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.

Work party is tomorrow. They want us to dress up, but since I'm not going home to change and taking a cab back downtown, I don't know what I'm going to do. Walk around the party in my very unsexy snow boots, I guess?

before life with mac, I was in a phase of changing jewelry every 2-3 days and I loved coordinating necklaces and earrings and rings and sometimes broaches. Now it is all packed away because of the bugs. kinda can't wait to get it all back next fall and hopefully my life will be at a place where I can manage it again.

I almost always wear earrings, my "s" necklace, my 30th birthday ring, my dad's signet ring, an eternity ring, and a bracelet. The only thing I tend to vary is the earrings. sometimes a different bracelet.

I think I took something like 6 pairs of earrings with me to Nepal and Bhutan. And bought 3. Even if I was truly in the boonies for an extended period, I'd wear a pair, though possibly a small set with a closed loop to avoid loss.

I only sleep in the little second hoops that never come out, though. The main stuff, I don't sleep in, at least not on purpose.

I didn't wear earrings (other than the cartilage piercings) the whole time I was unemployed. I started again when I started work, but my ears were kinda sore, so I fell off again. I should have stuck to it, so they toughen up again. I've had some of these piercings for about 30 years. My ears were first pierced when I was much younger, but I let those close up.

Tomorrow I shall try to remember to wear earrings and a necklace. And the day after that I may try my corset. Git mah girl on.

ION, my apartment is a little messy. I just watched my cat stalk and pounce on a pair of underwear.

That ain't right.

Did your cat have to give chase? That's the scale you measure ain't right on.