Hanging by

Since I’m on the brink of academic collapse, disappointing myself and knowing I’m going to disappoint my parents, half-despairing and half-given up, surrounded by ‘friends’ who offer frank disapproval and little comfort, receiving empty words of reassurance from people who know me less, knowing that even if I work my ass off next semester it will mean nothing if I get below a 2.0 this semester, I decided to take a walk.

And wound up at my favorite tiny shop in the world.

I am not the sort of girl that does comfort shopping. As a matter of fact, I don’t much like shopping, period. But when confronted by a tiny whitewashed shop with a door that doesn’t close by itself and clean shelves full of the nature-y things I love so and– a window full of glass ornaments marked “30% off all ornaments” because the winter holidays are over?

…Yes.