My Jewelry Box is currently holding a contest in which contestants visit their website, choose their favourite piece of jewelry under $400, and get the chance to win their choice item by writing about it. Not too shabby right? And what girl in her right mind wouldn’t jump on the occasion? So here I am, writing to you about my favourite piece of jewelry under $400 for the My Jewelry Box contest.
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There’s bling, and then there’s completely ‘effing ridiculous. Coming from someone who can’t afford to pay the late fees after renting Blood Diamond, the following items definitely fall into the latter category. I mean, we get it. You’re very, very, unbelievably stinking rich. But do you really need to rub your diamond-encrusted life into everyone’s face? These people remind me of the classic Chappelle Show parody of Cribs when Dave grinds diamonds into his T-Rex omelet:
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Girls like them because they’re twinkly and expensive. Guys like them as a conceptually easy gift - read the box, no creativity required. But that diamonds cost what they cost, often in the form of a two-months salary “expression of love and commitment” (good job advertising…), leaves an understandable bad taste in the male mouth. Here are some cooler diamond uses to salvage their image.
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I don’t like having to read an article 3 times. Thankfully, this recent one was short, although it was short on explanation too. The title reads “Thief Steals Ring Off Hand of 90-Year-Old Woman”. That wording seems to strongly suggest that the ring was actually physically removed from the woman’s hand, which is all the more disturbing, and I suppose more interesting news, too. The jewelry thief stole the $21,000 diamond engagement ring from a 90-year-old lady in an assisted-living facility. Without saying more about the woman, her age at least opens the door to the from-her-finger removal possibility.
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