I am the ghost of groovymother.com. Woooooo!

We have Wii!

The Wii bundle (the console plus Excite Truck and Zelda, neither of which I really wanted, but which I should be able to sell on eBay no problem), plus Super Monkey Ball and Rayman: Raving Rabbids. In my car boot. Mine!

I'm a happy camper.

Updated to add: Zelda and Excite Truck both sold on half.com in about 10 minutes, recouping my $90. Ace!

Got my ticket.

Twelfth in line. My Costco had 48 to hand out, and everyone in line at 9am got one. In fact, the manager had to stand around outside with a spare ticket until a family showed up at 9.31am and claimed the final system!

My hero

This kind gentleman showed up with a Box of Joe and donuts to share amongst the line.

Costco Wii line

The line for Wii, outside Costco in Everett MA at about 7.30am.

Originally, I was planning on going to Target, but when I got there about 6.30, they'd already handed out tickets to the line for all the systems they had. (Some students were offering to sell their places in line. I didn't bother asking for how much)

The official word from Costco earlier in the week had been that they weren't stocking Wii's in their retail stores, to avoid lines. This turned out to be untrue, as when I wandered round the corner, there were 11 people waiting, including an off-duty Costco employee who said they had 48 in stock!