And all’s well that ends well – at last! You may remember when I bought those purple glasses in front last March, which led to a huge dispute with the company when it looked like they couldn’t get the lenses to fit properly and wouldn’t refund my money, saying I could choose another frame instead. Then they found a way of fixing the new glasses and I was happy with that until, after I got them home, I saw that while fitting the lenses they had scraped off some of the purple coating off the metal frame. Fuck. So I brought them back and they told me that, as there were no other frames that I wanted at the moment, that I continue using these ones until I found something else.
Fine. I finally did find another pair that I liked, also purple but plastic, and when I went to exchange the original glasses for the new ones I was told that I could keep them as a sort of peace offering for all the trouble I’d been put through. Fair enough! Especially as this company also gives you a year after purchasing glasses to choose another pair, including lenses, for just 1€. I thought I might find another frame I liked within a year but then one of the arms (legs?) on my fab sunglasses snapped off and, as they were a couple of years old, a replacement couldn’t be ordered. So I decided to turn my new purple plastic glasses into sunglasses since my eyes are so sensitive to light that it’s painful to be outside without protection. Which once again left me with no clear glasses because the original purple ones were back “in hospital” (one of the lenses had cracked – don’t ask).
And so… since I liked the purple plastic ones so much I decided to go for the same frame in a different colour for 1€. Meanwhile the shop found another set of arms (legs?) for my broken sunglasses so that I could have something to wear while waiting for my new ones. And this is how I ended up with four glasses for the price of one, plus 1€. I’ve never had so many glasses at once before, but it does make sense to have a backup pair, especially sunglasses. When mine broke I had to turn down a special boat trip on the river that weekend because I knew my eyes wouldn’t be able to take the glare. How many pairs of glasses do you have?
Yes, I do tend to talk about my feet a lot during the “footwear change” seasons of spring and autumn, but it’s always a challenge for me to find shoes and sandals I like that fit. You may recall that I solved last year’s sandal dilemma of only ugly Mephistos being available in the shops here by ordering this pair online, which was a surprising success considering my very hard-to-fit feet. So this year I am trying my luck again with these happy red ones.
The first time I ever saw a field of wild poppies was when I lived up north (or northish) in Salamanca. The surrounding fields were filled with a beautiful array of spring flowers in red, yellow, white and purple. Stunning.
The winter and summer sales are the best times (and for me the only times) to get new sheets and towels. Since the arrival of 
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