You were probably unaware of my celebrity status

For the past four or five years I have been using the same Vera Bradley wristlet to carry my phone and wallet. (I will usually bring my purse with me (which is an equally raggedy diaper bag that's trying to live the high life as a purse, but that's a post for another day) to carry spare diapers and wipes and hand sanitizer and all the accoutrements that go along with being A MOM, but if I'm running into a store, I only take my phone, keys, and wallet.) Back to the story: I keep thinking, it's cloth, I should probably just take everything out of it and wash it, but really, that is one of the rock bottom things on my to-do list these days so it never gets done. And I only think about it when I catch Will sucking on it and then I throw up a little bit. It has worked so well for me for a few years but I can recognize when it's time to move on. So I've been on the hunt for something similar in function and maybe, just maybe, slightly more forward on the fashion. Back before I got this massive iPhone, my phone would (tightly) fit inside the wristlet. No more. If I take my phone with me into a store, I end up attaching my keys to my wristlet and then carrying my phone, which inevitably gets dropped. I like to think all those cracks on my screen add character a la weathered shiplap in a Chip and Joanna Gaines home. Some call me a dreamer. Anyways. I got this email from the jimmyCASE company and immediately I was flattered. And then I was wary. Is this a scam? Which of my four readers works for a phone case company? And then I was back to thinking about how THIS MIGHT SOLVE MY ACTUAL REAL-LIFE PROBLEM.

Please, stay tuned. This naturally gets worse before it gets better.

So I talk to Steve about it. He calls me a sellout blogger and balks at my skewed moral compass. I roll my eyes at how high and mighty he is. Who knew you had to be almost 6 ft to have such high morals. I'm only 5'9" so I have no chance! I text a friend that I'm fairly certain will side with me and remind me of how I often take the moral high road. Ok, I made the part about the moral high road up, but she did side with me. So I tell Steve more about my low morals and how this worked out so well with my search for a new wallet/phone solution. I let him know that I've already emailed back and accepted their offer and this is who I am now, take me or take me. You're stuck with me for life, sucker, free phone case and all.

Fast forward to Monday. I check the mail and the jimmyCASE has arrived. I open it up and it's so cool. I am elated that this was not a scam. But the more I look at it..... it looks kinda... small. Then it dawns on me that I told the PR guy I had an iPhone 6 when in reality I have an iPhone 6 PLUS. And as it turns out, there is a sizable difference in phone size between the two. Huh. So yes, well, it seems that I am finally offered something useful in exchange for blogging and I go and screw it up. Then I look at Steve's phone and he has a 6. I take his case off and slide the new case on. It fits like a glove. I show him how nice it is and DAMMIT this was supposed to work for ME but then he got a little wide-eyed and started mentioning how nice it looks with the real wood grain and Army green elastic band and wow, this would work nicely for carrying my CAC card around at work.

I gently reminded him that that iPhone wallet case was supposed to carry my Target credit card and solve all of my wallet/phone problems, but the man was long gone. The phone case is his.

I can't say no to that face! Look how nicely that CAC card slides in and out- like it was made for him.

We can both agree (despite our vast differences in height as well as morality) that the case is very well made and "manly" (although there are plenty of different color options to appeal to both sexes). I personally believe it would make a nice Christmas/birthday gift for a man that is constantly using a CAC card or any other sort of ID card all day long. As far as a lady.... I will be honest in that it probably wouldn't fulfill all of my needs (but let's not forget how needy I am). My basic Target run- oh yes. Perfection. But it can't replace my wallet since I need all sorts of loyalty punch cards on my person at all times, multiple charge cards, change- foreign and domestic (cannot convince myself to purge all of my Korean money out. still. I know. It's officially a sickness.), and random weeds flowers that I am presented with daily (toldja I was special). So this phone case has mine (and Steve's *sigh*) official stamp of approval.

In other news, did you know that it's fun to blog while drinking wine and the kids are asleep? Very enjoyable. I highly recommend. How many Fridays until Christmas? Somebody on Pinterest knows. Maybe get one of these for the impossible-to-shop-for man/men in your life.

I think I'm supposed to make some sort of legal disclaimer here that I was given a phone case to review, but (obviously) all thoughts and opinions on said case are my own. Re: moral high roads.