Glasses

Seated at the theatre, behind a woman, I judge to be in her 70’s.  She has a great head of white curly hair and has made a bold choice in her sundress and many ringed fingers.  She is with a friend and they chat.  I notice that she has, not one but two pairs of almost identical wire rimmed glasses stuck in her hair, on top of her head.  I am curious.  Has she put one there, forgetting that another is already there?  Why doesn’t her friend say something?  It seems forward to tap on her shoulder and ask.  And clearly no one around me is at all curious.  So, I mind my own business, but continue to watch.  Her friend points to something in the program, and woman-with-glasses reaches up for a pair and grabs  the more pinkish frame.  She brings them down and dons them.  Immediately she removes them, reaches up with her other hand, brings down the more purplish colored wire frames and with the other hand replaces the pinkish frames back in the bed of curly hair.  The purplish ones remain on her nose.  Obviously she has two pairs, because they are different strengths!