Remember the day when I was talking about wanting to buy a
new watch that cost about £200 about 2 weeks ago? I’ll admit, I had/have
absolutely no valid reason that I can justify and it’s definitely not out of
necessity.
Fast-forward to present time; I’ve found something five
times more expensive that I’m obsessing about. Again, absolutely no valid
reasons whatsoever, not out of necessity, and definitely not because I’ve got
£1000 ready to spend on this.
When Laxman offered to change my phone for me months ago
(I’ve been due for an upgrade for donkey’s years now by the way), I declined, I
said I didn’t need a new one, this works fine, it’s all the same thing, the new
phone is far too expensive, so I’m not changing my phone, and all that jazz. A few
weeks later he knocked my phone out of my hands and it fell, sustaining some scratches on it. I still insisted I didn’t need a new phone.
A few weeks ago I started noticing really nice pictures on
Instagram that were shot on the iPhone X. I started changing heart slowly, but
surely. I started telling Laxman how annoying my phone was. The speakers were
not working so I had to reboot my phone almost everyday, I didn’t have any
storage space on my phone at all that I kept getting that annoying out of space
message every time I tried to take a picture so I kept deleting everything from
my whatsapp history and gallery, I cannot update my phone cos there isn’t
enough space!
So 2 days ago, upon Laxman’s regular coaxing, I started
looking for upgrade deals on Vodafone. iPhone X was far too expensive that I
didn’t have the heart to do it immediately, but neither did I want to get
iPhone 8 which was half the price. Laxman said go ahead, it’s your early
birthday gift and I said no. (I know what I’m like, I’ll take this now and come
June, I’ll wait for another present.) Not whole-heartedly though.
However, I didn’t stop there and leave it all behind me. I
was still looking for iPhone X cases and screen protectors in Amazon and putting
it in the basket, constantly kept looking at the Vodafone website, hoping there
would be some miraculously good deal. I don’t know what I was trying to
proof.
The cheekiest was this evening. When I was talking to mum
over the phone this evening, I was looking for my headphones. I didn’t find it
in the usual place, so I searched all over the house, twice, and even between
the sofa cushions. There’s no way I’d let anything go between my sofa cushions,
leave alone stay in there. I made Laxman search for it as well, but we still
couldn’t find it, so he got me his old headphones to use temporarily. I used
it, but in my mind, I had devised a cheeky plan. I was going to use this as an
excuse to get a new phone. I don’t have my headphones, so I deserve a new
phone?! What was I even thinking?? Don’t ask! 10 minutes later, I found my own
headphones in my coat pocket, the coat that I have been wearing for the last
hour. I sneakily walked away to the room to hide it so Laxman doesn’t see it.
But looks like he’s more observant than I give him credit for. He noticed and
followed me to the room to see what I was doing and found out I was trying to
hide my headphones. And then I had to explain my master plan to him. All this
while I was talking to my mother on the phone.
I don’t know if this will ever die down; the need for
wanting to buy everything that’s brand new and jazzy. 2 days ago I actually
prayed that this desire for wanting to constantly shop should end. I mean, it’s
not the end of the world if I don’t have the latest trend in clothes or bags or
technology. But 2 minutes later, I found myself telling God not to take that
seriously.
Instagram is solely responsible for this misbehaviour.
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