Each Xmas I look around at all the stuff I cannot afford to buy for myself and hope, against hope usually, that a certain someone will buy those nice things for me for Xmas Day. To date I am still waiting for that bottle of YSL’s Paris fragrance despite how many hints I drop throughout the year, as well as that 24 ct gold bangle that will go so nicely with my gold Gucci watch. So I say to myself  wait until the after-xmas sales! And each year I wait and wait because I never get to them. I am also strapped after Xmas because the credit cards have been confiscated. Oh well, there is always next year…

Suffering for fashion…

I have always wanted to be able to wear some lovely earrings like other women but didn’t have pierced ears. Well, I had them done when I was in my teens but they never ‘took’. I have a ‘double ear lobe’ kind of thing, nothing freaky, but it causes problems for the person doing the piercing. When it was done the first time that ear lobe did not heal properly so after 8 weeks I had to remove the studs. Back in December I bit the bullet and had them done again only this time the girl was very experienced and did a good job. I have to admit I took my Mum along with me though, just as I do when I have to go to the dentist. They are almost ready to remove but I’m dreading pushing new pins through the wee holes!