$(document).ready(

  function() {

    $('.my-skinnable-select').each(

      function(i) {

        selectContainer = $(this);

        // Remove the class for non JS browsers

        selectContainer.removeClass('my-skinnable-select');

        // Add the class for JS Browers

        selectContainer.addClass('skinned-select');

        // Find the select box

        selectContainer.children().before('<div class="select-text">a</div>').each(

          function() {

            $(this).prev().text(this.options[0].innerHTML)

          }

        );

        // Store the parent object

        var parentTextObj = selectContainer.children().prev();

        // As we click on the options

        selectContainer.children().click(function() {

          // Set the value of the html

          parentTextObj.text(this.options[this.selectedIndex].innerHTML);

        })        

      }

    );

  }

);