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Day 4797 Charm bracelet
Dec. 15th, 2005 06:38 amI wasted an unusual amount of time last night surfing around on ebay looking for silver charms. Many years ago, I had a silver charm bracelet... in fact, I'd had it all my life. In college, someone broke into my apartment and stole it and a few other things as well and, while I was furious, there wasn't much to be done about replacing it.
Ebay has changed that.
The problem is that, while I can find several of the charms I cherished, the mexican sombrero is not the one my Dad's friend brought me when I was 3... the viking ship is not the same one Anne got me in Iceland... the matador and fan aren't the ones I bought for in a little backstreet shop in Spain where I couldn't speak to the shop keeper at all (he spoke Spanish and Italian and I spoke English and French... we haggled in sign language. And yes, I did haggle!) Others I'd like to have back are the Italian silver St Terese roses and the miraculous medal that Andy gave me when we were about 4 or 5, the L'arc de Triomphe that I bought in Paris because I said I would never have an Eiffle Tower and the thistle someone brought me from Scotland. The ones I'm finding are not as detailed or as pretty as the ones I had.
On the other hand, I woke up this morning and realized that, while I would never have gotten rid of it, I am not really a charm bracelet kind of person. I do too much with my hands and I would almost never wear it. So it's foolish to go looking to replace something that a) I can't replace and b)I would never use.
Bother.
Ebay has changed that.
The problem is that, while I can find several of the charms I cherished, the mexican sombrero is not the one my Dad's friend brought me when I was 3... the viking ship is not the same one Anne got me in Iceland... the matador and fan aren't the ones I bought for in a little backstreet shop in Spain where I couldn't speak to the shop keeper at all (he spoke Spanish and Italian and I spoke English and French... we haggled in sign language. And yes, I did haggle!) Others I'd like to have back are the Italian silver St Terese roses and the miraculous medal that Andy gave me when we were about 4 or 5, the L'arc de Triomphe that I bought in Paris because I said I would never have an Eiffle Tower and the thistle someone brought me from Scotland. The ones I'm finding are not as detailed or as pretty as the ones I had.
On the other hand, I woke up this morning and realized that, while I would never have gotten rid of it, I am not really a charm bracelet kind of person. I do too much with my hands and I would almost never wear it. So it's foolish to go looking to replace something that a) I can't replace and b)I would never use.
Bother.
