Michael gave me a real pearl necklace this past weekend!
He was going to wait to surprise me at Christmas, but we unexpectedly encountered a well-priced string of freshwater pearls while in Washington, DC this past weekend -- and he insisted. :)
I've worn them every day this week (with the pearl earrings and bracelet he gave me previously), and such elements are changing my appearance greatly.
I am very excited to be fully and finally entering into what could be my final fashion chapter.
A lot of people know me to be a playful, appearance-changing chameleon who, while always having conservative values, certainly didn't convey them with her exterior plumage.
But all that seems to be changing. (Maybe this is what happens to a girl who's in her early 30's.)
This new, traditional, conservative, grown-up girl is now...me.