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Not How I Expected To Check It Off The Bucket List

in Everyday on 10/29/12

I finally checked another item off my bucket list!

Mama got herself a pair of Jimmy Choo’s.  Kind of? 

The only problem, the particular “pair” I was dreaming of, they looked something like this:

JimmyChooSparkleJimmyChooCosmic

So beautiful!!  But what I ended up getting? 

These:

JimmyChoo.  NOOOOOO! Turns out life after 40 also means I need glasses.  Well for driving anyway. 

I’m trying so hard to convince myself that the need for glasses has just created a justifiable excuse to spend money on pretty things for my face.  Simply more accessories!  After all, retail therapy, even if it is shopping for glasses, is always a good thing right?  I will not cry, break down, or spiral into a small depression with the knowledge that what it really means is …. I. Am. Old.

Sigh.  Maybe I can pull off the hot librarian look?

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    Comments

    1. Busy Bee Suz says

      October 30, 2012 at 4:00 pm

      Not D & C.
      D & G.
      Geeze Suz.

    2. Busy Bee Suz says

      October 30, 2012 at 3:59 pm

      LOL….you are so funny! my eyes went the few months prior to my 40th! I’m now wearing bi-focal contact lenses!!! You are the cutest (hottest) librarian I know. 🙂

      Lolo works for an eye Dr. now and just purchased her own set of D & C glasses! It’s hell to have good taste!

    3. Dana @ This Silly Girl's Life says

      October 30, 2012 at 1:35 am

      LOL, I’ve been sporting glasses since I was in 3rd grade, i love how they look on me! I bet you look really cute in them!

    4. StylinMom says

      October 30, 2012 at 12:59 am

      You as always will look amazing in them….it’s funny, I can’t wait for an eye Doc to tell me I need a pair…I have always always wished that I had to wear glasses…I just love them!! Crazy I know!

    5. Gigi says

      October 29, 2012 at 11:30 pm

      If glasses make you old then I’ve been old since the second grade!

      Love that pair – you will rock them!

    6. Chatty Crone says

      October 29, 2012 at 10:32 pm

      Hey girl – those glasses will make you look vavavavvoom! Turning 40 is nothing. lol Wait till 60 looms towards you. Love, sandie

    7. Debby@Just Breathe says

      October 29, 2012 at 9:19 pm

      Just think of the glasses as a way to keep you legs happy! They sure look cute. Just wait until you need reading glasses!

    8. Brian Miller says

      October 29, 2012 at 8:17 pm

      i dunno the hot librarian look is not a bad one…smiles…not there yet on glasses but if i hold true to my parents track it wont be too much longer…

    9. Sara @ Domestically Challenged says

      October 29, 2012 at 4:50 pm

      Ah crap.
      Should I send you a pic of the cute JC’s my sister got for her wedding? And then the pair she ACTUALLY wore for her wedding? Nice job getting $800 shoes out of her spouse!

    10. vickilicious says

      October 29, 2012 at 4:03 pm

      Don’t be so hard on yourself, I’ve been wearing glasses and contacts since my teens. It’s not that bad. It’s all an idea. Let me tell you that, first, these glasses are awesome, you will rock! and, second, you will be wearing glasses because your eyes are so beautiful you have to put them on a window display!!!!!

    11. Kyla @ Mommys Weird says

      October 29, 2012 at 3:00 pm

      Those glasses will go with anything! 🙂

    12. Natalie says

      October 29, 2012 at 2:25 pm

      lol, how I got some Michael Kors was through a discount shoe store!

      I was in Hawaii and just stood about 10 meters from the Jimmy Choo store – I couldn’t even walk in!

      I tried some on at Harrods in the UK – I’m sure they were rolling their eyes!

    13. Kristina P. says

      October 29, 2012 at 1:59 pm

      Ha! Glasses are totally hot right now, though. You will rock them!

    14. Jo says

      October 29, 2012 at 12:26 pm

      You can totally pull off the hot librarian look! Some people even wear glasses when they don’t need to just to give it a try!

    15. Buttons says

      October 29, 2012 at 11:28 am

      Oh dear Stephanie you are not old now you will just be able to see what is ahead. Always a good thing:) B

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