Happiness is a warm sequin
So I'm sitting here wearing my cashmere sweater.
It's kind of like a Bucket List thing, this sweater purchase. While I have no interest whatsoever in actually seeing the movie - as Roger Ebert put it, wouldn't it be nice if just for once, a movie opened with a white character extolling the virtues of Morgan Freeman? - I have always been kind of sympathetic to the general idea.
I suppose it involves some misdirected wedding-planning instincts, too; I can't have the poufy ivory dress with the rosebud-embroidered bodice (mental pattern borrowed liberally from Catherine Cookson novels), so the ridiculously expensive sweater is like the prize for growing out of it already. You may not have a man, self, but by God you are a successful, sophisticated woman!
Thus, here I sit in genuine two-ply Jones New York Luxe cashmere knit, v-necked, heather grey with a silver-sequinned neckline. Oh, yes, there are sequins. I'm not quite that grown-up, yet. I did however carefully save the little packet with the extras, instead of tossing them up in the air and squealing with glee, so, y'know, progress. I’m so pleased with myself I’m not even going to tell you how long I waited for it to go on sale, which discount is frankly none of your business anyway…
It's kind of like a Bucket List thing, this sweater purchase. While I have no interest whatsoever in actually seeing the movie - as Roger Ebert put it, wouldn't it be nice if just for once, a movie opened with a white character extolling the virtues of Morgan Freeman? - I have always been kind of sympathetic to the general idea.
I suppose it involves some misdirected wedding-planning instincts, too; I can't have the poufy ivory dress with the rosebud-embroidered bodice (mental pattern borrowed liberally from Catherine Cookson novels), so the ridiculously expensive sweater is like the prize for growing out of it already. You may not have a man, self, but by God you are a successful, sophisticated woman!
Thus, here I sit in genuine two-ply Jones New York Luxe cashmere knit, v-necked, heather grey with a silver-sequinned neckline. Oh, yes, there are sequins. I'm not quite that grown-up, yet. I did however carefully save the little packet with the extras, instead of tossing them up in the air and squealing with glee, so, y'know, progress. I’m so pleased with myself I’m not even going to tell you how long I waited for it to go on sale, which discount is frankly none of your business anyway…
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