I’m one of the most minimal people y’all will ever know. About the only constant piece of jewelry I wear is my wedding band. But like a magpie, I do love, and I mean love to own bling. And mostly the fashion stuff. Who doesn’t love a huge neon pink rock on their finger, right?
That’s why the Ring Pop lollipop is so popular, my friends.
Anyway, like all women I have my favorite jewelry lines. Depending on the occasion my taste in bling changes. If I have a formal to attend (and those may be in my near future again, much to my feet’s chagrin), I tend to pick very bold pieces. If I’m going to a tea, I favor more whimsical items like flowers. If I’m going to lunch with Hubby, then I opt for just earrings. Even if the occasion is cleaning the bathroom, I do wear something blingy, like a tiara. Don’t judge me.
A few weeks ago, I was shopping for upcoming birthdays and decided to get my nieces some pretty fantasy jewelry. They loved my dragonfly necklace and I thought it would be nice to get them similar necklaces. Kirks Folly™ is my favorite jewelry for whimsy. So I go to their website…. and there is a “Thank You” posted to all their customers for a great 35 years. Undeterred, I go to QVC, and find it GONE!! As if this wasn’t bad enough, my favorite jewelry company, Lia Sophia™, declared bankruptcy a few months back! I’m in a total panic now. I do a search for Nolan Miller’s line, and….. gone. Kenneth Jay Lane? Discontinued. And with the passing of Joan Rivers, I worry that her line will also go the way of the dodo. I love her bee pins, and I am angling for her grape cluster pin before they discontinue it.
Now I have to go shop around for whimsy. Again. Which is fine since shopping is one of my gifts.
I just hope that Lolita™ never, ever retires.
February 26th, 2015 at 4:58 PM
Aww, that sucks LC. I like jewelry but because I’m allergic to anything not silver, gold, or platinum, I just look and not buy.
February 26th, 2015 at 8:05 PM
Hubby wishes I had the same allergy, Beasn 😀
February 26th, 2015 at 6:22 PM
That is a great necklace. I like to look, sometimes acquire but i often forget to put it on before i leave the house. In my defense it is usually quite early in the morning and i’m only going to work. I have to admit that when i clean the bathroom i don’t wear any bling (hides face in shame)
February 26th, 2015 at 8:06 PM
Hey, if it makes me feel better cleaning toilets, I will wear bling 😀
February 26th, 2015 at 7:26 PM
That is great bling. I have a fair piece of bling that never gets worn. Same reasons as bbuddha. I forget, it’s early and I’m only going to work. I have made some progress lately since I moved the jewelry boxes into the room I actually get dressed in in the mornings, but more often than not, it all goes unworn. I need to be wearing it to clean things. But that would require cleaning things…
February 26th, 2015 at 8:07 PM
It’s a Catch 22 😀
February 26th, 2015 at 9:39 PM
You need to get a frog to go with the dragonfly.
February 27th, 2015 at 10:11 AM
It was the first thing I thought to get when I bought that necklace 😀
February 28th, 2015 at 8:25 PM
GMTA. 😀
February 26th, 2015 at 11:45 PM
There was a tiara at WDW at Swarovski that I really needed, but I opted to come home and get online…no longer in the catalog!!!! I need to design my own Disney tiara!
February 27th, 2015 at 10:11 AM
You do!! It’s a moral imperative!!