The Perfect Lady Next Door

By Jossy Grishan

There is this woman who lives next door from me. I see her everyday, and I can definitely say that she makes me feel very inferior about myself. She isn't mean to me, or does anything offensive at all. I guess it's just that my complex attitude very much comes out every time I see her. Although she is a single mother, raising 2 kids, I can say that she has accomplished a lot in her life already. There was this one time when she invited me to her house and I would be in awe of how clean and cozy her house is compared to mine! I also babysat for her kids and I must say, they are a wonderful, disciplined bunch. I love taking care of them very much. On top of that, she has a very lucrative job in the Public Relations Company. What else can she ask for! She has everything in her life that she will ever need!

But if we talk about me, I am the total opposite of her. My life is such a mess. I must say that I have tried every thing, but I definitely am not even in the same wavelength as her. When I see her all spruced up for work, I must say I do feel very jealous of how beautiful she looks in her work clothes. As weird as it is for me to say, but I actually stand next to my window every single day, waiting for her to come out of the door, just to see what she would be wearing. And every day, every single day, she just keeps looking better. Her shoes, her clothes, her hair style and most especially her wonderful accessories and handbags compliment her outfit and work so wonderfully together. And yet, she still has duties of being a mother and taking care of her kids, not just herself. I ask myself at times, how can she be so perfect in every thing she does? And here I am, just not even close to being that perfect.

I especially get envious every time I see her accessories, and yes her expensive, designer handbags! For me to even get those, it would take me 2 pay checks to even get the cheapest one from that collection. She knows how to carry herself, her outfits fit her very, very well. Being up to date with the new trends is her thing as well. Once you see it in magazines such as Vogue or Cosmo, I bet you 100%, she probably has that on her closet already. I am totally not even like that. It takes me forever to even find a nice outfit, and I can't even afford to shop at those expensive boutiques anyways.

One day, I tried going to this expensive handbag store where I tried to buy this purse that she had one day. Once again, I'm just going to say it, I am definitely imitating her fashion sense. When I went in to get it, I was dumbfounded at how much it actually cost - 3 grand! Can you believe that?! My heart almost sank, and also my wallet. But never the less, I still bought it. I had to make adjustments on my finances just because I got that handbag. it old myself, this will never happen again. When I looked at myself in the mirror with the handbag, I still did not even look like her. Not even close. With all this curiosity that has taken over me, I knew there was only one solution. That is to approach this lady and finally talk to her about this.

I finally decided that I was going to talk to her. Going to her house was the best thing I ever did. She was very accommodating and had a very inviting smile. When I asked her how she got all her stuff, and ho he manages to still stay composed, she told me her secret is time management. "A really good organizational skill, " she said "that will take you places." She believes that if a person has this, he/she will find balance in his/her life. But the best answer I got from her was when she told me how she got all her designer handbags. She told me they were all replicas and were not real! I was so amazed, they did not look like that at all. So that's why she had so many of them.

Finally, with the brilliance and excellence the lady had, I understood the economy's working behind especially. For those, imitating which I burned holes in my pocket. Now I was at peace with the fact that she was a reflection of perfection but was not actually it. - 29871

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