Hello to my new iPhone 16 Pro. Whee!!! I ordered it on 9 October night when it got restocked and collected it on 10 October. Then I got my new phone case and screen protector from Casetify today. I’m so excited because it is my first time splurging on Casetify. Their cases are like so expensive. Then I got the original Hello Kitty ones. Hehe! First time getting the original Sanrio Hello Kitty phone case. I’m like over 30 years old and is only willing to splurge so much on my favourite Hello Kitty phone case now. 😀

The Casetify screen protector is also very expensive. I wanted to get my screen protector from my usual shop but the shop at Cathay Cineleisure has closed down. 🙁 I don’t have time to go Sim Lim Square and Casetify today and no time to get them tomorrow so I just get the screen protector from Casetify as well. Wanted to get their Ultra HD but it is over S$80 and I really cannot bring myself to spend so much for a screen protector. In the end, I went for their Anti Blue Light range. Well, my spectacles is already anti blue light so it is a bit funny to use anti blue light screen protector. But for the same price, I didn’t want to get the normal clear screen protector and I don’t like that my screen will look darker with privacy screen protector, so I compromised and got the anti blue light one. Oh well. I shall tell myself not to change the screen protector and protect the phone from dropping so that I don’t damage the screen protector.

The total damage of the phone case and screen protector? S$163. Ouch, my wallet is hurting. My heart is aching a little too. Not to forget that my phone is like S$2049 since I upgraded to 512GB.

It felt like a huge jump from my iPhone 13 Pro and I was trying to get used to it. Definitely loving the camera side button for sure. I have to say that button is really what attracted me to change my phone. I like that it is lighter than my iPhone 13 Pro too. By like 5 grams hahaha.

I was sharing with my therapist about it and how I momentarily felt guilty for spending so much money. Lasted for 2 secs to be honest haha. Then she taught me a way to logically and rationally make sense of it. I need to practise the mindfulness. I need to recognise that some type of expenses is necessary and I need to make sure that I am in a good position to spend and not feel guilty about it.

On a side note, I don’t think I will want to change phone again until I am forced to – like when there are no more OS upgrades. Moving my data and re-login to a new phone is very troublesome. It’s even worse when you have more data too. May my phone last for a long, long time!