I decided to buy my husband a Zune for his birthday. We have both been in a love affair with the Zune since I got my first one on Mother’s Day last year, enough so that he bought me my 80G Gen 2 Zune for Christmas when my 1st Generation Zune was only six months old.

Since that time, they issued the new 80G in Red.

I love Red.

He has an iPod Photo that has been slowly dying and has long since ceased to hold his entire music collection. He uses his mp3 player even more heavily than I do, and there has been this undercurrent of guilt at my overabundance of newer, higher capacity, players. It was getting to me, and his birthday was my best opportunity to rectify the situation

The conversation went like this:

“Honey, I am going to get you a new Zune for your birthday. Do you want the black, or the new red?”

“Well, they didn’t have the red when I bought yours, and I know how much you love it. Why don’t you buy yourself a new red one and give me your black one.?”

<Blink, Blink>

“Um, are you sure about that?”

“Oh, yeah. I mean, it’s only six months old, right?”

“Uh, yeah, I guess”

<Moment of extreme guilt>

<SQEEEEEEAAAAAALLLLLL!!!!!>

I have my material girl moments.

And I have the best husband on the planet.

This is docked on my desk, right now:

And this is a very sexy red. Deep, beautiful fingernail polish red. Sportscar red. Little Red Dress Red.

Have I mentioned that great husband?