So, as I probably could have predicted, I lamed out on the post-election party. Well, I walked in and walked out. My buddy went home to change, and I just could not deal with a room full of people I don't know. Ah well.

When I take this ring and the garnet one off for the pool, it feels weird. I think my neuroticism about having the garnet in the shop was well documented here.

ita, your garnet ring sounds gorgeous. I love garnets. I have a garnet necklace that I bought in Florence that I love.

I don't like most smelly candles, but I do like Pacifica candles. Mmm. Burning Zanzibar Cinnamon Almond right now. My fave is their Mexican Chocolate.

I have a hematite ring as a toe ring and am shocked it hasn't broken yet. And I've been wearing it for years. Seven of them, in fact.

I don't really wear jewelry-- I wear scarves and a of of other color, and I think jewelry might be Too Much. ANd I tend to like cheap jewelry-- sterling silver, onyx, marcasite and rhinestones. I do still miss my grandma's onyx ring, which actually was torn off my finger when I worked in a grocery store and was dumping a giant barrel of returned pop cans into an even more giant container. And then it was in a giant container of pop cans, never to be found.

My fave is their Mexican Chocolate.

Ummm. I don't think I could deal with that. My sister gave me a pumpkin pie or somesuch candle a few years ago, and it took me weeks to figure out why I was so hungry all the time.

I wear earrings, always. And my rings and a watch. I have a ton of necklaces I don't wear, but wish I would but that requires more thought than I am able to put together. Besides, I'm weird about stuff resting on my neck (I can't wear normal tshirts, and turtlenecks are a necessary evil only when it is bloody cold), so it can be really irritating sometimes.

I have a ton of garnet jewelry, as befits a January baby. One of my favourites that I don't wear much is a garnet cord. It's just a long strand of small garnet beads, 60+ inches long, with antiqued silver (there might be a trend here) spacers. Doesn't fasten or anything. I just loop it around and pay attention to it all night.

In fact, I think most of my garnet jewelry is with antiqued silver, now that I think about it. I'm boring and/or easy to shop for.

Another black stone I like, that my mother introduced me to when I told her "black and silver jewelry for Christmas, please" was marcasite. I don't usually do the faceted stuff, but I love the really tiny light effects this stone has. It almost looks like super-antiqued silver in some settings. She got me some lovely stuff. She has a really good eye. My sister and I tend to fight Christmas mornings over who gets what.

See, I always have either a turtleneck or a scarf, no matter how hot the weather. I have no first chin and a large second chin. This makes necklaces impractical.

I wear necklaces probably a couple or three days a week. Never earrings, very occasionally rings and bracelets. If I had more rings I like I'd probably wear them more, but right now I've got my mom's engagement ring (white gold with a sapphire and a diamond) and some cheapy glass ones from World Market or somewhere.