I've been wanting a new cell phone for a few months and so I finally made a plan to go to T-Mobile and get one. My old Nokia phone is at least 3-4 years old, perhaps more. It's so old that it has an antenna sticking out of it. There wasn't really anything wrong with it, although sometimes the ring tone files would get corrupted and my phone wouldn't ring properly when I was receiving phone calls. It was as if it was on silent or something when it wasn't. Some of the outside was starting to peel off and look pretty bad.

I knew I wanted a slightly better phone than the free ones they offer you after you've had a 2 year contract (which we have). I was willing to pay more for something that had more memory and a better camera. So this past weekend we went to T-Mobile and I got a new cell phone, the Nokia 5130 Xpress Music. I love it so far! I like the red and black colors and it also has almost 2GB of memory that can store music, so it's a small MP3 player too. That works great for me since I only really listen to a few artists these days. Probably my favorite thing about it is that I can set any song I want as my ring tone. Right now it's the theme for Star Wars. Yes, I admit that's pretty nerdy. I just wish I could have a different song for the different people that call me. It can also record video and has a better camera.

While we were there, we also changed plans and pay $10 less a month. We actually get 50 more minutes with this new plan. There was no two year contract requirement, but the catch is that we have to pay full price for new cell phones. But over a two year period, saving $10 a month more than makes up for paying full price for my new phone. So, I'm happy with the deal we got and having a new phone to play with is pretty cool.