Before yesterday, I was coming off of a very tough week. I was leaving a class and stopped into a little jewelry store in my neighborhood. I'm not a jewelry fiend or anything, but my mother-in-law has a birthday coming up and she purchased a pair of earrings at this particular boutique and I know she likes their artisan hand-crafted style of goods. It's definitely a few steps up from some jamoke on the corner with a blanket displaying leather bracelets.
There was a young man in the store and the woman who runs it. We chatted a bit, I told them I was looking for something for my MIL and ultimately, I found a pair that caught my eye, but they were out of my price range at $225. I took a picture of them to see if my husband's sister would want to share the cost and was about to leave when the man I'd been chatting with said wait wait, which earrings? For your MIL? I'll buy them. The store is one-of-a-kind goods so I was immediately like "WHAT? You're stealing my earrings!" and he said no, I'm buying them and you're going to give them to your MIL. He went on to tell me that he had been so blessed in life, he loved looking for opportunities to do great things for people. I was so touched, I cried in the middle of the store. What a beautiful man! Also, umm, it's two blocks from my house and I live in what's known as the "gayborhood" and he fit in more than I did, if you know what I mean. I don't want to stick anybody out and say that's related - I only mention it because I happen to be an upstanding married lady who doesn't do or say anything unmarriedly. Plus, I'd hate for anyone to think this guy wasn't just amazing and not looking at my boobs or anything. He also shared with me a bracelet that he had been passing around to share positive energy. I'm the third person to wear it and it's my duty to pass it on, when it feels right, to someone with the right personality and the right need at that time, so that we'd all be connected. I've been wearing it for 24 hours and I look forward to being able to make someone's day with it in the near future.
I may have mentioned to the man and the woman running the shop that sometimes I feel like I'm still winning her over, that I wanted to get her something nice so she doesn't think we don't care, and buying her gifts is tough and stressful. My MIL is a woman who sends ME a designer purse for my birthday every year - when really, I should be given rubber bibs and jugs of wine with pictures of fake chateaus on them. High standards. I came home and immediately called my husband and told him the exciting news and how excited I was to tell her and he said "no no, don't tell her, because then she'll be like so what you're saying is you didn't buy me a present" and then I told the story to my sister-in-law and said it should be from all of us since it was a gift valued at much more than we would have spent and she and my husband were both like "no, she'd rather have two presents." So I couldn't help myself, I called her today and told her the story and her reaction? "Maybe they'll bring me good luck!" EXACTLY. I'm still excited to give them to her.
Side note: my husband was just going through our coupon stash on the fridge looking for the one I saved on his shampoo and he was reading aloud: heart burn, gas, pregnancy test, deodorant, rolaids, upset stomach. . . and it made me chuckle. It didn't need to be big like this, but I really really appreciate the positive affirmation thrown my way. See? I'm not always a downer.
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