Bit of Ivory

I ordered my birthday present yesterday. It’ll ship tomorrow. I paid for ground shipping, which would have taken 10 days, but they bumped me up to 3-day shipping instead. So I could conceivably have it by the weekend!

I’m getting a Nikon Coolpix 4300 digital camera. I ordered it, after a lot of research to make sure they wouldn’t rip me off, from Butterfly Photo. The price was the lowest I could find online. They require you to call them after you place your order–they call it a Security Check, but it’s really just a ploy to get you to buy accessories. Which I actually ended up buying, as the accessory package was also a good deal (I considered getting it at the beginning, but since I knew I’d have to do the phone call, I decided to wait until I could ask some questions about the stuff that was included). After the Nikon $50 mail-in rebate, I’ll be within my $350 budget, including the extra battery, 256k memory card, camera bag and lens cleaning kit that came with my package. Not bad for a highly-rated 4 Megapixel camera, eh?

I’m very excited. Jordan Commons has a wireless computer network set up, so if I bring Ginny to Wahleecon, I could concievably post pics practically real-time, to make all you people jealous who couldn’t come.

So excited!

ETA: Can’t wait to see my icon *points to the right menu* come true tonight! Squee!