I went out shopping for a new bathing suit, not an easy task in northern New England in March as most shops do not have any on the sales floor yet. I had been looking for a couple of weeks now at various local stores to no avail. The struggle is real I tell you!
I finally found a store that had an entire section of this years suits all on display with an incredible array of styles and sizes. I had hit the motherload! I picked out 8 suits, the maximum number allowed in the dressing room at one time, and closed myself in the little booth that I was led to by the cheery sales clerk. You know, the ones with the really horrible (realistic?) mirrors?
I lined up my colorful selection of swimsuits and began to disrobe. I placed my purse on the bench-seat provided and gently laid my eye glasses on top of it. Have you ever experienced an intuitive 'warning' about something? Well I got one of those when I placed my brand new, $400 pair of prescription eye glasses on top of that purse. I KNEW it was a bad idea but I ignored that little voice and simply set an intention to be super careful not to let anything happen to them.
After trying on 7 of the 8 suits I was striking out and starting to get discouraged. But, as luck would have it, the very last one I tried on was a keeper! I felt like Cinderella when she was able to slip her foot into the perfectly fitting glass slipper at the last minute before the Prince gave up on his quest to find his love. (Humor me...as I said, the struggle is real!)
I was so excited over my success that I began to hurry and get dressed lest this suit turn back into a pumpkin before I could purchase it and get it out of the store. My elated joy was quickly replaced with horrible dread at the sound of a loud POP when I sat on the bench to put my shoes on.
