Let's Talk Jewelry

These days, aside from your precious stones (gems and diamonds), there is very little that is "real." This is not to say we're wearing costume jewelry, but we are wearing more disposable trends. These styles are made from lesser quality metals, follow trends of the season, and rarely remain in your taste palette for longer than a year. For this reason, don't feel bad about buying jewelry that may tarnish or break easily.

Forever21, Target, and many other "bargain" stores offer a good variety of this type of jewelry for less that $10 a piece that you might just find to fit your fancy. I recently purchased this.

It incorporates my random recent obsession with bird and flower charms, fondness for anything with layers of "dangling" things, and a move from preferring silver to gold. I'm noticing a lot of layered jewelry including mixed colors and textures, varying between metals and even pearls.
I'm a big fan of the vintage look of the jewelry I'm seeing in stores lately. What do they go with? Anything, really. You don't have to feel like these necklaces will only go with a ruffled, empire-waisted blouse and skirt. Pair it with pearl stud earrings, a feminine t-shirt, and jeans. It's all about balance. Just beware of wearing a statement necklace like this with a pair of dramatic earrings or a neckline that speaks for itself.

She's Alive!!!

After my last entry, I came down with a pretty bad cold/flu. I wasn't able to prevent it from coming on, but I'd like to think this is the quickest progression of symptoms I've experienced, and it just may have been my 4-pronged approach. Check it out.

My first line of defense was continued and high dosages of Vitamin C. If you see my last post, I vouch very strongly for Emergen-C. I took at least 2 shots of that every day.

Then, I took a day off of work to get some good old sleep. I've learned that fighting it off and just going about your day isn't always the best medicine. Sleep does wonders, and you may just need a day to let your body recoup. So I slept about 16 hours that second day. :)

Second, I was RELIGIOUS about taking my meds. I'm notorious for NOT taking meds, so I made it a point to take both nighttime and daytime meds as directed. Then... there's this...
Yes. It's a neti pot. And please, don't get me wrong. I do not LIKE this. I don't. But, gosh darn it, it works. Basically, your sinuses and nasal passages are all connected. When you're congested or have post nasal drip, there's bacteria backed up in there. The neti pot is used to flush it all out. You use a saline solution, put the spout in one nostril, and it flushes through and comes out the other nostril. Gross. I know. But, gosh darn it, it works. Today, I woke up with NO CONGESTION after 2 days of not being able to breathe. I'm still a little congested (standing up really brings that congestion back), but I swear I never expected it to subside so quickly.