Tuesday, 4 December 2012
270. New Glasses
The most annoying thing about being a speccy four-eyes is the need every few years to have a new pair of glasses. It is also the best thing about it. (Other good things are: excellent bug defence shields in summer, my goodness Miss Jones you're beautiful, hides bags, wrinkles, hangovers)
Face furniture is a complicated and expensive business. If, like me, your glasses are on your face all the time, you want them to be both stylish and, ultimately, forgettable. If the one thing you remember about me is my glasses I really am living my life all wrong.
I found a company that was happy to send me four pairs of frames to try on at home. Herself would like a casting vote on everything in my life, but insists on approval of anything remotely sartorial. So the frames arrived, and BF was there too. And we were all a bit drunk. So they were more than usually frank and unexpurgated on which were the stylish frames and which were so AWFUL that if I DARED to buy them they would NEVER speak to me or agree to be SEEN with me EVER AGAIN.
I won't tell you if I heeded their advice, or not. I chose some new frames, and as I type they are waiting for me at home. My old glasses gave up the ghost six hours after I bought the new ones, and are being held together by sellotape and prayer.
As of tomorrow I'll have a new face. That's how it feels! For about 14 hours. Then I get my normal face back, with added benefits. And this time, I've got two different pairs to play with!
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well, oh my goodness miss baker, you do look beautiful indeed and if only your hair was long enough you could shake it out of your librarian's bun and complete the tableau. i won't say which specs you bought either, but they look splendid. i will try your company next time - it is clearly a 'good thing'.
ReplyDeleteother excellent plus points i find with glasses, is that they offer some protection from the rain, wind, weather etc and i am convinced that noone can actually see my eyes with them on, so obviously no point in wearing eyeliner or mascara. hence when i do wear eye make up twice a year for high days and holidays i find i don't have the requisite skills to apply it. decorating and finger painting skills come in useful here. let's all praise the lord jesus (it is the festive season after all) that noone ever expects me to wear eyeshadow or lip liner. could be interesting...