I bought a small shelf over the weekend and decided to hang it in my bedroom. After hanging the shelf, I looked around for a small item to place on it. The item that was the most obvious is a little trinket box made from a goose egg with carved holes around the edges, a gold knob and little pearl feet. It sits on my dresser and I’ve always been very careful handling it because it’s very fragile and it’s one of my all-time favorite souvenirs. I bought it when Jim & I were in Budapest in 2005 and I keep the diamond ring & earrings I inherited from Mom in it.
I picked it up to place it on the shelf and as I looked at it I noticed something that looked like cellophane on it. As I looked closer, I realized it was scotch tape! Evidently, it had been broken and taped back together. When I told Jim about it he said that I had bought a broken box. I told him I didn't think so but I couldn't prove it and that maybe someone broke it and repaired it without my knowledge. I accused Jim and of course he denied it. So it could’ve been one of the kids or the cleaning lady. I guess this is a mystery that will have no resolution.
So I decided to take a picture of it to post with this story and guess what? I was too overly cautious which caused me to be a klutz & I dropped the lid! So no I’ve gone and broken it more!
Oh well, you can’t see it when it’s on my new shelf….
I picked it up to place it on the shelf and as I looked at it I noticed something that looked like cellophane on it. As I looked closer, I realized it was scotch tape! Evidently, it had been broken and taped back together. When I told Jim about it he said that I had bought a broken box. I told him I didn't think so but I couldn't prove it and that maybe someone broke it and repaired it without my knowledge. I accused Jim and of course he denied it. So it could’ve been one of the kids or the cleaning lady. I guess this is a mystery that will have no resolution.
So I decided to take a picture of it to post with this story and guess what? I was too overly cautious which caused me to be a klutz & I dropped the lid! So no I’ve gone and broken it more!
Oh well, you can’t see it when it’s on my new shelf….
1 comment:
That's beautiful and I love the shelf too. I'd say it's the cleaning lady---having had a few in years past that would have done the same thing. Personally, I've only had 2 that would "fess" up.
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