(function($){
 $.fn.extend({
 
 	customSelect : function(options) {
	  if(!$.browser.msie || ($.browser.msie&&$.browser.version>6)){
	  return this.each(function() {
	  
			var currentSelected = $(this).find(':selected');
			var html = currentSelected.html(); 
			if(!html){ html=' '; }
			$(this).after('<span class="customStyleSelectBox"><span class="customStyleSelectBoxInner">'+html+'</span></span>').css({position:'absolute',left:0+"px", opacity:0/*,fontSize:$(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',width:options.width});
			selectBoxSpan.css({display:'inline-block'});
			
			selectBoxSpanInner.css({width:options.width, display:'inline-block',background:"url("+options.background+") no-repeat"});
			var selectBoxHeight = parseInt(selectBoxSpan.height()) + parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-top')) + parseInt(selectBoxSpan.css('padding-bottom'));
			$(this).height(selectBoxHeight).change(function(){
				// selectBoxSpanInner.text($(this).val()).parent().addClass('changed');   This was not ideal
			selectBoxSpanInner.text($(this).find(':selected').text()).parent().addClass('changed');
				// Thanks to Juarez Filho & PaddyMurphy
			});
			
	  });
	  }
	}
 });
})(jQuery);