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new glasses!

29 Friday Jul 2022

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Yeah I know… I shouldn’t be BUYING STUFF when I’m broke and off work all summer thanks to fucking Covid and Monkeypox. But… it turns out I lost my TV-watching glasses, I think when I went to Barcelona in May. Though of course I can’t be sure where I lost them or they wouldn’t still be lost. Anyhoodle, I was more or less getting by without them okay but then I saw that my neighbourhood optician was having a 2-for-1 sale so I not only got another pair of normal glasses but also some new sunglasses as my old ones are now 6 years old and looking a bit worse for wear. Okay, they’re not the most stylish or posh (my previous sunglasses cost three times what this two-fer cost me) but they are doing the job and I quite like that my “at home” ones have the clear frames since I really only use them for watching TV. It’s like not having glasses on at all.

Weird thing about getting tested again is that my prescription hasn’t changed in 40 years. It’s still a slight miopia, not even enough that I’d be required to wear glasses if I still had a driving license. But it’s just a bit more comfortable for TV, especially when reading subtitles. I notice it more when I’m outside because things “pop” a bit more with the prescription sunglasses. They also tested me for reading glasses and decided what I have, at least for now, is what they call “tired vision”, which basically means I couldn’t read the smallest row of eensy weensy text. And so! New glasses bitches! 😎

buch + deichmann

29 Tuesday Jun 2021

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Behold the Buch + Deichmann Infinite hair slide. Back in Toronto I had quite a selection of B + D hair accessories. They were cute and colourful and they lasted forever. Well, almost. About a month ago I noticed I was down to my last one. Or so I thought, until a rummage through some old boxes turned up a used-to-be-black one (my favourite, the red one, broke a few years ago). I used to have a white one too.

Anyhow, this got me thinking about where I might find them again since B + D is no longer making them (they’re now into sunglasses). So after googling without any luck I asked on Twitter, and later Instagram, and finally found a supplier of vintage B + D stuff on Etsy. In Canada!

B and D (2)

However, there were no Infinite hair slides to be found. Anywhere. At all. Instead I opted for a dark red slide the same size as the infinity ones, and three smaller ones. In fact the smaller ones will be more practical now that I HARDLY HAVE ANY HAIR ANYMORE. Anyhow, they arrived today, as you can see, and I’m way out-of-all-proportion happy with them. Will not say how much I paid for this happiness, but I’ve had so few treats this past year or so that I decided FUCK IT.  And since my Infinite hair slides have lasted more than 35 years, I reckon these new ones are going to outlive me. So… worth it.  🙂

covid comfort

18 Tuesday Aug 2020

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So yeah I know,  I said that one of the “good things” about lockdown and, in my case, continuing to shelter, was that I didn’t have to spend money on new summer clothes or sandals this year (and this may continue into the winter). BUT, I still need comfy clothes to wear around the house, since that is mostly where I am. And so I’ve found a few things online (and on sale!), mostly at M&S. A couple of cotton summer nightgowns, knickers… and these totally comfortable crop top bras. I was actually looking for bralettes but they don’t seem to make them in my size, so for at-home wearing these are perfect. Just got them today and well, there’s no going back. I mean, I wouldn’t be able to wear them out but I should have been buying these years ago.

What covid comfort stuff have you been buying?

getting back to normal

27 Wednesday May 2020

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roof

So as of last Monday we are in Phase 2 in Andalucía (Madrid and Catalunya are catching up and are on Phase 1). This means that more public spaces are opening, bars and restaurants have a bit more flexibility, non-essential shops and department stores are also allowed to open, and some restrictions are lifted for general circulation around town and within the province. All of course with the required “social distancing” measures, and all kinds of disinfecting, cleaning, etc going on. Ah, and masks have been mandatory since last weekend. If all goes well, Phase 3 is meant to start on June 8th.

What could go wrong? Well, plenty. I still see (from my balcony) too many people not wearing masks, walking too close to others, basically not giving a shit. So I am personally still in Phase 0, only going out for essential shopping and taking out the rubbish, otherwise I am staying home and staying safe. And walking on my roof (view from rooftop in photo above).

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