the dreaded shopping...

for a mobile phone, that is.

my (not-so-smart) company rewards employees for not taking too many sick leave every financial year, and this (not-so-smart) employee managed to snag a $300 "lifestyle benefit" by virtue of going to work even when sick the previous year.

yep, dumb i know. still, that's $300 that can be used on a new mobile phone.

i've never been very trendy when it comes to phones. proof? i've never spent more than $200 on a phone before. what that means is that i pick phones that no longer has the "new" or "latest" tag on it. it means a substantial amount of saving, but also means i was 1) unable to take pictures when everyone and their brother had a camera phone and 2) unable to bluetooth pictures when everyone and their sister could.

(for your information, i'm using a panasonic vs2 right now. 1 megapixel camera, no bluetooth. i use infrared.)

part of the reason for this is that i am a tech-idiot (wth is 3.5g and why should it matter to me?). the other (bigger) reason is that i like my phones to look pretty, and the phone designers never seem to be able to give me a good-looking phone with all the latest features. (case in point? the "N" brand phones. latest in everything, user-friendly interface...but the ugliest phones ever.)

anyway, since i've just reached 21 months on my contract, i've decided it's time to take the $300 and put it to good use. unfortunately...WHERE ARE ALL THE NICE LOOKING PHONES?

bah...