Hmmm
I bought a new coat.
Because I got fed up looking in High street type shops and never liking what I saw, I ended up buying online.
I bought a long leather coat to replace my long leather coat, because I like having a long waterproof heavy coat. However, I thought I would get something in a different style, a little more military in cut, in an attempt to be less shambly.
The people I bought it from sent me an email on the lines of 'sorry that particular item is out of stock and we've changed suppliers so we are replacing it with an equivalent item'. Which is a bit much considering how long I spent finding one I liked the look of (approx a month of comparing suppliers around europe - I am a bit fussy). However they did say that I could return it if I didn't like it, which I suppose was actually them adhering to distance selling rules, but felt like a reasonable idea, so I let them continue.
Anyway the coat arrived today.
Its almost identical to my old one, only not scuffed, ripped and falling to pieces. The only real difference is the collar starts a little higher, and is a bit wider, and its a little squarer in the shoulder. I'm half expecting people to not notice the difference (apart from the fact that its new, of course).
Now do I sulk about it being not very different from my old coat (which, let's face it, I liked so much I've worn it beyond its reasonable lifespan), and therefore remain new-coat-less, or do I embrace it for its newness and its undamaged, unscuffed, not-scruffy-ness?
Or do I just accept that the universe likes me to be a bit shambly?
Because I got fed up looking in High street type shops and never liking what I saw, I ended up buying online.
I bought a long leather coat to replace my long leather coat, because I like having a long waterproof heavy coat. However, I thought I would get something in a different style, a little more military in cut, in an attempt to be less shambly.
The people I bought it from sent me an email on the lines of 'sorry that particular item is out of stock and we've changed suppliers so we are replacing it with an equivalent item'. Which is a bit much considering how long I spent finding one I liked the look of (approx a month of comparing suppliers around europe - I am a bit fussy). However they did say that I could return it if I didn't like it, which I suppose was actually them adhering to distance selling rules, but felt like a reasonable idea, so I let them continue.
Anyway the coat arrived today.
Its almost identical to my old one, only not scuffed, ripped and falling to pieces. The only real difference is the collar starts a little higher, and is a bit wider, and its a little squarer in the shoulder. I'm half expecting people to not notice the difference (apart from the fact that its new, of course).
Now do I sulk about it being not very different from my old coat (which, let's face it, I liked so much I've worn it beyond its reasonable lifespan), and therefore remain new-coat-less, or do I embrace it for its newness and its undamaged, unscuffed, not-scruffy-ness?
Or do I just accept that the universe likes me to be a bit shambly?