Urbanears Headphones in “Ocean” ($54.50)
I’ve been looking for headphones off and on for a while. All I’d been using were earbuds, which are terrible for your ears. (I already have tinnitus, and don’t need it to get any worse.)
Priority one: they look good. Priority two: they cost under $60. Priority three: they sound good.
This order makes sense when you consider that I’m just a chick with a few hundred MP3s, and an MP3 is an MP3. It’s never going to sound great. So sound quality, not so much of a priority; looks, yes. If I’m going to wear something on my head for hours while commuting or coworking, it needs to be cute.
I found these at Dijital [sic] Fix in Brooklyn. They come in gorgeous colors, and sound better than others in their price range. They’re pretty comfy, too.
Mr. Phantom X iPhone Skin ($15)
I bought this adorable sticker from FriendsWithYou both to give my iPhone a little personality and to be able to differentiate it from others at geeky get-togethers. It cheers me up when I see the little guy hiding out in my wallet, which looks like this…
