*laughs*
Yes, Australia has the same view of accountants! I thought they were drop dead boring too... that is until I became friends with a 40-something year old woman named Lyn. Lyn is a large woman with loves gothic stores and has a wardrobe to die for, including cream wedding shoes that she bought for $15 because they were discoloured (she then went and died to a plum colour and wears them to church) and a GORGEOUS full length velvet cape with a silver clasp. I see her every Sunday before church sitting out in the cafe area doing one of her many craft activities. (It's usually embroidery but she has about 40 things on the go which she is constantly rotating: her latest skill extends to porcelain dolls!) Every Saturday night she paints her nails to match tomorrows outfit, so she always matches, and by matching I mean shoes, skirt, top, bag, nails, earrings, and most often the sort of hat one wears to a wedding or the races, all in the same colour, or possibly in two matching colours! All this is finished with a pair of bright pink leopard print librarian's half-glasses for needlework. She also has a bit of a passion for fake fur, and has a nice collection of hats, stoles, capes etc. Now, as if it were not enough of a conundrum that such a zany dresser with a heavily gothic son could bring herself to embroider, lo and behold if one day I didn't ask what she does for a living and she says she's an accountant! Apparently she gets her kicks out of changing people's prejudices!
I haven't done her justice... you just have to see her wearing pink nail polish with a green shimmer in the exact shade of a bold green full length crushed velvet skirt, a bright pink top, matching ring and earrings and a green hat with a shimmer of pink to know that this is one cool lady!
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