jQuery(document).ready(function($){
	
 $.fn.extend({
 
 	customStyle : function(options) {
	  if( !$.browser.msie || ($.browser.msie&&$.browser.version>6) ) {
	  return this.each(function() {
	  
			var currentSelected = $(this).find(':selected');
			$(this).after('<span class="customStyleSelectBox"><span class="customStyleSelectBoxInner">'+currentSelected.text()+'</span></span>').css({/*position:'absolute', cursor:'pointer', */opacity:0/*,fontSize:$(this).next().css('font-size')*/});
			var selectBoxSpan = $(this).next();
			/*var selectBoxWidth = parseInt($(this).width()) - parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-left')) -parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-right'));*/		
			var selectBoxSpanInner = selectBoxSpan.find(':first-child');
			/*selectBoxSpan.css({display:'inline-block'});
			selectBoxSpanInner.css({width:selectBoxWidth, display:'inline-block'});
			var selectBoxHeight = parseInt(selectBoxSpan.height()) + parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-top')) + parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-bottom'));*/
			/*$(this).height(selectBoxHeight).change(function(){*/
			$(this).change(function(){
				// selectBoxSpanInner.text($(this).val()).parent().addClass('changed');   This was not ideal
			selectBoxSpanInner.text($(this).find(':selected').text()).parent().addClass('changed');
				// Thanks to Juarez Filho & PaddyMurphy
			});
			
	  });
	  }
	}
 });
 
 $('select.cat_dropdown_smaller').customStyle();
 $('select.cat_dropdown').customStyle();
 
});