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Mreader

Mreader

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I will tell you mine and it’s one that I repeat over and over again. Please tell me I’m not alone in this! If I’m on the hunt for something, I often end up with something that is 90% or even 95% of what I want instead of holding out for it to be 100% it. I just have no patience! For example, I wanted a 3 stone gypsy ring that had a decent weight to it, was in a specific price point, that was in yellow gold, and the stones were differently shaped. In other words not all three round. After looking for what seemed like forever, I ended up with an almost perfect ring, except that it’s rose gold. I actually really love it but I sometimes still look online to see if I can find that yellow one. :lol: Once I was looking for a particular type of band and ended up buying two bands because they were so close but not 100% what I was looking for. Often I do end up buying multiple things which defeats the purpose of the budget consciousness, which limits me ha ha ha. Please share your bad jewelry habits with me!
 
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That I rarely clean my jewellery.

cheers--Sharon
 
@Mreader I agree with everything you do because I do the same. I have multiples of almosts. That’s what I call them. I’ve wasted more money on almosts. Now I really TRY to think things through and TRY to wait until I’m pretty sure I will be happy with it.
 
I get on too many tangents. Start looking at one thing then get an idea and start looking for that and so on. It gets to the point that I actually forget what I started looking for.

Also guilty of “just looking” we all know where that leads! If you don’t know what’s out there, you’re not tempted. Same with significant others I guess ;)2

I sometimes take naps with my rings on but when I got to sleep for the night, I do take them off. Shouldn’t sleep with them at all but there you go.
 
I tweak my own jewelry. I have altered almost everything I own in some tiny way.
I have accumulated a large amount of vintage/used jewelry from yard sales, estate sales, pawn shops etc.

Sometimes things just need a good polish, maybe some filing, maybe the prongs need adjusting. Sometimes the stones need straightening. I have pliers and know how to use them!

I guess I'm just not happy until I mess with something just a little bit!
 
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I will buy rings that don't fit my current finger size, and then not size them, so they just sit in the drawer, unworn. My size has been fluctuating a bit due to health issues, so I'm hesitating to size them now, and then have to do it again in a year.

I also buy stones I don't exactly have a plan for. I get annoyed at myself for tying up my bling funds with no plan.

Finally, I'm a magpie, but also trying to work within a budget. I need to learn to be more patient and focused about how I build my collection. I've only been collecting for a few years, but I've managed to waste a fair amount of money on small purchases I don't foresee being part of my collection for the long-term. Like you said, @Mreader and @MamaBee "almosts".
 
I'm bad about remembering to remove my rings for lotion. Especially since I constantly have to apply it. So I spend a decent amount of time having to clean them. Which for me means either setting up the ultrasonic or dragging out a brush and soap every week lol.

I'm also bad about taking things off to clean house. Except for when making beds and moving furniture or doing exercise. I absolutely take off for that. I also sleep in my things <<.>> I'm basically a horrible jewellery mom lmao.
 
I'm poor, and I spend a bit of my free time with you lot.
I can't help it, I just like ya. You all make me laugh and you lovingly feed my addiction vicariously with much care and attention. :lol:
I look at amazing jewelry and stones more than I should admit to.
And I dream and scheme for my next piece and lie to my little spinel box about how they'll be set. Soon. Shhhh, yes yes, soon. Knowing full well I'm soft BS-ing them something fierce because I wear a wedding stack. And that's it.
 
Impulse buys! I've found personally it's much easier to let go of the pieces I've bought on a whim if I need some extra funds, rather than my planned and very thought out purchases that I can't imagine to part with. It's a very bad habit and an unnecessary loss of funds. I'm therefore on ban island lol.

I also have a problematic tendency to up my budget. During some of my searches I start thinking if I'm already spending x amount, might as well add extra $ for one thats "better". Not the most disciplined way of doing things but if I can afford it, sometimes it might actually be more beneficial as I can potentially avoid returns, disappointments and "half wants". But being able to afford it is still key, I would never go for something way out of budget and can't afford at all.
 
My bad jewelry habit is that I more or less stopped wearing jewelry since the pandemic began, because of how little we went anywhere. I tend to prefer to wear my jewelry when going out, not when staying home. I usually can't be bothered to wear it around the house.

