what do you see when you turn out the light?

An odd day...

For the past 942 days (yes, I checked my calendar) I've been wearing a yellow ribbon given to me by my friend's mum in Rio, Brazil. It's a Bahia wish bracelet - more info here

I was telling my friend Chris about my bracelet in the pub on Friday...how I'd made three wishes and how one of the knots had come undone just as one of the wishes actually became true; how it has been so worn out recently, it has been looking pretty skanky on my wrist and looks more like a piece of string than a once pretty and colourful ribbon. But how I love it cos it brings back all these memories of that Summer in South America and also carries the hope of the other two wishes coming true.

I spotted this strange looking rope/piece of straw on my floor this morning and ignored it for a while. It wasn't until later on that I had a better look at it. Imagine my surprise/horror when I saw that it was my Bahia bracelet! The belief is that once the bracelet falls off, your three wishes come true. I suppose I am fairly superstitious about a few things, but the main thing that's upset me is, that after 942 days, I'm gonna miss seeing it on my wrist :(