It's true for many things, isn't it, that once you experience something better than what you're used to, it's terribly hard to go back.  And maybe that's what keeps us stiving and not settling, so that we can move ahead and up.

It works not only with entrusting my Belle Pietre babies to retail consignment shops, but in handbags, travel plans, and most everything in life.

I'm happy to report that the seemingly endless hours of work required to save a whole collection of my jewelry from their tarnished, mis-treated doom at one location, has already nicely payed off! 

I had news last week from Reg Grant at Grant Jewelers in Skaneateles that he's had great interest in my work, and a number of sales to show for it already!  Not only did he call me personally, but he put a check in the mail that day, and has already requested more pieces!

The owners of Adornamenti are just as particular about the shop.  I visited there not long ago, and Michael - a man after my own heart - had lint roller in hand, tidying up the black velvet display stands!  Now THAT'S how I want my baubles to be treated.  They deserve nothing less.  And neither do I!

Of course it takes seeing something better, and taking the plunge to invest in it, to know that what you're used to is just not working anymore. 

Take the brown leather tote I purchased last month.  It was more than I usually spend (which has always amounted to the best of the cheapest on the sale rack) but I loved it, and felt grand with it thrown over my shoulder.  The fun striped lining now gleams and glams up at me every time I open it to put something in. 

Could I go back to "Pleather"?  Only if I really LOVED it!

Tomorrow I leave for Istanbul.  The opportunity was given to me by my darling student, Ayca Yesim, who presented the offer twice.  In the fall, a trip to Turkey seemed far, far out of the realm of possibility.  When she invited me again in March, her question of, "Why don't you come?", turned rhetorical. 

Why don't I come, indeed!  It's taken some planning, a small dose of courage, and a larger portion of throwing caution to the wind, but I'm leaving tomorrow! 

If I keep settling for what I've always had, that's  exactly what I'll keep getting.  And there is SO much more, different, and better in this world to experience, to explore, to enjoy! 

As Mame declares to Agnes in THE best line from Mame:

Agnes Gooch: "Live?"
Auntie Mame: "Yes! Live! Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!"

It's up to me to grab the biggest plate, tie a long linen napkin around my neck, and belly up to the banquet table!

Yes!
Live!
 


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