Thursday, 7 November 2013

My secret love

When people stereotypically think of women and the things they like to buy, shoes and handbags probably come at the top of the list. Who doesn't want shoes and a handbag to match their outfit? To be honest I'm no different, I also love shoes and handbags, although my current handbag is Caleb's changing bag. Its just too much effort to cart around a handbag and a changing bag so it doubles as both. But the main accessory that I love to shop for is watches. I blame my sister Laura for this. Growing up she always loved watches and it rubbed off on me. I don't have nearly as many as I would like and I often see ones that I want to buy but being as though I'm not working and we're living on Seth's money, I exercise some restraint!


I especially love Fossil watches! I think they're having a bit of a drought at the moment though because for about three months now when I've gone into the store, I haven't seen any that I like or that fit me. I have pretty small wrists and so some of the watches with the huge faces really don't work for me. Or there's just a lot of bling on them and I really don't like that either! I think I have probably bought most of my watches at outlets when we've been on holiday in the States. What I also love about having these watches is that for the most part, I remember where I have bought all of them and there is some sort of memory that goes along with them too.

 I have one other watch but I couldn't find it at the time of taking this photo. 

For example, the third one in from the left was the first fossil watch I bought. I think I bought this one at an outlet in Vegas, although Laura could probably correct me on that. The black and turquoise one in the middle, I bought in San Diego. This was when Laura and I went on a sisters holiday the summer before Seth and I go married. we were at an outlet when I bought it and I wasn't sure if I wanted it or not but decided to keep it anyway as I knew I would probably regret it if I didn't buy it. I have actually worn it loads so it's a good job I bought it after all! Laura bought the two silver ones for me in the Christmases of 2007 and 2012. See? She really feeds my love of watches!

Because I always wear a watch it has resulted in me having a permanent tan line on my wrist. And I mean permanent, it's even there in the winter, although obviously it fades a bit. It's not really a problem to be honest because there is always a watch that covers it. There was only one time when it was a problem and that was on my wedding day. A watch just didn't really look right with the whole bride look (at least, none of the watches I had would have looked right. I missed a trick there, I should have just gone and bought a new watch!). I got married in July and so the tan line was pretty crazy! I had to make a bracelet that was big enough to cover it.

So there we have it, my name is Kirsty and I am a little bit of a watch addict.

9 comments:

  1. I also love Fossil Watches. I finally parted with my first one last year when it dropped to bits. Although I LOVE my new one :)

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  2. We always had so much fun on our holidays . Fossil watches bring back all those wonderful memories xx

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  3. Oh I used to love watches. I have a couple fossil watches and LOVE them. But I'm such a plain Jane. I don't wear jewelry except for my wedding ring and occasionally earrings. I don't know I've stopped wearing accessories?!

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    1. I have too since Caleb was born, it's pretty much just the watch ant my engagement and wedding ring. I can't even remember the last time I wore a necklace or earrings!

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  4. I used to LOVE watches-Definitely not as much as you though! Lol little story-I bought a way cute Guess watch and about a month later a friend asked me what the time was. I apologized because I didn't have my phone so I had no clue. He said uhh your watch. Oh yeah! So I look at my watch, and realize I never even set the time in the first place and obviously had not used it as a watch otherwise I would have realized! Yes, that watch was purely an accessory!!

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    1. Tearsa, I can totally identify with this - the other sunday I wore a watch to church because it went with my outfit. The battery in it had died ages ago and I hadn't replaced it yet. How's that for vanity?! :)

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  5. I think I could take the same pic of all my husbands fossils (and I have three as well... we got each other one for our 1st wedding anniversary and I got him one for his wedding gift! ) love them.

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    1. Aaah, a fellow fossil fan! They really are the best aren't they?! And what a fantastic first anniversary present, that's a great idea!

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