Maple Mama Guest Blogger! “The Glasses that Never Die”

Written by Jennifer Brandt Herschko

from Perfectly Disheveled

If there is one thing in the world I can’t be trusted with, it is A PAIR OF SUNGLASSES. Plastic, wired, black or tortoise shell, doesn’t matterI will break them, lose them and/or generally f*ck them up.

I’ve learned my lesson the hard way; buying trendy, expensive, and the requisite make-my-face-look-skinny-frames, only to sit on them (accidentally), drop kick them (accidentally), or lose them (accidentally, of course).

The worst example of nice glasses gone bad was a couple years ago… Before a vacation, I went out and bought a fab pair, got to said (super sunny and gorge) destination, only to discover that I had forgotten them along with my entire wallet and ID at home too (but that’s a whole other story).

Fortunately, the hotel we stayed at before leaving for a ten day cruise had a (not so) plethora of sunglasses for me to choose from. The majority of them made me look like a Golden Girl, but I did happen to find one pair for $15 bucks that worked….

Well, 2 1/2 years later, those effing glasses are still working. I have sat on them. I have drop kicked them. I have probably even run my car over them. They are barely hanging on, but by-golly, these bitches are still in tact. Kind of….

Wellllll, not enough for me to forgo the TRULY fabulous pair of grown up sunglasses I just bought (don’t worry, they came with a case that could take a bullet), but at least enough for Baby-Ko to look ridiculously cool in the morning…

About the Author: Jennifer Brandt Herschko (Perfectly Disheveled Blog) is a thirty something (an early “something”, to be clear) Writer/Producer living in Los Angeles. When she’s not noticing a spot on her shirt 3 hours too late, she’s hanging out and bragging about her ridiculously adorable son who’s first words were “Starbucks” and “look mommy, papparazzi.