Impulse Buy

[livingdeb]

Today I went shopping with my sister and at a craft shop, I saw a tiny flat painted wooden thing in the shape of a guitar. It is a rare beautiful shade of orange with brown strings, hole, and frets and my favorite color of yellow pegs. It is both cute and pretty. I took it out of the bin for a closer look. It is very smooth and nice to touch, like a smooth pebble you keep in your pocket. It was 25 cents. I bought it.

I really don't know what one should do with such a thing. Once when I asked what something was for, a salesperson explained it to me this way: "Anything you want."

My sister explained that you glue it to something. But the back is also painted. I could imagine drilling a hole and making a Christmas tree ornament, but I don't want to drill a hole in it. I'm just going to keep it around somewhere to look at. For now it will go on the Christmas tree, just lying on a branch. Later I'll have to think of something else to do with it.

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As I was typing this I heard a song about which I don't know what I think, but this part really tickles me for some reason:

It was a four-way stop dilemma.
We all arrived the same time.
I yielded to the man to the right of me.
And he yielded right back to mine.
Well the yield went around and around and around.

Comments

[indigo-rose99.livejournal.com]

Perhaps some sort of non-hole-punching silver wire wrap? That could allow it to become an ornament.

[llcoolvad.livejournal.com]

I was just going to suggest tying something around it, string, ribbon, something. Then no holes!

[livingdeb.livejournal.com]

R. has suggested that the obvious use is to tape it to a gift. A gift that goes to someone in one's own house (that would be R.). And then you rescue it (the tape comes right off) and use it again for his next present.

Maybe when it's not on a present it will be taped to something on my bookshelves, like a picture frame or a box.