No, I don’t mean settling in, or settling down. I mean settling FOR – as in, I’ve been looking for a perfect (fill in the blank), but I guess I’ll just settle for (insufficient substitute).
Like my water bottle.
For almost a month now, I’ve been on the look-out for a double-walled water bottle that I can keep in my purse (double-walled equals no condensation – yaya!). I’ve seen several wonderful options, all over $30 – mostly the aluminum or stainless steel variety. But I just couldn’t justify spending that much on a water bottle, right?
So I settled. For this bottle, found at Wal-Mart: 
Nice, right? It was only about $5, double-walled, and I added this pretty little paper to the inside, just for kicks. Peachy.
Until disaster struck. 
Note the contents of my purse: sopping wet cardigan, wet fan, and wet i-pod running thingy. The culprit? 
Flip-open straw. Opened in my purse, spilling all of my water into said purse. No condensation, of course. However, much worse results: 
No cardi to keep me warm at work, PLUS it’s stained red from this guy: 
Not good. Bad things happen when we settle for substitutions rather than the thing we know will ultimately satisfy us…(enter conviction).
Hmmm, maybe I’m supposed to learn something from this? *gulp*
camille loves phillip 
Posted by Stacey on August 31, 2011 at 9:18 pm
What a great lesson. I love all the photo documentation. Great blog post, friend! Way to go with your blogging! Keep a bloggin… 🙂 Love you!