Today, I depart completely from writing-related posts. There have been two events today that must be announced to the blogosphere immediately. First (but not most important) I am the proud owner of a new pink chocolate phone. If you haven't seen one of these, they are hella cool. It's a phone, camera and MP3 player in one -- very sleek and sexy. I am in lurve.



Here's what a leading gadget site has to say about my new gizmo:

Also known as the KG800, the Chocolate phone is one of the first mobile handsets to sport a touch keypad for its navigational controls. Sleek and visually stunning, the phone remains completely black until the touch-pad. Once activated, the phone’s signature design feature, its glowing red touch-sensitive icons, bring to life a ‘hidden’ full-colour screen that completes the phone’s unique look and feel of minimalism with a modern twist.

Its onboard features include a 1.3-megapixel camera, 128MB memory, music player and Bluetooth. Battery life is an impressive 200 hours standby with 3hours 20 minutes talk time. The Pink and White ‘Chocolate’ handsets are identical to the original Black Chocolate phone in terms of features. The phone is also environment-friendly, having gained certification from the European Union regarding its compliance with the Removal of Hazardous Substances legislation that came into effect across Europe this July.

The next important announcement (and this is far more exciting than my new cell phone). I know that's hard to believe! We went out today, big family luncheon (these typically take three hours so lunch runs into dinner) at Rincon, which is an Argentinian restaurant, then we went to see about my phone. The pet store is next door to Telcel, so I told the kids we could look around.

We made it past the fish, the bunnies, the hamsters and the birds, but when we reached the puppy area, all three of us sort of went boneless. I know pet stores are evil and one should never buy from them, but I defy you to resist when an adorable sad-eyed bassett hound puppy sits up and begs when you walk by. She gave us puppy eyes and pressed her little white paws up against the glass. I turned into butter; both my kids gave me puppy eyes. Needless to say, we took her home. She's asleep outside under the laundry room sink. She's pretty timid right now, but I hope she'll get used to us. She is very sweet-natured, though, hasn't made a peep even though bassets are known for howling.

I'll put up a picture soon. Her name is Daisy and she is adorable.

Daisy, Daisy,
Give me your answer do!
I'm half crazy,
All for the love of you!

Thus ends the non-writing related bulletin. Stay tuned for Daisy updates.