<p>i decided to purchase the wacom tablet- it's intuos3 6x8. The reviews are awesome, and the price is about $280- in my budget.
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00030097G/sr=1-1/qid=1155240957/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-0828449-7439222?ie=UTF8&s=electronics%5B/url%5D">http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00030097G/sr=1-1/qid=1155240957/ref=pd_bbs_1/002-0828449-7439222?ie=UTF8&s=electronics</a></p>
<p>yesss :)</p>