A gnarly tale of financial priorities. I damaged a wisdom tooth and passed on several opportunities to have it taken out, mostly because at one point, a former dentist suggested that I needed a specialist ($$$$$$$) to take it out. I mean fuck that I thought when I got an estimate, which could cover the purchase of two luxury bags. The tooth didn’t hurt at all so I waited until it loosened to a point where I could actually pull it out. I thought for minute that maybe I needed to see my current dentist to take it out just in case there was a complication, because you never know. But again, I thought it would be embarrassing that a well-dressed adult man, who could well afford a $300+ extraction, would let it go this far. But I was already at that point- I could feel the tooth with my tongue dangling by the thinnest of whatever it was that was holding it in place. It seemed stupid going to the dentist now and forking out $300. The dentist would probably laugh at the easiest money she ever made. So I pulled it, slight twinge of pain, a bit of bleeding, and with a small torch, saw with relief that the clot was already there. It closed up overnight and I didn’t even need to eat soup for dinner. See? Saved some money there.

I’m not the most DIY orientated of people which I blame on my upbringing and a culture where for a reasonable fee, you can get things done for you. But shelling out $80 to get a chain taken out of a bracelet, or to change a broken clasp??? And I almost did, except that that person who did the repairing was away sick. So it took a full week before I came to my senses and watched enough YouTube videos to realise that with some tools, I could shorten the jewellery myself and fix the broken clasp myself and not be a totally useless person.

I think we’re in for the kind of winter that’s not good for dressing up- WET and cold.