There are a few certain things that every girl should have. Without one of these essentials, a girl can feel utterly discombobulated.Examples of these important feminine necessities include: a tube of lip gloss, special undergarments, tampons, and a pair of earrings.
These 4 items really are the ONLY things we girls absolutely need. Allow me to elaborate a bit further...
- We can live without mascara, eye liner, or concealer -- but do not ask us to go without chapstick or lip gloss.
- We'll be fine wearing whatever on our bottoms -- but don't ask us to feel confident without a bra.
- We realize that rings, bracelets, and necklaces are just fluff -- but do not ask us to go without earrings.
- And, when it's that certain time of the month, we need additional supplies. 'Nuff said.
Outside of the fact that I absolutely love to roll that word off my lips, my discombobulation is not from a lack of chapstick, undergarments, or tampons.
Indeed, it is earrings that I lack, and it is horrible feeling that pains me. I feel it right at the back of my jaw line.
Just before I moved into this house in August, I packed up my last remaining things in a hurry and never bothered to label the boxes into which they went. My collection of earrings were among these items tossed into cardboard with haste, and thus I have found myself in an awkward position of not having ANY.
Well, I was wearing a pair the day I moved. They were a simple pair of faux diamond studs. They have been, therefore, the only earrings I have worn since the move. And, for a girl who loves to change her appearance often, I was growing quite bored with them.They lasted dutifully through the month of September and half of October, but finally they literally broke in half from overuse. My ears have been a bashful and naked pair ever since.
I have grinned and bared it (both literally and figuratively) for the past 3 or 4 weeks now, but this is getting ridiculous. Last weekend, when I went out for hip-hop, my ears were particularly sullen. Am I really supposed to get through another weekend of festivities while feeling nude?
The solution to my problem, of course, is to find the unmarked box. But this I have tried, and with no success. I did not pack this particular box of which I speak, and therefore I haven't the foggiest clue what those earrings would be with.
I think my students are catching on to my unfortunate situation. Last week one of my (probably) female students anonymously gave me a gift-wrapped pair of earrings, which she obviously made from plastic beads and twisted metal. Last year, I would have found the gift on my desk, smiled at the thoughtfulness, and then stashed them somewhere. But this year, I paused at them and thought, "Well, I could..."
The earrings are large and made of fake yellow gold with a big blue plastic bead in the center. Certainly not my usual style, I wore this pair with great appreciation the other day.
Unfortunately, the big blue plastic beads do not go with much of my attire. So, for 99% of the unforeseeable future, this girl will, unfortunately, be discombobulated.
