BuyBenaniPhone.com

So the little Apple iPhone is coming out on Friday.

I’ve tried several angles in a quest to get one. In the budget process at work, I put one in the budget — you know, for completely legitimate mobile Internet-browsing reasons. The poor thing stayed in the budget about as long as it took my budget spreadsheet to be emailed from my computer to my boss’s computer.

I tried talking Chelsea into it. I even considered creating a spreadsheet showing how getting an iPhone would actually save us money compared to our current cell phone plan. Didn’t work either.

So since the big 3-0 is coming up in September, last night Chel said I should tell my family and friends that I wanted an iPhone for my birthday and asking them to contribute to my iPhone fund. And thus, BuyBenaniPhone.com is born. Although I made the site primarily for my own personal amusement, the giving page really would enable you to contribute to my bona fide iPhone savings account. So check it out, and if you were going to get me a birthday gift anyways, think about making a small contribution to the fund.