I have few shopping regrets...
...until now...
These last few months I’ve let myself make some spontaneous purchase. I rarely regret these purchases. They are either things I’ve been looking for, or that I just know in my gut is a good idea. Take this ring. When I saw it, I knew I’d never find another like it, so I snapped it up like a hungry turtle.
No regrets. (Although you may regret my showing it to you!)
Melissa and I went to a local art festival and finally let ourselves buy a few things. We bought this lovely lamp made of balsa wood and paper. (Photo doesn’t do it justice.")
No regrets.
After years of wanting one, we bought an indoor fountain, and I’ve been having a blast sticking shells under the water flow to discover the different sounds they produce.
No regrets.
Ah, but now we come to what I’m sure you can guess is…a regret.
Since the pandemic, I don’t wear earrings that much anymore. Not sure why. Seems like too much bother. So I have a few dozen lovely earrings that I rarely wear. When I do wear earrings, they are usually smallish, or long and slender. This sun and moon are about as large as I go, little bigger than a quarter.
Why, oh why did I buy the earrings I’m about to show you.
I love turquoise and fuchsia. Maybe that’s why.
Now that my hair’s gray and people have stopped seeing me, perhaps I wanted to be noticed. Maybe that’s why.
The stall was run by two Spanish-speakers so it was a chance to show off my rusty, 50-years-out-of-date Spanish. Maybe that’s why.
What. Was. I. THINKING!
Regrets? Oh, yeah.
What makes a normally sane shopper, a supposedly savvy and discerning shopper, GO WILD?
Am I the only one?
Sigh.
Thanks for reading. (But I can hear you chuckling at my earrings from here!)
You must know a drag queen that would love them. Otherwise, be the drag queen yourself. They are beautiful.
Tie a ribbon on them and hang them on the Christmas tree. I do that with my collection of Christmas pins and other large brooches. The colors ARE fabulous.