pearl studs

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i've always loved pearls. i always wanted my own string of pearls because for me, it embodies elegance. but of course, i don't have a pearl necklace yet. maybe soon!

if i can't have a necklace, i choose the cheaper alternative-pearl stud earrings. when i say cheap, i mean cheap. a couple of years ago, i was offered south sea pearl stud earrings. i can't quite remember the size, but it was huge. and looked really great on me. the problem was, the price tag was huge too. a whopping Php25,000! it was being sold on installment but i didn't get it. i thought it too much for a pair of earrings. last week, i went to the local department store looking for a shawl. i looked around the store and saw a pair of pearl earrings at Php 36.50. yes, i bought it! (and the shawl too) i have been wearing it ever since. i'm lucky my ears didn't itch. it helps that you put alcohol on the posts, i guess. i love how it livens up my face and makes my outfits instantly classy. i wore a little black dress, thong slippers and my pearl earrings to our family party and it made me look dressed up. but i looked as nice in jeans and a striped shirt as well.

i don't go around telling people my earrings aren't real. besides, it doesn't really matter. i look confident wearing it and that's all that counts.

alta sa siyudad

i've always admired women from high society. you know the ones who are featured in the Philippine Tatler, ladies who lunch, have charity functions etc. if you want to know why? i just love the way they dress! hahaha! not because of their sterling characters (that i wouldn't know!)

you see as i was growing up, i had classmates who were very rich (in my very limited knowledge at that time) and they had all the expensive school things i wanted and we couldn't afford: the pencil cases, the school bags, school shoes etc. and they looked really neat too. i'm afraid i couldn't look like that--ever (maybe only in the mornings, the afternoons are another story). i also knew someone in college who was that prim and proper. her skirt wouldn't get any wrinkles at all! and she always had make-up on. i always admire that in a lady.
while i'm not tomboyish, i'm not exactly that lady-like. i'm more laid-back and comfort-over-style kinda girl.
so up to now, i wish for a real pearl necklace. i equate that with alta sociedad. women with breeding and pedigree--or so they say. i still haven't gotten that wish. for one, it would be too expensive for me to buy and another, where would i wear it? i have no such functions and balls that require pearl necklaces.
oh well, i'll have to make do with pearl earrings for now...