My little secret…

One of the things that I hate to admit (but most people who know me already know) is that I kind of like my iPod.  I've covered previously the number of iPods I have in my possession.  As part of my collection (or is it obsession, not sure…), I've also done my fair share of shopping in Apple's iTunes store for music.  Until recently, all of the music purchases a person made from iTunes was locked to their iTunes account so no one could pirate the music.  The digital right management (DRM) on the music files wouldn't allow anyone but you to play the music.  Apple announced in January that all the music on iTunes would now be DRM free and that existing customers could unlock their music – for a small fee.

Well I just took a peek at my music collection because I got a friendly little note from Apple about how I could easily upgrade my entire music collection with one simple click… and $268.54 (including tax).  I have apparently over the years collected almost 1200 songs via the iTunes store.  Now the trick is how do I explain to Holly that the countertop fund may take a minor set back because of a small upgrade fee for OUR iTunes library. 

I'm not worried… I know she'll understand.