Missing sunnies

As you all know, this hiatus of mine relates to clothes and accessories.

I say "accessories" as if I know how to accessorize, which I don't. I wanted to include things like belts and bags in my hiatus because I thought I needed to assess some of my insane purchases of both, many of which ended up on eBay or donated to my local thrift store.

That being said, the one accessory I miss buying during these summer days is a new pair of sunglasses. I love sunglasses. I love everything about sunglasses. I hide behind big dark ones, pretending I'm Jackie O. I switch my big dark sunglasses around and go from wearing my big white Ralph Lauren pair one day, to my big black Givenchy pair the next day, to my newest big pair - the brownish red Valentino ones with polarized lenses.

Now I also enjoy my sunglasses with smaller frames. My big pairs don't take away from my classic Maui Jim's (great for golf) or Ray Ban's (great for the boardwalk). Nor do they take away from how cool I think look in the tortoise-shell BCBG pair I found a few years ago or the lightly tinted Dolce & Gabbana pair that I also found (with the case!). I like wearing the small framed ones too, but mostly in the other seasons.

And of course, when I'm out on a boat (someone else's, naturally), I like the Costa Del Mar pair with polarized reflective lenses.

I do miss buying a new pair of sunglasses. But since I have plenty (and these are what I have left after cleaning out my closet and selling off a few (okay 5) other pairs including a too-big pair of Ray Ban's and a pair of heavy brown ones from Kenneth Cole), I must mix and match and be satisfied with the ones currently in my stock.

Unless I happen to find another pair. (Finding isn't buying, blogsters!)