To really get this, you have to understand a little about me. Growing up, my best jewelry was really a pretty necklace with cute glass beads and some $6 CZ studs. Between my family's upper-lower class to lower-middle class social standings with money, and my jobless ingoramous spending of my mothers hard-earned cash, I was never able to afford pretty things that alot of girls at my school had. But I've always dreamed and would pretend with my sister that I was some classy broad who could wear the couture evening gowns and the pearl strand necklaces.
Now that I am older, my social standing still hasn't changed much, but I'm much more responsible about cash than my stepdad was and my mom is. I know that if you can save for your dreams and future, you can indulge.
But I have some very refined tastes. And these tastes, at least in jewelry, tend to be on the expensive side. I can find cute cheap clothes and the such, but I have a passion for pearls, diamonds, amethyst, topaz and saphires.
2006-12-09 10:07:30 · 3 answers · asked by Shel K 3 in Beauty & Style ➔ Fashion & Accessories
Sometimes, these tastes can be satisfied under $100, but with somethings, like metals (I hate yellow gold, but love polished silver, rose and white gold, and if I can afford it, platinum) pearls and diamonds, they can range to thousands of dollars.
Is this a bad thing? If I could find the perfect diamond for $75, but the trashiest amethyst for $7,500, I would take the diamond.
I don't care if it's in-vouge or not. But my friends of the same standing give me weird looks when I glance lovingly at a $3,000 wedding set (not including the grooms wedding bad) and they are happy with a single $200 wedding band set.
2006-12-09 10:12:52 · update #1
Thank you for my newest answer! But the reason that I am so partial to actual diamonds over CZ is because diamond is the hardest substance on Earth and well, I want to be able to pass my jewelry on to my daughters as well.
2006-12-17 08:25:28 · update #2
You sound like me. I can pick the most expensive thing out of a magazine without ever seeing the price. Some people are tortured like that! There are a lot of ways to look great without spending a lot too though. Try some nice quality lower end jewelry. In my opinion, polished silver can look as good as white gold or even platinum. Diamonds, rubies, emeralds... etc can be just as nice with colored cubic zirconias and crystals. There are a ton of sites like http://www.abramsjewelry.com that sell the stuff online and cheap too. Good luck and don't let the external decorations define the person you are!
2006-12-17 08:00:25 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you are on a budget, I'd suggest only buying one piece at a time and waiting until your credit card bill is paid off before buying another. I'd also suggest going for classic pieces that you can treasure forever and will never go out of style. For instance, a strand of pearls, diamond studs, white gold hoop earrings, bangles and something with your birthstone. From there you can collect more unusual pieces. Have fun!
2006-12-09 19:43:41 · answer #2 · answered by beatnikhipchick 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't comment it as a bad habit. Everyone has his/her own obsession with things. My obsession is designer handbags, and not much differ from yours, the price and goes from the range of a couple of hundreds dollars to thousands of dollars. I guess all women tend to have an expensive taste, in anything that they'd prefered. But I wouldn't suggest you to go ga-ga over jewelry, and set a self limit on the things you want to have and keep.
2006-12-09 18:24:40 · answer #3 · answered by Ms_♥ 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