Homer finally gets a new toy
I feel bad for Homer.
When I see something that strikes my fancy and I can somehow needle it from the “want” to the “need” category, I usually get it. Scrapbooking supplies (”I’m making a gift for YOUR mom”), a book (”We’re going to [insert destination]. I need something to read in the car while you listen to Security Now.), clothes for the kids (”Do you see Doodle’s toes hanging off the edges of his sandals?”). All of the small ticket adds up. I own up to being behind the ever-tightening downward spiral of inexcusable debt.
I feel bad for Homer.
All of my “little” spending adds up, leaving little room for him to get the things he wants. You see, the things on his wish list are usually $200+. Camera lenses, slide scanners, newfangled weather stations that tell you how much it rained (uh, we live in Vegas - what rain?) while it pours your morning bowl of cheerios. Usually when holidays and birthdays arrive, we’re strapped for cash, so he gets his usual complement of small-ticket items like books and DVDs with a polo shirt or two thrown in for good measure.
His day has come. After a week of sheer hell with the folks at Asshats, Twerps, and Twits, better known as AT&T, he finally got his iPhone.
Despite the headaches of getting the device, he’s a big kid in a candy store.
He even gets excited about the packaging. He usually takes a play-by-play series of pics to capture exactly how cool and elegant Apple is in their product and packaging design. He’s scoured the application store and is especially tickled with stuff like this and this. He is an Apple addict. He would so leave me for Steve Jobs (hell, I’d leave me for Steve Jobs, too).
So, if you know Homer, call his cell. It’ll give him a thrill.
i know how you feel; i do the same thing with my husband; it DOES all add up; the best part is, you can SEE how happy he is in the photo! i hope to be able to do that for my husband someday.
That looks cool - I wish I had a fun toy like that.
Thanks for leaving a comment on my blog. Made me feel good.
Yep, I am that husband as well. Every Xmas is about the kids, each birthday is near vacation time, so a few DVDs (that we don’t have much time to watch,) or the like, and each Father’s Day comes on the heels of Mother’s Day, enough said there.
Don’t think that we don’t notice this pattern, however, I think that we also recognize it’s the price tag of our “big boy” cravings keeping us from getting most of our desires. (Then again, it doesn’t seem to stop my wife from getting diamond earrings.)
I know that if I got any of the myriad of Nikon lenses, the widescreen TV, WII, Ferrari, etc., ever showed up unexpected, It would make all the small ticket sacrificing a distant memory.
Well done!
Whoo hoo! Finally, an iPhone - he looks so happy….
(Claudia mutters out of the side of her mouth… until it breaks….)
Sorry, did you say something?
noTORIous - Be careful what you wish for. Homer’s had his hands on that thing in the last 24 hours than on me in the last month. But then again, maybe you want that. I’ll stop shoving my foot in my mouth now.
Darth Mommy - Hang in there sister. Now that you’re single, I can think of more useful toys for you.
Finucaner - See, we girls do get it. You boys love your toys.
Claudia - Trust me, I’m sure I’ll be cursing this thing before too long. Oh well, fodder for future posts.
Although I’ve been inundated by iPhone Plurks, Tweets, blogs, etc. I did enjoy this post. I’m glad you let Homer have his new toy.
I’m so jealous. I have to pay off our recent vacation before I get mine.
Yea, Homer! It’s 32 flavors and then some. Isn’t it? Boog finally used mine, and I think it’s only a matter of time before he’s a convert.
I just got my iPhone, and I’m not about to tell how long I stood in line. Sad…
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