Shiny new toys

I have been a good girl lately. Paid my bills on time, made investments and saved a moolah that I would have spent anyway, upgraded my wardrobe like mom and Tinkerbell wanted me to and hence I gifted myself a couple of things that I really wanted---a beautiful blue sapphire ring and an awesome Samsung Jet 2. They made quite a dent in my pocket but well don’t we earn to spend?

Of course I’ve felt guilty looking at my Nokia 7210 which is in perfect working order and bought just to end my “unreasonable” desire to buy expensive phones. I could not help it this time. I saw some shiny new phones and I lost my will to hold myself off the phone binge. I shelled out pretty pennies for a phone that’s oh so cool and retired my Nokia to a drawer where I would not have to look at it.

Come to think of it, the effect a shiny new gadget has on me is a lot stronger than when I see a hot guy. I mean, I still think a few seconds before drooling and obsessing about good-looking men but gadgets have me instantly. It’s almost a sexual attraction. No. I’m not kidding.

Mom and dad don’t understand my fixation with gadgets and books but thankfully they don’t interfere with my decisions. Tinkerbell on the other hand plays mind games that totally messes up my mind. She coaxed and convinced me to buying the phone saying “it’s super cool. Go for it. Listen to your heart. In fact I think I might just buy one myself!” and then when I bought it, she says “well, it’s pretty cool but I wouldn’t spend so much on a phone, you know?” No. I didn’t know.

So I’m ignoring the mild pinch I feel in my heart even now and telling myself that it’s an investment worth making since I do use my phones pretty well and often for things other than making and receiving calls---photography, for instance.

I’ve spent most of the battery just playing with the phone and figuring it out and having a blast doing so. I love how tenacious I get when I have to figure out all the functions in a new phone. Now if only I had the same tenacity towards other things in my life, life would be so much better. But let me not think about it. It’s time to play with the wonderful touchscreen.