New Spectacles Year

The New Year rings in so many things. The Utah Inversion (yes, capitalized, it’s infamous), road-to-hell resolutions, the start of tax season and a renewed bank of money in Flexible Spending Accounts. What’s that I hear? Little cha-chings! of cash registers going off in the background as the new year is rung in with the boom of fireworks and the smack of kissing.

I always look forward to FSA season. I never set aside much and it’s always gone by mid-year. I plan ahead and then spend accordingly. This year? Glasses, baby! My eyeballs require enhanced magnification to focus in on those distant things, like street signs, so why not dress them up in enhanced style too?

Thus I have thrown myself into the hunt. I’ve dashed from here to there looking for statement glasses that, of course, state me. Whatever that may be. I am determined to make a très chic choice, and since I am officially in my late twenties, I need something reflective of this new level of sophistication and class. *cough* Yeah, that’s right.

This time around I am armed with technology to aid me in my search. Each step of the way I’ve whipped out my smarter-than-me phone to snap photos of myself to later present to friends and family for their opinions. I’ve never seen so many successive photo of myself. It’s rather unnerving. High resolution screens make me look fabulous, by the way.

I’ve not been inspired by much. However, these three caught my eye. (Ha! Get it? Do ya?) Pardon the glare.

Most of the people who have patiently been giving me their opinion vote for number three. Eight people can’t be wrong, can they?

I've always wanted to be the spinster at the end of the street in her shabby-chic Victorian house. These get me one step closer. And they go so well with the life I imagine myself living as a Steam Punkster. I can almost hear that taffeta swishing.

#whimsical 

I have a weakness for tortoise shell frames. I call these #thesafeoption

Cat eyes! Yes! Give me that old-time glamour! These will match a pair of jeans, or little black dress or that haze of cigarette smoke floating around the martini bar.

#thewinner

Today's Headlines

• I find myself relieved, and more than a little happy, to once again be single. And that's okay. There's an expansiveness in my life again that doesn't do much apparent other than let me breathe easy.
• Since I am a coffee snob, I am surprised to find that I like Folgers Special Roast coffee as much as, if not more than, the craft beans. And that's okay. Well done, Folgers.

That is all.