I just bought myself and the Mrs a set of Sennheiser CXL400' noise cancelling earbuds they were originally $79.99 when they first came out. Newegg had them the other day for $19.99 scooped 2 sets and man the difference noise cancelling makes...I wore them at work the other day and it was so relaxing being able to kill the office chatter.

I made sure to have Louie on the left and Ralph on the right :-)