Day 43 - Buy a Piece of Jewelry from Tiffany's

Date: February 18th, 2010

I'm not generally a super fancy person.  Give me clothes that fit, a roof and a DVR and I'm a happy camper.  That doesn't mean I would turn down a nice night out on the town or a fine bottle of wine.  For the record, I would not turn those things down.  But... elegance was never really a forte of mine.  You know what, let's not kid ourselves here.  I wouldn't know elegance if it bit me in the... *ahem*... moving on.

By way of illustration, I offer the following.

Quizmaster: "Kristen.  Please indicate whether picture A or picture B is the more classically elegant choice of attire".

 

Dress A

Dress B

Kristen: "I just don't know!  Stop pressuring me."

It is clear to even those blindest of people among us, however, that certain things qualify as classically elegant.  Perhaps noticing a complete lack of such things in my life, no fewer than five of my friends helpfully recommended that I buy a piece of Tiffany jewelry when I asked for project suggestions.  Now, I love you all and no part of me would ever want to discourage further assistance in this massive undertaking... but... seriously?

I searched their online store in the price range I wanted for about a half hour while watching the Olympics at my parent's house.  I am, apparently, physically resistant to elegance in all its forms.  Also, there was a dog laying on me while I did it.  A boy dog.  Take that, concept of being ladylike.  Showed you.

I found a lovely necklace that I decided to have engraved with my initials because, if you're me, how often do you buy Tiffany jewelry?  So far, once every 25 years.  I really like it a lot.  Honestly, I have no idea if it passes for elegant or not.  You know that old saying - I may not know art, but I know what I like?

 

Well... I know what I like.