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Well, i bought a tv! I bought a tube tv for $199 at Future Shop, plus a 4 year extended warantee so if it dies in that time frame, they will replace it and most likely with an lcd since they probably won't be making tube tv's much longer. It's a Toshiba with a flat screen and it's still sitting in the box balanced on a grocery cart in the hallway. My cousin is going to come over tomorrow and help me put it up, because it's heavy and awkward for me to do on my own plus get the old one out of the stand. I opted for a 20 inch screen so that it would fit in my stand which only measures 27 inches across. A 27 inch screen tv is wider than that by a few inches when you take the frame and speakers into consideration. Mom was going to let me have the big tv in her bedroom but then i'd have to buy a stand for it anyway because it wouldn't fit in mine and i have a lot of components (digital tuner, vcr, dvd) This is better overall, and i would hope it would last me the 4 years of the extended waranty at least :) By that time i'll probably be ready to go hdtv flat screen.

We spent a lot of money today, between Mom and me. She splurged out on new makeup and a few more things for her bedroom plus books in chapters. I had a chapters card so my shopping didn't cost me anything there and then we both got some groceries as well. Next week i should be getting the digital camera, fingers crossed.

On the travel front, i have narrowed the hotel choices down to two. I did have a final decision made but then i found another one. Hotel Welcome, on the left bank or Hotel Victoria Chatelet on the right bank but *right* across from Ile de la Cite and behind the Louvre. Excellent location there too. Both have decent reviews on Tripadvisor and both are very central.