is a very fun toy for me. It has a look similar to the iphone with touch screen and there are 20,000 applications I choose to download, most of them being free. The phone came out in November 2009 and there were 6,500 applications and just months later it has tripled. It's a safe assumption that the number of apps will continue to grow close to the same number the iphone offers. I love the phone and its features thus far. Does anyone have this phone or another Droid?