I have a couple of these on their way to me

http://www.dontronics.com/micro-usb.html

which I am hoping will enable me to bootload my projects with just a USB lead as my Laptop is legacy free and it seems pointless to go

USB >> RS232 >> MAX232 >> PIC

when I can go

USB >> MicroUSB >> PIC

I also have a couple of these colour LCD displays coming as well

http://www.dontronics.com/micro-lcd.html

I hope to be able to create some pretty cool Menu's for my project