Staplers and Manila Folders

Tonight, my husband left for Navy Drill for the weekend.

Before he left, we all went to Target to stock-up on essentials for the time he’ll be gone so I don’t have to wrangle a couple of kids and a shopping cart by myself.

As is often the case, I found myself staring at the PS3 games that Target and salivating at the copies of Assassin’s Creed II and Borderlands that were just hanging out in there happy little plastic holders and calling my name.

Really. They were calling my name. Upon further examination, maybe I should worry about that little detail.

Anyway.

Target has both Borderlands and Assassin’s Creed II for the low-low price of $59.99 and there’s no way in hell that I can convince my husband that it’s fiscally responsible to purchase both games at the same time.

I might be able to convince him to buy one of them since he wants to play both of them but Modern Warfare 2 is coming out very, very soon and I have a feeling this is going to boil down to a my game and his game kind of thing.

So, after Tucker had left for Drill, I had this “light bulb moment”. Since I write about gaming and this is my job then a game purchase would be a work expense. Right?

I could buy both of the games that I’m drooling over and then, I could write off the expense of the games since I had to purchase them for my job. I like to think of Assassin’s Creed II and Borderlands as my staples and manila folders. You can get that, right?

I wonder if my accountant would agree?

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