In Which Carmen is a Kid at Heart

[xaara]

Since I am a champion watch-loser, I spend much of my yearly income buying and misplacing Timex watches. I've gone through just about every pattern in the kids section, some of which I've enjoyed for periods verging on months.

After my last watch-losing fiasco, I decided that my Timex-buying days were over. I had no intention of even thinking about purchasing another watch. But then I walked into Bruce Variety this afternoon, and this watch was staring at me, doing a little lizard clicky dance, and I caved.



It's not my fault, I swear. It's just...there are lizards! And they're cute and green. And the band is made out of this kid-loss-proof elastic stuff that's supposed to foil even hardened watched losers like yours truly.

Did I mention that there are lizards?

The watch is staring at me as I write this entry. I think we're communing.

I can't wait for someone to ask me the time.

Comments

[carrole.livejournal.com]

Carmen, my dear? What's the time?

[xaara.livejournal.com]

Let's see...

*checks watch*

It is currently 6:05 pm, and either 25 or 55 seconds, depending on which side of the little lizard second-hand represents the actual time.

Hehe, that was fun. :D

[yubsie]

Aww, so cute!

[xaara.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'm so susceptible to bright colors and small animals. :P

[teaghlach.livejournal.com]

What time is it dear?

And don't feel bad. I too, am a champion watch loser. I bet you have never lost one DOWN A TOILET before. Yes yes. I have done this. While it was flushing. Splosh and down it was going and I was NOT going after it. It was tragic because I had had that watch for YEARS. Thus began the Era of Losing Watches... I was 16. I am now 22 and have not yet found a watch that I have not lost or destroyed in some manner ill-befitting a watch.

But last year I though, lo! I am 21 now! I am capable of not losing watches! Despite being out looking for a watch because I had left mine at the airport... along with all of my quarters for laundry.

And I happened upon the most ADORABLE Fossil watch. It looked so much like the first watch I lost down the toilet. That alone should have tipped me off.

Ten minutes after buying it, I had a long gash down its face. LA LA LA! I can deal with that. And I did deal with that. By just not wearing the watch! HAHA! I shall foil you Oh Taskmaster of Watch Losing-ness! And I didn't wear that watch for MONTHS and it was the longest I have ever had a watch.

Then, one day, I went to the beach and I wanted to be all cute and sporty and so I wore it. It made it through the day just fine and when I went in the water, I stuck it in the pocket of my shorts. It is water proof but I didn't want to take the chance of a shark coming up and biting the clasp and stealing my watch.

Oh! What a lovely day it was. I got home and threw all my clothes and towels into the washer and then the dryer.

While the Fossil Grandness was waterproof, it certainly was not dryer-proof. Thus ended the Era of Fossil. Tragically. It sits on my bookshelf now as a reminder to me that I should not ever pay more than $30 for a watch because no good can come of it.

Now, I have a velcro strap timex that is hideous and ugly and I could not lose the fucker if I TRIED. So that is the secret, Carm. Buy ugly watches. You will not lose them.