Dana Marshall
I am not a regular jewelry shopper because I only wear ultra high end, custom made pieces and therefore my collection is very small and very expensive. Luckily I have a extremely generous mom who buys me one special piece a year and each has been either custom made and designed for me personally so I admit I am a total snob when I am judging what pieces to consider purchasing. I don’t even bother buying at high end stores anymore because I have found that I am extremely difficult to please and I prefer to have a few very special items in my collection rather than a bunch of jewelry that will go out of style,look too mainstream and or see it worn on another person. I consider myself to have exceptional taste when it comes to jewelry but, no amount of glitz and sparkle will ever make me buy something that isn’t classic and timeless. That being said, I couldn’t believe I did this, but I accidentally lost my grandmothers Italian, herringbone necklace when I moved and my mother has been hounding me about it. She asks me why I don’t wear it anymore and says I should be wearing it too enjoy it. So I have been lying through my teeth to her saying that I had the clasp break and needed it repaired. This worked for 2 occasions now I am visiting her on Friday for her birthday lunch and she basically said if I don’t wear it then she will think I lost it. So I have been frantically looking for it and ripping apart my house to see if I could locate it. After I spent two days going through everything I own, I decided to screw it and buy a replacement piece that I could pass off. Good news is that she has poor eyesight and probably wouldn’t notice any slight variations. So I went to my husband and said I needed to make a large purchase this week and he was furious because we are on a tight budget with the move and we can’t afford to buy expensive things. I went to Amazon, and decided to see if I could find something similar. After exhausting myself trying to get a deal I decided to compile all my unused Amazon gift cards. Yes, I did purchase 10 different necklaces because I couldn’t remember exactly what the darn thing looked like. But out of the ten I found the most beautiful, herringbone chain (gold plated) and bought it yesterday. I am shocked it 1. Lays on my neck beautifully 2. My super sensitive skin has had no redness or itchiness or pain 3. It looks very expensive like $250 and the piece is well made meaning it has a design that doesn’t kink up easily (lots of other chains especially herringbone seem to bend or kink if not gently handled) 4. The clasp is elegant and strong 5. It fooled my mom completely and although I felt terrible being so sneaky I was really glad I didn’t have to tell her the truth. She has a Irish temper and it’s not fun being the target of that!
