Fragile. (Must be Italian!)
I was taking a break from some proofreading (the dry language of a quality manual was starting to become word soup before my eyes and I needed something mentally stimulating before my brain just completely checked out) and I happened upon a blog post (StyleLush, very fun blog) that forced me to pause & think for several moments. This wasn't so much Deep Important Soul-Searching kind of thought as the Trying to Imagine variety.
You see, there was a link to some champagne flutes that cost...perhaps you should sit down, if you aren't already. Stop looking at me through your screen like I'm crazy. Sometimes I stand at my desk just because it gets tiresome to sit all the live long day. These glasses cost TWO HUNDRED AND SIXTY DOLLARS FOR A PAIR. That would be TWO. TWO GLASSES.
I'm sorry, but that would be the day that I owned a glass that set me back $130. Not even if it's high quality. Not even if it's for consuming bubbles. Not even if it is the only glass I drink out of for the entire.rest.of.my.life. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate good quality & nice things. But can you imagine if that thing ever slipped out of your hand?? I already have heart failure over the concept of dropping one of my $9 holiday dishes (to be fair, they were given to me by my Gram, so there is sentimental value) while washing them. I agonize over dropping my iPod Touch, which looks so fragile. I get sweaty palms when I think about dropping My Baby, My Precious (that would be my camera, for those of you not in the know) & I won't use it without the strap firmly around my neck. The mental image of $130 worth of glass landing in a hundred and thirty million pieces on my kitchen floor would shatter what's left of my psyche along with it.
Do people I know really own glassware of this nature? If you do, please don't tell me. Better yet? Please don't put it in my hands. Have you seen how many times I drop my phone?
9 with their own thoughts:
I'm with you. Certain things appeal to certain people, I guess, but expensive things like that do not appeal to me. Electronics, cameras, computers, yes. And I do like my dishes and pots/pans, but most of them cost less than that pair of flutes! I'm far too clumsy to have too many things that are costly and expensive to replace. I am constantly dropping things or running into things (hence the bruise on my calf right now, can't remember what I ran in to!), so I would surely drop the silly glass.
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I refuse to spend good money on dishes or glasses. Its a dish and a glass. I'd much rather spend my money on good eats and good times.
Stacy: The idea of dropping that much money on the floor stresses me out just *thinking* about it. Spending a little more on technology usually gets you better quality, but I'm going to go out on a limb & say that whatever you put into that $130 glass is going to taste the exact same as putting it in a $10 one. And I can live with replacing the $10 one. ;-)
Mega: Precisely!
Crack.Me.Up!
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I would NEVER EVER buy a $130 pair of anything. True story.
I bought my current wine glasses (with store credit) for $35 for 4 of them. And I've been second guessing myself ever since. Seems a bit ridic to spend money on something like that, right?
Sigh.. Suppose neither of us will ever understand! :P
you know you can put your camera on your home owners policy (or renters) so you dont have to worry so much about it
just checking to see if it will actually let me comment!
hey there! i saw italian and giggled ;)
i don't know what the deal is but for some reason your site hasn't been letting me comment. or google hasn't been letting me sign in to comment. but i have been reading and trying to respond!!
I could get a brand new Kindle for $130 (plus $9)! Obviously I do not own any $130 drinking glasses and I am pretty sure I will never have the kind of money that would make me even begin to think that was something I could afford!
peanuttpie: So strange that it wouldn't let you comment! Wonder what its issue was.
kreed: I feel the same way about it. Even if I had buckets of spare money, I just don't think I would choose to spend it on something so easily broken!
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