impulse purchase.

my old printer finally gave up it's ghost this evening; it must have been at least 10 years old. we got it as an upgrade to the dot-matrix with our first 486 computer, so it was fairly well along in life. having been built for such a computer, however, the thing was nice and fast on modern equipment. ah well.

since i had a pretty much a good experience with a canon printer, we replaced it with another one, the Pixma iP4200 (who comes up with these names?) while pondering printers in staples, we happened to notice that this printer came with a rebate if it was bought simultaneously with a canon digital camera, camcorder, or any desktop or laptop printer.

now, i have read pretty much nothing but good things about canon digital cameras, and i admit to wanting one for a while. a couple years ago, i won a free kodak digital camera, but it was already showing its age then, and is even moreso now, to say nothing of eating batteries like candy (i know, i know, maybe i shouldn't buy such cheap batteries). so, pretty much on a whim, we also purchased a PowerShot SD450

o.O

i look forward to playing around with it once its battery is charged.