On Friday I am going on holiday to Walberswick in Suffolk, but I still don’t have any sunglasses. I never imagined that this would actually put a downer on the prospect of 18 days off work, but it is.
What I really need are prescription sunglasses, but they’re exactly the kind of thing that I put off buying. I put regular glasses off for about 18 months and I need to wear those every day just to see, so the chances of me shelling out a three figure sum on sunglasses are slim to none.
Veterans of this blog will know that I have the tan. All of my clothes have washed and ironed themselves over the course of the week. Boots have delivered a brand new toothbrush, deoderant and shower gel to my flat. I have enough books to keep me going for a year, and my annual issue of Esquire magazine. What I don’t have is shades.
Or rather, what I do have is these shades.
Mrs Woodall bought these for me from Zara today, and I am a bit nervous as I haven’t yet worked out why. She is normally a lady of great taste and generous disposition, and so it’s a puzzle why she wants me to look like a gangster clown. She’s not here right now, so this is to be continued…
I have the perfect solution. My friend Robin and I also don’t want to pay lots of money for prescription sunglasses because what if they break? This is likely because you don’t wear them all the time so they will naturally end up on the car floor or the bottom of a bag.
Our solution? Sunglasses that slyly go on top of your normal glasses. They look like normal glasses but they have a tiny little shelf on the top so they will easily rest on your regular specs. At a price tag of $20, these are a total bargain.
I think I knew someone that had those once. He was 82 and bought them when he decided he was finally past trying to look cool. I’m not sure I can carry off the geek chic like you do.*
*A compliment.