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Come to think of it, so was the baby ...
.... and they're not kidding about how the little dears can eat up all your spare time, 'cause it's been 18 months and change! I had almost forgotten about this piece until I started sifting stuff for sale and thought, "Too bad I can't take handshots since I bought it small thinking it could be resized." But then, a) my husband wandered by and said, "You're not thinking of selling THAT, are you?!?" looking so aghast I was taken aback ... this is, after all, the guy who can't tell my original e-ring and my anniversary ring apart and has to ask me which one I'm wearing on any given day. And, b) then I tried it on, and, seriously, even if he cheated on our weight-loss bet, getting on that diet a month-and-a-half ago has been the Best Jewelry-Related Decision ever, because ... the tiny tiny ring that I'd lost all hope of ever being able to wear finally fits properly!
WOOHOO! So I finally had a photoshoot.
I bought the ring a week or two before the baby was due thinking it could be sized: due to the channel-set French-cut sapphire melee, that wasn't an option, so it sat forlornly in the back of the jewelry box FOR A YEAR AND A HALF except for one earlier photoshoot on a cold winter day when I jammed it on my finger and then couldn't get it off again until I did the thing with the floss. (No fun, btw. Avoid if possible.) So, my PSA: if you're thinking of buying jewelry while preggers, get it AT the size you're at then, and size it down if need be. DO NOT buy smaller pieces and hope they fit eventually, because while maybe they might ... maybe they won't, and then you're in that awkward spot of wondering what to do with them. Think of me and my 18-month sapphire-drought as leading by example, and just get, say ... earrings.
On the other hand, now it's Christmas in July (or a baby bling present 18 1/2 months later). PICS!
.... and they're not kidding about how the little dears can eat up all your spare time, 'cause it's been 18 months and change! I had almost forgotten about this piece until I started sifting stuff for sale and thought, "Too bad I can't take handshots since I bought it small thinking it could be resized." But then, a) my husband wandered by and said, "You're not thinking of selling THAT, are you?!?" looking so aghast I was taken aback ... this is, after all, the guy who can't tell my original e-ring and my anniversary ring apart and has to ask me which one I'm wearing on any given day. And, b) then I tried it on, and, seriously, even if he cheated on our weight-loss bet, getting on that diet a month-and-a-half ago has been the Best Jewelry-Related Decision ever, because ... the tiny tiny ring that I'd lost all hope of ever being able to wear finally fits properly!
WOOHOO! So I finally had a photoshoot.
I bought the ring a week or two before the baby was due thinking it could be sized: due to the channel-set French-cut sapphire melee, that wasn't an option, so it sat forlornly in the back of the jewelry box FOR A YEAR AND A HALF except for one earlier photoshoot on a cold winter day when I jammed it on my finger and then couldn't get it off again until I did the thing with the floss. (No fun, btw. Avoid if possible.) So, my PSA: if you're thinking of buying jewelry while preggers, get it AT the size you're at then, and size it down if need be. DO NOT buy smaller pieces and hope they fit eventually, because while maybe they might ... maybe they won't, and then you're in that awkward spot of wondering what to do with them. Think of me and my 18-month sapphire-drought as leading by example, and just get, say ... earrings.
On the other hand, now it's Christmas in July (or a baby bling present 18 1/2 months later). PICS!
I will say, it makes me that much more determined to pare down my collection. Sentiment and practicality have to make friends sooner or later, and I love rotating all of the pieces that MEAN something to me AND that I find aesthetically pleasing right now AND that fit my lifestyle ... but the ones that, for one reason or another, I feel guilty about keeping and never wearing? Those guys I need to rehome so I can enjoy these without feeling like a character out of "The Lorax" .....
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