I got a new wallet for myself.
It wasn't a spur of moment thing.
On the contrary I had been wanting to change my wallet for a while.
Not because I don't like it anymore but because the time has come for a radical change of the day to day.
This wallet holds a great deal of memories to me.
It's been over two years, almost three, since this pastel blue wallet was gifted to me. A blessing this wallet has been. Not only has it seen me through a house move, it has also seen me through several rounds of travel in the region, from Thailand to Malaysia to Korea to Vietnam to Hong Kong. It's funny how I never thought about it much but I can't remember the number of times I stuffed this wallet inside my handbag and brought it all around Bangkok, and Busan and Seoul and Melaka. I also brought it around Saigon.
More than just the good times, this wallet too has seen me through two, almost three challenging years. For much of this long season, once a week I would put the wallet aside and transfer cards and money to another purse. I've since stopped. Too troublesome. So I just place my wallet in my bag, and leave it there.
Interestingly enough, feeling it through the thin fabric of my black tote bag has brought some sort of comfort to me during those short few hours.
But the wallet now has become a little faded and its insides torn.
By right it should not be an issue using it.
But for some reason- maybe I wanted to change the financial fengshui- so I decided to shop around for a new one.
I knew what kind of wallet I didn't want.
I knew what kind of wallet I hoped to get.
So I went around the places I thought I might be able to find.
And I got it.
At Turtle in Chinatown.
Say hello to Tuxedo Meowwww my new wallet.
I got her for the pictures.
Needed them for a spark of cheer, that's why.
I've been using her for a few weeks now and thankfully she's pretty good.
A bit slimmer than the other pastel blue one, and her pockets are a bit tighter (I have had to adjust the cards a little) but she has the coins area, the notes area, the part where I can see my bunny card, she has a neat structure, pleasant to look at, and whilst quirky and whimsical, color-wise, from a distance at least, is mature to the eye.