Apparently it's going to be one of those months. One of those months where nothing really goes how you planned it.  I started my live on 400 leva for the month experiment today.
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	<li>Breakfast: coffee, oatmeal, milk and a banana. Cost: maybe 1.20 leva</li>
	<li>Lunch at school: mish-mash, slice of bread and what I thought was tikvanik (pumpkin strudel) but it turned out to be apple (oh, well). Cost: 2.3o leva</li>
	<li>Dinner: homemade bagel, yogurt, mandarin oranges and a glass of wine.  Cost: 2.50 leva, maybe.</li>
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I've also got a cold that will not stop and a pounding headache.  Uch. If that's not awesome enough I am probably not going to make it on my live on 400 leva for the month plan.  Not that you would know this given the fact that I spent less than 6 leva today.

Why you might ask? <!--more-->Well, my cellphone pooped out yesterday.  Yep. Apparently, it no longer feels like displaying anything on the screen. But, I can still answer incoming calls. I just can't make any because I don't know anyone's phone numbers.  I guess that's not so different than my normal cellphone use but I do like to send text messages, to see who calling me and to check the time now and then.

So not only am I on the market for a new cellphone but I am guessing that I won't be able to buy a decent one within my budget and feed myself for the month of February.  <em>Great</em>.

This said, one have any phone recommendations? I hate the process of buying technology--computers, cameras, cellphones and the like.  There's so much to know and I really loathe spending hours comparing phones, computers and the like trying to pick the right one.  So, I had my last phone for nearly four years before it's untimely death yesterday--so function is generally more important that style.  There's a little piece of me that would love an iphone but I am not sure I can justify that. Thus, I'll repeat my plea: anyone have a phone they love that they'd recommend?

And for those of you who thought I'd fail at my little experiment, it's looking pretty likely.