Friday night I braved the crowds and crazed Christmas shoppers to purchase the red, 25th anniversary Wii for Rylee from Wal-mart. Reason for purchasing from there: anyone who purchased the Wii also received a $75 gift certificate from Walmart. We figured that the family could use this as well and seeing it came at no cost to us, we thought it was the best of both worlds.
So I stopped there, purchased the Wii and Donkey Kong Country Returns. Then headed over to the nearby Gamestop to purchase the Wiimote and Nunchuck bundles (I managed to get two red bundles, one black) and the chargers. Then off to FedExOffice to ship out to Tony.
We purchased guaranteed shipping to get it there by Dec. 22. It arrived in Tony’s hands on Dec. 20, so way early. Got home Friday night, ordered the stuffed Donkey Kongs, which are in transit to Tony’s via USPS.
Now the second part of the plan has been completed (items ordered and mostly in Tony’s hands), part three is coming to life with Tony and John from Hard4Games planning to go out to Rylee’s family on Thursday to deliver the presents. John will be dressed up as Santa to make the event even better. They will be recording a video of the event for all donators to be able to see.
Donations are still being accepted to achieve the $1,000 raised goal. WE only need around $240 to meet that goal.
Below are pictures taken of the items and the scans of receipts.
