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I make no secret of the fact that I am an iPhone fan. The hubby frequently calls it my boyfriend. But today it was the most valuable tool in my arsenal (with the exception of the plastic).

My day started innocently enough. I went and had my monthly facial at Beauty on the Hills in Drury. It was bliss. After this, getting on the motorway, I realised time wasn’t on my side. I had to get over to Constellation Drive to collect my new computer monitor, but needed to stop at an ASB branch to withdraw $100 towards the cost of it. My original plan was to go to Botany Town Centre first and get the money there. But with time ticking, Sylvia Park seemed awesome. I got to the counter at the ASB and they told me that I can’t physically withdraw money from my Accelerator savings account, after some begging, they agreed to put my empty cheque account into OD to let me get the money, on the pro-visor that I transferred the money electronically from my savings account to the cheque account before leaving the store. Yay for iPhone’s Safari browser and boo for the Vodafone 3G reception inside Sylvia Park. But by the time I got back to my car, I had made the transfer required to keep my bank happy for another day.

Now I had to get over to Constellation Drive. Where possible, I will never drive any further north than Newmarket. This is where I whipped out the TomTom app and punched in the address. Bingo. It got it slightly wrong, so I used some gut instinct and it got me close to where I needed to be. I used google maps satellite view to figure out that I had to drive around the back of a building to find where I needed to be. Got the monitor. Its awesome. Review to follow.

Now I needed to get to a Rebel Sports store to buy more sneakers for sneaking. I punched in “rebel sports” into the Yellow Pages app and it told me the nearest one was Wairau Road and showed me a map. Awesome! I knew how to get there from Constellation so off I went.

With shoes in hand and a monitor in my boot, I needed to go to the loo. I plugged “public toilet” into Zenbu and it gave me a few options, but none suitable. Fortunately there are petrol stations on the way from Wairau Road to the Motorway. And homeward bound I went.

I conclude that had I not had the iPhone today, I would be lost. I would be still at ASB pleading with the lady at the counter, or lost somewhere on the North Shore. I’m not sure which is worse. But one thing is for sure, I am pleased to be home, even if the wallet is feeling a little lighter.