Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Na, Batman!

Over the course of the last couple of weeks, my collection of funky junk has grown. Considerably grown. I'm not sure it can all be contained in my craft room/Room O' Funk. It's in serious danger of oozing out into other parts of the house. I can't help it. There's funky junk all around me lately and fortunately for me, it's all been for sale.

I'm pretty sure you guys are very jealous of both my Wonder Woman Snuggie and my mini Lego Wondie, complete with her Lasso of Truth. They are both very cool objects and I totally understand you coveting them. I would be extremely jealous of me, too, if I wasn't, you know, the owner of such treasures. With that being said, I wasn't sure if I should share my latest purchase of sheer awesomeness with you guys, but I've decided that you need to be in the know that such spectacular items exist.

Behold. I give you the retro handset to plug into your iPhone:

Sigh. Aren't they fabulous? I wanted one about a year ago when I saw a photo of Lenny Kravitz strutting down a street in New York yakking on his.

Side note: I get all of my style tips from Lenny Kravitz. He's so dang cool. His cool factor is the second thing you think of when Lenny is mentioned. The first being 'Dude! It's Lenny Kravitz! His mom was on The Jeffersons!'


Side note #2: I'd love to be cool like Lenny, but hons, that's just not in the cards for me. No level of coolness will ever hide my geeky side and I'm good with that.

I probably wouldn't have ever purchased one of these bad boys, but fate stepped in disguised as a momentary lapse of reason on my husband's part.

He receives daily emails from Groupon. One of the daily deals was half off these retro handsets. Without giving it much thought other than 'Oh Jen would love one of these!' he forwarded the email onto me. Oh that fatal mistake! It so mirrors my own email mistake that ended up with us owning a pet rat.

Instantly upon viewing the email, I bought a handset. I mean really, how could you pass up one of these babies? That would totally go against everything I believe in, like class, sophistication, and the finer things in life.

Obviously.

Guess which color I picked? Red.

Husband: I thought you might like one of those handsets for your iPhone.
Me: Are you kidding? I love it! It might just make my All Time List of Coolest Inventions in my Lifetime, joining the flip top cap, Nutella, and the Pampered Chef ice cream scoop that heats up with the warmth of your hand. If you had any kind of body heat that is. I have unbelievably cold hands, so my handle doesn't heat up and soften the ice cream to make for an easier scooping every night, but we all have our crosses to bear, don't we?
Husband: … so what color handset did you buy?
Me: Red. It has to be red.
Husband: Really? Why not black? Black is more subtle.
Me: I was in kind of a Batman mode when I ordered it.
Husband: Batman? Batman wears black and drives a black car. Black, not red.
Me: Yeah, but his phone to the Commissioner was red. I have to have a red phone.
Husband: But you don't even like Batman.
Me: True. But I've always dug his red phone. That red phone to the Commissioner is one snazzy piece of equipment.

You can probably pick up on the fact that this conversation is another one of those times in which my husband is very proud to be married to me. Who wouldn't be proud to be strolling through the aisles at Target looking for the big jar of Nutella with a blue eyed short gal with a red phone hanging out of her purse? Pin It Now!