Ridiculous fashion cravings, part I Used To Own The Exact Thing I Now Want Again (remix)

[cupcake_goth]

Remember how in the late 80s - early 90s, certain types of gothy girls wore belled anklets? Anklets, belts, bracelets -- did it jingle? We wore it.

I inexplicably miss that.

The RealHusband was mock-berating me for leaving a dress with belled ties hanging next to his towels; "NO ONE WANTS SURPRISE JINGLING", said he.

"Well then you'd throttle me if I gave into my gothy nostalgia. I miss belled anklets."

"That's fine."

I stared at him. "WHAT?! You're the one who persuaded me to stop wearing them! The jingling drove you mad, you said!"

"I don't recall that. Wear 'em if you want."

"But ..."

"NO ONE WANTS SURPRISE JINGLING, JILLI. Jingling that's expected, that's fine."

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So guess who dug out one of her last remaining belled anklets? ::grin:: We'll see how this goes.

Comments

[theda.livejournal.com]

OH MY GOD I HAD SO MANY OF THOSE!!! I must have sounded like an ice cream truck in the distance!!

[solstice-lilac.livejournal.com]

I love that belled anklets get a pass because they are expected jingling rather than jingling out of nowhere.

I still have all my belled jewelry from the late eighties. An anklet, a necklace with a single row of bells, a huge necklace with three draped rows of bells, and a bell-edged bracelet that connected to a ring with a tiny bell on it via a triangle of metal lace, called a "hand flower."

Keep us posted on how long your husband maintains tolerance for jingling, even when he knows it's coming... :)

[e-juliana.livejournal.com]

I had jingly bracelets, anklets, earrings... I MISS THEM.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

I put my jingly anklet on November, for a lark, once. he LOVED it. and that was it for me and that anklet. It was his new PRETTY CAT collar. *sigh*

[phoenixfire12.livejournal.com]

He probably figures it's like belling the cat! ;)