my eiffel tower lamp

i just want everyone to know that after searching high and low for several months, i finally found the lamp of my dreams: a table lamp shaped like the eiffel tower! i have never wanted anything so bad as this lamp. i went to 5 different targets. i searched everywhere on the internet. i went to lamps plus. i went to bed bath and beyond. i searched in antique shops...need i go on? out of sheer luck, i just happened to breeze past the lamp section at target again last weekend, and there happened to be 3 left that were put back out on the floor! thank you, God!!! ok...maybe i shouldn't be thanking God. i realize there are other more significant things in life that i should be thanking Him for, but i was really, really excited by this discovery.

i realize that for the average homosapien with a limited imagination, it sounds potentially tacky, but it really isn't. the lamp base is black wire formed in the shape of the eiffel tower, with a linen/cross hatch tapered lamp shade that tastefully coordinates with it (yes, i had to choose the lamp shade). every day that i come home to my wonderful little cubbyhole, i turn on this fabulous little beacon, and am fondly reminded of my first time in paris standing underneath this giant metallic monstrosity, gazing up at it in sheer awe. and the flippin' solicitors standing two feet away from me waving cheesy souvenirs while chanting "ni hao! ni hao!" i think that means "hello" in chinese. grrr. ok, maybe not all of it was a fond memory.

oh geez, it's time for bed. why am i blogging about this again?