Hmmph. And personal talismans

[cupcake_goth]

I am having something of a low day. Which, upon reflection, isn't terribly surprising, because even tho' I had a good phone call about something the other day and some fantastic socializing, those aren't enough to offset how this year has been so far.

Anyway, it's the sort of day where I feel the need to drape myself with talismans. In addition to the Necklace That Only Comes Off For Baths (silver ankh, flanked by silver skeleton keys from Rocklove^*), when I go run errands today I am going to be wearing my usual giant rings (I feel naked if I leave the house without them), the Big Jingly Key Necklace, and probably the mourning brooch that my beloved pix_kristin gave me. One of these is for fidgeting with when I feel agitated, one is for reminding me of my safety net of loved ones.

What sort of jewelry talismans do you wear, if any? I love hearing about other people's amulets or iconic jewelry.




^*Hello, I am a gothy girl of A Certain Age. I collect ankhs and skeleton keys, and have done for YEARS (even before I ever read The Sandman). I gleefully embrace my clichés, thankyouverymuch.

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[fyrdrakken]

I've gone through phases in my life when I was wearing a particular bit of jewelry or two every day, until I finished with that phase of my life. (Like, always wearing my high school and then university ring on one hand, and a particular silver twist on the right hand, or a pair of plastic dangles I clipped to hoop earrings, or my enameled Badali Jewelry One Ring on a chain after I finished off the Wolverine dogtag phase.)

Right now, though, I'm going through a maximal jewelry phase, where every morning I get the necklace that goes best with today's outfit and have had to give myself a five-ring limit (maybe six, if one is a pinky ring) because of the buying spree I went on after losing two of the three rings I'd been wearing every single day in a moment's carelessness. I took it as a sign that I needed to expand my ring collection (and was incredibly thankful that the lost rings were etched stainless steel that cost me only about $10 apiece, while the university ring was the one I still had). And I would be wearing the sapphires-and-opals ring I found on eBay pretty much every day if it went with all my outfits.

EtA: Talismans, in particular -- there's one necklace I haven't worn for years, of a hologrammatic eye in a pewter frame that looks like twining branches. In high school and college, I started making a special point of wearing it whenever I had a big test -- SATs, for example, or a midterm or final I wanted some extra reassurance on. Even lent it to my freshman roommate a time or two. Haven't worn it for years -- but then, I graduated college in 1999 and haven't been taking many exams since then.