Bobbing For Apples

Phone contracts suck. After 7 years of being with Alltel, they get bought out by Verizon. In the 7 years that Alltel provided my service, I never didn't have service. I could have gone spelunking and still had service (that might be a hyperbole, but you get the point). You'd think our service would get even better, merging all those towers. But, it wasn't until early this summer, when the conversion took place, that we started having shoddy service. This was very disappointing. We figured, our contract is up at the end of June, so would wait until then to do anything about it. Well, it's the end of June... and we don't know what to do!

My cute-little-green-phone died on me mid-may. My kind husband digressed to an old brick so I could have his phone... Now his brick is showing the same signs of near death that my cute-little-green-phone was showing... we have to do something quick! In a world without home-phones, as much as I beg, my husband insists that we cannot go without cell phones.

So, for what we are paying now, we can switch to AT&T and get the same family plan+unlimited data. Unlimited data!? Do you know what this means?! This means more blogging and gmail!!! This means never forgetting what I was going to google when I got home! This means expanding my vocabulary with thesaurus.com! This means never getting lost again! ... SO. MANY. GOOD. THINGS. ... Why couldn't I sign the contract with AT&T last night?!

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I have a ridiculous aversion towards trends! And the cheapest phone ($99) that makes all of these things practical is the iPhone! And I'm being a punk about getting one. My husband would prefer a Blackberry. But we'd be paying almost twice as much for it. So, he feels like his hands are tied. I wish I liked the way the Blackberry worked, so I could try to cost-justify... but I don't. I know that the most practical use of our money in this situation is the iPhone. Especially because we don't have a dependable computer... and we'd be getting way more bang for the same buck we've been spending on our phones... and we'd save 5 bucks a month on our wireless Internet at home (because it is also AT&T)... I just don't like the announcement that is made when someone pulls out an iPhone. The iPhone is so ostentatious. It screams, "Apple makes me complete". I'm just being transparent- I hate trends... and I know I need to get over it. But these are just the thoughts that flood my head when I see things like apple stickers... and BMWs...or crocks...haha. No really. It's just weird for my logic to tell me that this is the best deal... and that it is trendy... that's usually not the case. Just think about how damn expensive Uggs are... aaaaggggggghhhhhhhh.

We don't know what to do...