iPad and mixed feelings...

So this year I expected Valentine's day to be low key like normal. Every now and then Jason and I will exchange gifts. But really the kids get more out of it than we do, with all of the candy, Valentine's, parties and goodies! This year I got all three kids a card and Jason a card. The morning of Valentine's Day the kids opened their cards, I opened my card from Jason and Jason (who was already gone for work) had already opened his card from me. We had already planned on havin Papa Murphy's heart shaped pizza for dinner so we could do something as a family.

All of this was great! I was down for this!

Then Jason comes home and hands me a box. What is this I wonder. I honestly thought maybe it was my very own Nintendo DS since I've been playing Delaney's ever since I got Super Mario Brothers for my birthday! LOL

No. It was a brand new 32G Apple iPad. I was shocked. I was excited. I was confused. I didn't really know what to think. I don't know much about them. I'm not really very techy. I have an iPod and a laptop and a cell phone. I don't have internet on my phone. I just keep things basic. I knew Delaney had played with one at NFM one day and it was like $450.00. So all I could think was..All I got him was a card. And I kept thinking of what we could have done as a family with that kind of money.

This is where it turns for the worst.

Jason later told me that he paid $800.00 for this thing. I freaked out. I said we have to return it. I can't justify spening that kind of money on something I honestly didn't ask for. Would I even use it? He said we couldn't return it because there was a 15% restocking fee. That's $120.00! CRAP.

At this point I could tell I had hurt Jason's feelings. He said "well I'm sorry for trying to do something special for you, you always do so much for me and everyone else, I just wanted to surprise you. Sorry I tried."

Well craptastic now I feel even worse. This is NOT how I envisioned my Valentine's night with the husband.

I laid in bed and thought about the ways I could use this iPad in a positive way. So by this morning I was feeling better about it. I apologized to Jason for making it seem that I didn't appreciate the gift. I told him with me it's the little things that mean the most. I had more fun this past weekend going on family walks than I'll have for 4 hours on the iPad. $800 would have made a great Spring Break in Branson. I just wanted him to understand where I was coming from and see my point of view. He understood and he agreed. We hugged...LOL

So today is a new day. I took the iPad to my parents so mom and dad and Garrett could play games all day on it. =)

All in all I love my kids and my husband every day of the year. I don't need a Hallmark holiday to help me do it!