Day 60 - purple discs

Well, having said yesterday that I don't really wear pink a lot, here we find some more pink. Although actually I maintain that these are more purple than pink and therefore completely Kim-kosher.

Another diamond formation, this pair, though in a 1-2-2-2-1 arrangement since the elements are a bit bigger. I wear these quite a lot: they make a lovely sound when I move my head. It's like I'm a cat with a bell on its collar.

Today's pair also marks the two-month point of this challenge. Doesn't feel like it though. I still take an age to pick my earrings each morning because there are so many to choose from. Still couldn't tell you if the collection will last the whole year but it certainly is showing no signs of running out any time soon. And by the time it does start flagging it'll probably be October and then there'll be a huge influx of new pairs for my birthday from all my myriad fans. Right?

Day 59 - pink brooches

These are a very un-me pair of earrings indeed. I hardly ever wear pink at all so there's not a lot I can really wear them with. Needless to say I couldn't for the life of me tell you where they came from either. And the style is so un-me too: they really do look like an old lady's brooch or something. Very odd.

Although I do always joke that I'm an old lady in training. I like nothing more than to spend a Sunday afternoon on my couch with my cat, a cup of tea, the Times cryptic crossword and BBC Radio 4.

Day 58 - black lacy

This is an often-seen arrangement for dangly earrings: a simple shape repeated in a diamond pattern of 1-2-3-2-1. I have any number of earrings in all sizes and colours that follow it (some have already been showcased, like the black butterflies and blue doilies).

Day 57 - silver curvy balls

I'm not going to be able to be even a little bit coherent about these because I just got back from seeing Avengers: Age of Ultron. 

Even better, we watched it at a Ster-Kinekor Prestige theatre. I am never going to a regular movie theatre ever again. Prestige is just the way to do it. The only thing that could have made it better was a boy bringing me wine. You know what, he doesn't even necessarily have to look like Chris Hemsworth. I am quite willing to be flexible on this matter ... Chris Evans is fine.

Day 56 - orange beads

These were a birthday present from one of my sister's varsity friends - thanks Georgi! I really like these and they're also nice and light so when Cape Town gets aggressive, I don't get bruised.

I remember my earring enabler making a comment when I first got them along the lines of "on anyone else these would be impressive earrings, but on you they're almost demure". I think that's a pretty good summary of my approach to earrings in general.

Day 55 - steely curves

This is another pair I bought for myself when I was supposed to be buying earrings for someone else. Because that's how I roll. I like the shape of these. It's different and interesting. And actually, now I come to think of it, they sort of remind me of Barbamama.

Aaaw, Barbapapa's Voyage is an iconic book from my childhood. One of those memories that is as vivid today as when I was a kid reading it. Apparently, it's a collector's item too - $70 for the paperback on Amazon ... and $999 for the hardback! I better tell my mother to safeguard our copy ...

Day 54 - purple bead hoops

This is becoming a theme now: I wear these often, really like them, I don't know where I got them or when, blah blah blah.

So instead of trying to come up with something entertaining about these I will relate something entertaining that I learned today. When my colleague tried to search for "ausgame guide" on the company social network today (we use some games that were developed in Australia, hence the name), the perspicacious search engine inquired whether she had in fact meant to search for "sausage guide", 

Since I was pretty much on the verge of hysteria at that point, it being a Friday afternoon after all, this amused me far more than it should and led me to Google that very phrase. In a flash of forethought I used my phone for this rather than my work computer, suspecting that Google might return something NSFW.

In fact, the returned hits were surprisingly legit and indeed the first result was a Sausage Glossary (which we were shocked to discover completely omitted any reference to boerewors). A little exploration of that site revealed my fun new feel-good fact for the day: there is in existence in the world (OK, America, but still) the National Hot Dog and Sausage Council. I kid you not. And that's not even the best part. The president of that council, one Janet Riley, has the honour to be dubbed the Queen of Wien.

Sometimes when the world is full of horrible things and horrible people and you think you don't really want to live on this planet any more, just take a step back and remember that, yes, there is crapness, but there is also stuff that is just pure gold. Or maybe I just have the sense of humour of a 12-year-old boy.