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Sherry, 

A Wacom Graphire is a nice tool but won't offer the upgrade capabilities you'are looking for. I'd suggest an Intuos 2 - A4 oversize - USB. 

Please consider the A4 oversize instead of the A4 regular. The difference in price is ridiculous and the gain is enormous. The trick is to configure the oversize tablet to have an A4 drawing aera and a little mouse aera underneath (a matter of clicking two buttons in the configuration panel). What you get is: 1/ more room to lay your wrist on the tablet when drawing. It's all about comfort and it may sound a bit silly but it could be an issue, due to the height of the tablet, if you use it on a daily basis. 2/ you don't need to switch constantly between Pen Mode and Mouse Mode when using the Pen (because of the little Mouse aera) and that too is a blessing. 

I use an Intuos A3 with two Pens and a mouse. The "ordinary" mouse is still connected. 

Regards, joris