Just got back from Crate & Barrell w/ Tim to get a gift for a wedding he is going to next weekend.
I have what could I guess be described as a love/hate relationship with that store.
On the one hand, it’s a pretty cool store and they have a lot of really nifty stuff, and if I was going to totally re-outfit my house and had unlimited funds to do it, I’d be there.
On the other hand - it represents everything that I am absolutely not.
It is picture perfect couples with spotless homes and perfectly matched dishes and glassware and fully stocked bars. Dinner parties and manicured lawns, barbecues with the perfect outdoor plastic glasses that won’t get broken. Margaritas with salt on the rim that doesn’t clump up, chips and gourmet salsa picked up at the lastest craft festival. (Or worse yet, homemade)
I on the other hand, am a slob, I don’t think I could pull of a dinner party if I tried and my glassware either is from the grocery store or the gas station. (Anyone else remember the “fill up your tank and get a free glass” deal that Mobil did every summer it seemed??) The salt ALWAYS clumps up on my margaritas and I get my chips and salsa from Costco.
So, I can’t help but feel extremely out of place there.
Worse yet…
Why do I even care??
