Day 146 - lonely gold frond

Just the one earring today because it's the one I grabbed out of my pot first thing this morning and I have lost its partner. So I paired it with an ear cuff for interest's sake because I shan't forsake my poor earring just because it's single.

I don't know why I chose the word "lonely" when I was naming this pair earring. I mean, heck, I'm single (usually quite adamantly so) and I'm never lonely. So it's rather presumptuous of me to assume the earring is lonely. But perhaps it was the shape - it does look vaguely despondent the way it's hanging there with a bowed head and listless arms like a depressed Jack Skellington.

Day 145 - dreamcatchers

I had to check the blog before I wore these because I honestly couldn't remember if I'd worn them already or not. Well, they are the 145th pair so that's not entirely surprising I suppose! These have been around for ages and I'm actually quite impressed at the state they're in - they don't look as battered around as a lot of my other old stalwarts, even though I do wear them (well, wore them I suppose, since I can't now wear them again until the challenge is over) quite often because they have pretty colours.

Day 144 - flower triangles

Another Kenya pair today. And today is gross day! (By which I mean the number, not that it was a bad day in any way, because it wasn't.) I was very interested to learn today that the reason 12 as a base number was popular (as evidenced by the specialised terms dozen and gross to describe 12 and its square) was because you could easily count to 12 using your hand by touching each finger bone with your thumb.

Day 143 - gold and silver danglies

These are a pretty pair I bought from a shop in Nairobi called Accessorize with Style. I could have spent soooooo much money in that place. But I was good(ish) and limited myself to three pairs.

Day 142 - fun red

My earring enabler bought me these in Kenya. I love them: the shapes are fun and interesting. and, the colour is gorgeous. It even matches my hair:

We (by which I mean me and a couple of other people, not just me and my earrings. That would be weird) took a trip to Spice Route in Paarl on Saturday (where I've been numerous times before but I don't try new things: if it ain't broke, don't fix it). And I was introduced to my new favourite thing on the Internet at the moment:

Day 141 - purple stringy beads

These are a lovely, simple and light creation that I really like, They accompanied me to our dramatic society members' evening on Friday where we saw a hilarious one-act play called "Murder at Midnight" by Jeff Goode.

Day 140 - collections

I rather struggled with deciding what to name these. They don't lend themselves to being easily described in my mind. I've had these for ages and I don't know where I got them from but looking at them now, they remind me somewhat of my two Mr Price monstrosities. Who knows, they may very well have come from there too.