As a combined birthday and christmas present (well in advance, my birthday's in September) my father bought me a Wacom Intuos3 9"x12" tablet to help me with my uni work.
I am very happy with this, and although it's taking a bit to get used to, I managed to line and colour this - being my first picture done with the tablet. I used, as usual, photoshop, which never seems to recognize the tablet the first time I open it. -.-;
I know it's a little small, if someone asks I'll link to a bigger version, but this size is what I'm using for my uni work...