When it comes to electronics, I do what The Man tells me. Or, better yet, get out of his way and let him do it. One of the few times the poor guy can say, “Hey give me this, I’ll make it better,” and I don’t yammer his ear off.
The iPhone is the perfect example. I got it because he said it was greatness, he finds the apps and updates it for me.
The games and whatnot I rarely, if ever, use. Twitteriffic is a good find.
But! My favorite so far is Grocery Gadget. Their advertising video is awful (seriously Grocery G guys, that video is ridiculously cliche/sexist). Bad marketing aside, if you and your partner frequently shop separately, or if you want to keep track of your costs and estimate the price of future grocery trips, this app is poiiiifect.
You enter the items you need like a regular list. At the store, as you grab them, you enter the price. Grocery G totals what is in your basket for a running tally. But! Better yet, it saves the price so the next time you head out for the store it has the overall cost of your upcoming trip all calculated, based on items on your list.
But we haven’t gotten to the awesome, juicy center yet…the best, best part? The Man set up a push function!! Squeeee!
What does that mean, in practical terms?
If I’m in the bathroom and realize we’re out of toilet paper (ew) I enter it into the Grocery G list. The list is then synced with The Man’s phone automatically. So if he hits the store for something else on the way home from work, he has toilet paper on the list too. And my bum is…uh wait, yeah, gross, way too much information.
Side note, I can’t bring myself to use TMI as an acronym anymore. Internet acronyms that wind up in everyday spoken lingo are freaky.
Anyway. Yes, I am aware of my utter and complete dorkitude but I love this app!!
