A tale of two eyes

I've never thought much about my eyes. They're just, well, eyes. Two tiny dots in one's face. All I cared about was the colour, and early on, I settled on Alady's bluegray eyes. For some reason, I just liked the colour a lot... so I wore those for a very long time. I don't usually change my eyes, just like I don't usually change my skin, and I never change my shape. These are the three most constant things about my avi.
 
 

 
 
Then one day I wanted to save everything on my avatar as a separate outfit, so that if I ever shape-shift into a tiny or something, I could easily become Quaintly once again. That's when I discovered that the eyes were no-copy (grrr). So I dug around in inventory, found Aphrodite Creations' blue eyes (a previous group gift) and started wearing those.
 
Y'see, I've never bought any eyes because I have loads of freebie or dollarbie eyes, or eyes that I've received from designers as group gifts. Like I said, eyes aren't high priority to me, so it was like, "Oh look! Eyes!" and then they'd get shoved into the "Eyes" folder of my inventory, never to see the light of day again :P
 
 

 
 
But earlier this week, I got notice that Miriel Enfield is about to close her store, and remembered that London had said that Miriel eyes are the best ever. I thought, oh dear, I'd better go over and see what I've been missing, and grab those eyes before they're gone for good. If they're the best... well... I did not want to go around mourning the fact that I'd never gotten my grubby little hands on the best eyes in SL!
 
I tried on eyes after eyes after eyes and finally settled on the Pacific (standard size). I have to admit that I can see a difference, but who -- apart from Karl, perhaps -- is ever going to look at my eyes that closely? Even I don't look at my eyes that closely! (Usually I'm just looking at the back of my head...)
 
 

 
 
Oh and because I felt so pressured by all the SL fashionistas out there, I actually FITTED PRIM LASHES to take these close-up photos. Kill me now. Luckily I didn't actually have to go out and buy any... I'm a packrat and have kept every single dollarbie / freebie / group gift lash I've ever gotten since the very beginning of my SL. These are from Pixel Mode (hey, I was surprised, too!). They weren't too bad to fit... but I stared at them so much, they started to look like spiders to me. So be gentle if they don't fit quite properly *grins*