A Confession..of sorts

Well as some of you know I work at Handpicked it is a jewelry store that specializes in sterling silver, silver and natural stone and monogram.  I am in heaven since I can only wear sterling silver due to allergies to gold, copper and nickel. Plus I LOVE monogram so a benefit is of course I get to shop and that's one reason my hubby says I got promoted was due to being such a big shopper:)  I do like most of the things that we have however we don't have some things that I am currently obsessed with. I get asked frequently where I get some of the jewelry I wear and mostly it is from Handpicked but I have some stuff from other places it's just hard to wear them as much when I have to wear what we sell when I am at work.  I just took out my gallon bags on a whim when I was putting my jewelry away and thought I would see what I have...um yeah everything is in baggies to keep it from tarnishing when I am not wearing it. These are what are in the closet currently not what is in my jewelry box or pouches in my armoire, sadly it is a lot.  I am in love with the new trend of monogram pendants and have been in love with this trend since I was young and my youngest coolest Aunt Jane got a gold signet cutout monogram ring. I have wanted one of those badly but they only came in gold so I found pendants that I love instead and now I have seen the rings..Lordy.
Here is my collection: WOW I just realized I have acquired all of this except 2 pieces since April 2012 when I started working at Handpicked.

the bag on the left is jewelry I can wear daily the big bag above the silver pendant is all my monogram jewelry plus the 4 necklaces in the smaller baggies in the middle.

I got the tortoise acrylic off Etsy I do like it but would not recommend the shop I used she lost the first one or said the post office in Shelby NC lost it. Needless to say she gave it  2 1/2 weeks to try and turn up in the mail, then she remade one since I never got it and that one she used pieces of chains put together instead of cutting a new one. I had to fix with o rings since you could see the twists of metal she used to connect the two different chains. I LOVE my silver one it is 2 inches and on a 16 inch chain and exactly what I wanted. It took me a while to find what I wanted didn't want the double chain like the acrylic.
Since I get asked about a few key pieces that I wear daily here they are:

this is my FAVORITE piece a rope bracelet

birds nest ring

I wear these daily one of the colored beads either deep purple or mainly the pink one and my beloved rope bracelet

my watch collection I choose one and go, loving my tort one lately or my wooden one 

Unfortunately I can not always wear the trendy stuff since it is made with costume jewelry and I am allergic and prefer not to break out. I tend to have some things that are more classic than trendy but I do find some trendy stuff at work that silver. My rule or the rule the hubby told me I should use it wear it at least 3 days before you buy and that rule has helped me I. I tend to like stuff when we get it in and try it on me and then it doesn't look as good on me or I wait and hope it goes on clearance/ or I get bonus if it is something I want but can live without.
My love of monogram has also gone past jewelry to other things such as decorating, bags, keychains and anything else that is cute to monogram. Plus I can't wait to have children so I can monogram some of their outfits and things:)