According to Canadian Press, thanks to recession, the art of 'layaway' is back in style!
Well, according to Lili Press, the art of 'puttingaway' is not far behind! I have already decided that my sense of security and financial stability is more important than the Holiday Cheers!
Thanks to Bill 115, not only I have become frugal, AKA cheap, but also calculating and mean-spirited!
This Saturday, I thought I take advantage of a man who wants me back. Unlike other times he is in town, last night, I dressed with purpose; the toughest shapewear, black silk hosiery, the tightest skirt I could find in my closet, and a bright, low-cut top, to divert his attention from my collagen-free face! Layer upon layer of serum, concealer and foundation went on with the same precision as the eyebrow pencil and the red lipstick. The sound of black stilettos in the foyer could only spell determination.
Throughout dinner, as I pictured my future comfort and peace of mind; double pension, two residences, (one in the city, one by the lake) saving accounts and best of all, the same set of children and grandchildren to fuss over, a warm, fuzzy feeling enveloped my sense of judgement.
The more I thought about being driven in winter, and lying on the beach all summer, the more I leaned forward; the more I ran my fingers through my hair. Al, persistent cause of my past miseries, seemed the perfect antidote to Bill 115, aging and worrying. I felt eighteen again, not in looks or energy, but in insecurities.
As I took a sip from my third glass of vintage wine, my eyes fell on the faded engraving of my bracelet, I love me. Suddenly, I sat up straight. As sobriety took over my self-doubt, I remembered it took me forty years to forgive myself for abandoning the eighteen-year-old me in a marriage of convenience.
Later at night as, one-by-one, I rid myself of my weapons of seduction, I knew I was going to end up an older, poorer teacher in a shoe!
Bill, Al, Dick or Harry, just can't get along with any of them! Accepted and filed!
What have you accepted and filed today?
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