So I pretty much stopped buying jewelry as well. Why buy it if I'm not wearing it?
 
I take my jewelry off and leave it lying everywhere!!! Such a bad habit! Even if I take jewelry off in my bedroom, I leave it lying on top of the jewelry box.. not in it lol
 
Star gazer said:
I take my jewelry off and leave it lying everywhere!!! Such a bad habit! Even if I take jewelry off in my bedroom, I leave it lying on top of the jewelry box.. not in it lol
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oh dear, you too :(2

but ive started to try to remember to at least leave it inisde the china cabine twhen i get home because its right by the front door
 
Not cleaning my jewellery often enough and impulse buying.

Going to Tucson in Jan/Feb 2023 is probably not a good idea!

DK :))
 
Continuing to buy more jewelry when I never actually change what I wear? I've worn the same (non-blingy) ring for the last six years, and two years ago, I replaced the white gold hoop earring that I had since I was in university with ... a pair of white gold huggies.
 
I used to roll up my jewelry in kleenex and tuck them in the pockets of purses. Then, after I'm pretty sure throwing out a pair of yellow gold huggies, I decided to improve on that habit and started putting my jewelry in little pouches instead of kleenex. However most of those pouches are black and just "disappear." A recent scare about losing my diamond studs has hopefully broken me of that! I couldn't find the earrings for over three weeks. Fortunately they did turn up -- in a spot I (a) don't remember putting them in at all, and (b) that I had been in and out of at least once a day since the earrings went MIA and I never saw them. I ordered a six pack of hot pink 4" x 4" x 2" jewelry cases and I promise to only use those if I am moving things around, like from my condo to TR's, or putting things in my purse "for later."
 
1. I rarely clean my jewelry
2. I rarely wear my jewelry

But make no mistake, I love and enjoy my jewelry :)
 
I sleep in my rings. *horrors* 2DDA41E4-ABA0-46AA-A3C5-0BE785EA9048.gif But if I didn’t, I couldn’t get them on over my old, arthritic knuckles for work the next morning. And yes, they spin all day long so they are sized correctly.307803F9-6DBE-43CD-942B-142D035CBA23.gif
I also find RHR’s very uncomfortable, and yet, I still buy them. :lol:
 
For me it's zeroing in on a favourite piece and ignoring all the rest. I'll have that one pendant in particular that I love and I'll wear nothing else but it. I'll choose a couple of rings and wear only them. My other jewellery sits in a box because wearing it means I'm not wearing my favourites and I want to wear my favourites 100% of the time! :lol: My best friend calls it criminal to have so many beautiful pieces and never wear them and I've been trying to break the habit but with very minor success.
 
secretagentlaura said:
Continuing to buy more jewelry when I never actually change what I wear? I've worn the same (non-blingy) ring for the last six years, and two years ago, I replaced the white gold hoop earring that I had since I was in university with ... a pair of white gold huggies.
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That’s a good one! And also quite common I bet.
 
Slickk said:
I sleep in my rings. *horrors* 2DDA41E4-ABA0-46AA-A3C5-0BE785EA9048.gif But if I didn’t, I couldn’t get them on over my old, arthritic knuckles for work the next morning. And yes, they spin all day long so they are sized correctly.307803F9-6DBE-43CD-942B-142D035CBA23.gif
I also find RHR’s very uncomfortable, and yet, I still buy them. :lol:
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I relate to the rhr thing! I far prefer wearing on my left hand only but force myself to have something on the right bc I have a lot of rings.
 
Star gazer said:
I take my jewelry off and leave it lying everywhere!!! Such a bad habit! Even if I take jewelry off in my bedroom, I leave it lying on top of the jewelry box.. not in it lol
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My mom did this. She did lose stuff sometimes and I think that habit contributed :naughty:
 
Slickk said:
I sleep in my rings. *horrors* 2DDA41E4-ABA0-46AA-A3C5-0BE785EA9048.gif But if I didn’t, I couldn’t get them on over my old, arthritic knuckles for work the next morning. And yes, they spin all day long so they are sized correctly.307803F9-6DBE-43CD-942B-142D035CBA23.gif
I also find RHR’s very uncomfortable, and yet, I still buy them. :lol:
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You wear your 3 carat to bed? Does your husband wake up with scratches.??? :lol:
 
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