And she chose PINK, no less

Not sure why this picture looks so much like fun, but it does to me. The other day, Elizabeth broke her swim goggles, and headed out to Dick's Sporting Goods to buy a new pair. The nose piece had broken, and while she remembered having gotten several nose pieces with the swim goggles when she purchased them, she couldn't remember where those extras were located. One possibility was the rental unit, and frankly it wasn't worth driving oneself crazy trying to locate them. So, I came home from one of my walks to find the old broken pair on Ripley's Rug, and a note. She said rather than go to a local dive shop, or try Wal-Mart or Target, she figured she'd go where she had purchased the last pair.

I recalled our last cruise where we both went snorkeling, and of course wearing the "rental gear" that had more DNA inside the mask and mouthpiece than a downtown Detroit crime scene. I'm not a big fan of having my face in the water anyway, but I know how much she loves this. I'd been thinking of going and buying her a set of personal gear, having seen it for sale on the cruise ship. Buying anything on the cruise ship is like buying coffee and a roll at the airport. Dumb idea unless you have a desire to waste money, which I never choose. I was prepared to find something for her that she could pack for the next cruise, and when I got the note I called her cell phone and told her to look at snorkels. Elizabeth said "but it's not my birthday" but I told her "Look, every now and then I come up with a great idea, don't rain on my generosity parade, and use the Royal Caribbean credit card."

So she did, and found two packages - one in the $40 range, another in the $70 range. I learn later that there was also a $100 set, but "they weren't pink". I'm glad she got the better quality ones, and the neat part is that these have the smaller flippers - not the Longfellow models that really are unwieldy when swimming. Her new gear has a hinged flipper with a more solid foot piece. I was impressed, and she likes them enough to allow me to take this picture and send it to our children. They sure are pink..........