I winced my eyes all the way as I drove back home, I was almost blinded by the sun. That's it, I needed new sunglasses. I somehow managed to snap mine in half. You see, I come from a family who aren't very big on "sunglasses preservation". Sunglasses have the shortest possible shelf life in our household. My sis's speciality is simply losing them. No evidence remains. Oh and she can't be bothered to go and try on new ones. She once re-bought the exact same pair of sunglasses at least 3 times!! (after the 2nd time, she stopped going personally and would send family members to do her dirty work:P)
Although I have lost a pair of glasses before, my speciality seems to be in creatively deforming them! They snap in half, lose a limb, crack a lens or magically reshape until they look like anything BUT sunglasses. Yep, I'm gifted that way!
I went in the shop. I haven't been there in years (since my last glasses have been brought while in Amman), but I remember I purchased my first pair of glasses there.
"Hi I'm looking for sunglasses"- I told the nice shop lady.
"This way Ma'am"
I went "this way" and 2 seconds later I was facing a display of Gucci sunglasses.
Baaaaad shop lady, baaaad shop lady :P
*cough cough cough*
I didn't need to look at the price tags to know that I was staring at 200++ KD sunglasses.
Me (hurriedly retreating as if the display carried a contagious virus): No no no, not Gucci's. I just want normal good quality sunglasses. You know something that isn't worth, well, MY ENTIRE SALARY. Know what I'm saying?
"Ma'am I'm sorry that's all we have".
Honestly. Do you realise the things I could do with 200++ Kds? People die because they don't have a loaf of bread and this woman wants me to buy a Gucci glasses that I will most probably snap in a month of two. I mean for crying out loud it's a pair of SUNGLASSES, not the first installment in my hypothetical son's tuition!!
"I think I like that one there"
"That's the door ma'am"
"Yeah. I'll take that."
My mom and I kept walking around the mall and finally walked in a random sunglasses shop.
"Wait a second... I know you! You always used to come. You would get the exact same sunglasses"- the shop owner's voice was loud and clear.
Me (sheepishly): No actually that would be my sister.
Him: Oh I see! No matter, the whole family are my customers. Come in come in.
I ended up buying sunglasses from him. Of course it wasn't exactly painless; he kept forcing me try on those ridiculously HUUUGE sunglasses that make me look exactly like a fly, never mind that I was yelling "I DON'T GIVE A DAMN that's they are IN." in the background.
But he did give me a 45% discount. Turns out it pays to have a sister who keeps losing her glasses and returning to the same shop for exact replicas:P It definitely pays to be memorable. Apparently, the weirder you are, the better!
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Hehe.
Hi sisso. I'm glad I got you a 45% discount on your new shades. Who knows, it might've been more if mama hadn't flat-out told me: "That is IT. Cherish this pair and try not to lose it for as long as possible because this is the LAST time I'm going into that store to buy the same sunglasses. Ya bunayyati, it is time you try something new in your life"
Heyyyy. I was in another country. It wasn't like I could do the dirty work myself :) A heartfelt thank you mama (and all others who helped) for keeping me supplied with my sunglass replicas.
Oh, and sadly my relationship with sunglasses has not really changed. I still lose them. I'm sad to say that lovely pair I got last is now sitting somewhere on top of one of the highest peaks in the White Mountains. I actually know the "exact" spot they are sitting at for once. That said thank God they aren't Guccis. They just aren't worth two tortuous hikes in two weeks to get them back.
Mabrouk the nazzarat khayya! Try not to sit on them :) (did I ever tell you I folded a pair of sunglasses in half once? Silly wire frame aviators). It was a nice catch though, at least they didn't crash to the floor.
Enough rambling about sunglasses, and our weird relationship with them.
Hey you're in Kuwait, any chance you'll buy that Prada phone? LOL That's another post enirely, no?
LOL YOU LOST THOSE GLASSES!!!
Maan, you ARE a hopeless case:P I love you :D
hehehehehe Prada phone? Oh but of course I plan to buy it this weekend to go with my Vera Wang dress and Luis Vuitton handbag:P
God I SOOOO don't belong here woman:P
Wa 3ala golat al mathal al romani:
"Khalli haza al 3oyoonkom al zarga yanfa3kom!" :P
LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
Dude, get over it:P
WALAK I MISS YOU SO MUCH!
My life is BORING without your complete and utter "junun nafarat" (as opposed to "junun bagarat":P hehehehehe)
I LOVE YOU
But when we're together.... I think there's a very good chance I will someday :)
Hey speaking of Junun. Thanks bro for that one time you came with me to suug il kabir, or some other ghetto sugg to get that album for my friend. You thought it was 3ar and yet came just the same.
Here's to junun and purple cows.
LOL woman
When was the last time you got a full night's sleep?:P
p.s. what was that song you both kept singing?:D
I actually had a full night of sleep before I posted that comment. Come to think of it, that's not really a good defense: "Oh, no. I don't need to lose sleep to start hallucinating."
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