{"id":14472,"date":"2012-02-14T13:31:40","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T18:31:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=14472"},"modified":"2012-02-14T13:31:40","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T18:31:40","slug":"ladies-buy-yourself-jewelry-for-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/ladies-buy-yourself-jewelry-for-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Ladies, Buy Yourself Jewelry for Valentine&#8217;s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day, and if you&#8217;re a single lady, give yourself a round of applause. It&#8217;s better to be single than be with someone (male or female!) who doesn&#8217;t treat you well. You deserve the best! I&#8217;ll put my money where my mouth is and say that any lady who orders herself a piece of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Wendy Brandes jewelry<\/a> TODAY will get some kind of discount, depending on what you order. Very inexpensive pieces might get free shipping; certain expensive pieces might &#8230; MIGHT &#8230; be half off. (The pieces available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxandchloe.com\/Wendy-Brandes\" target=\"_blank\">Max &amp; Chloe<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/store.brokenenglishjewelry.com\/store.php?pg1-cid107.html\" target=\"_blank\">Broken English<\/a> are excluded.) Browse my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\" target=\"_blank\">site<\/a> and then email me at wbjewelry at hotmail dot com and tell me what you like. I&#8217;ll tell you what I can do for you, price-wise.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14473\" style=\"width: 370px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Gravity-Ring-%252d-Heart\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14473\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14473\" title=\"Gravity_Heart_Zoom__18716_std\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Gravity_Heart_Zoom__18716_std.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Gravity_Heart_Zoom__18716_std.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Gravity_Heart_Zoom__18716_std-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/Gravity_Heart_Zoom__18716_std-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#39;m doing this because I heart you. Click for more information on this custom ring.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Need some ideas? Review my Valentine&#8217;s Day Countdown posts:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Day 1: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/valentines-day-countdown-day-1-pink-opal-earrings\/\" target=\"_blank\">Going to the Oscars? Here are your earrings.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 2: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/valentines-day-countdown-day-2-vampire-diana-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\">Calling all vampire fans (or slayers)<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Day 3: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/minx-manicure-and-valentines-day-countdown-day-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">I&#8217;ve got six new emoticon heart rings looking for homes.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 4: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/valentines-day-countdown-day-4-squirrel-necklace\/\" target=\"_blank\">Feeling kind of nuts? This squirrel necklace is for you.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 5: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/valentines-day-countdown-day-5-super-bowl-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\">Get a one-of-a-kind ring and I&#8217;ll donate to Planned Parenthood.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 6: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/valentines-day-countdown-day-6-advice-for-men\/\" target=\"_blank\">Wolf-fang designs are fierce.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 7: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/what-wendy-wore-stacy-lomman-peplum-dress-again\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Siobhan ring is one of my personal favorites.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 8: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/fashion-repeats-itself-rihanna-wears-black-mesh\/\" target=\"_blank\">Get a Mud Flap Jill necklace and show Rihanna how it&#8217;s done.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 9: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/be-yo-self-then-buy-rings-for-yo-self\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yea Hoe!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 10: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/no-super-bowl-ring-just-wendy-brandes-rings-for-gisele\/\" target=\"_blank\">Swear rings for sports fans.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 11: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/valentines-day-countdown-fleur-de-lis-for-day-11\/\" target=\"_blank\">Silver f<em>leur-de-lis<\/em> necklace, already half-price.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 12: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/valentines-day-countdown-day-12-worthy-of-michelle-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\">An aventurine brooch worthy of the Obamas.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Day 13: <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/valentines-day-countdown-day-13-earrings-fit-for-a-queen\/\" target=\"_blank\">Silver Cleopatra earrings to make you feel like a queen<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Speaking of prices, I&#8217;ve finally settled on a price for <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/jewel-of-the-month-siobhan-ring-with-mixed-metals\/\" target=\"_blank\">January&#8217;s Jewel of the Month<\/a>, the mini Siobhan ring in four shades of gold: it&#8217;s $2,500.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14475\" style=\"width: 416px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Siobhan-Perma%252dStacked-Ring-%252d-Mini\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14475\" class=\" wp-image-14475  \" title=\"siobhanmini1crop\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/siobhanmini1crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"406\" height=\"402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/siobhanmini1crop.jpg 966w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/siobhanmini1crop-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/siobhanmini1crop-300x296.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 406px) 100vw, 406px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-14475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mini Siobhan perma-stacked stacking ring. Click to purchase.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Because I was feeling Valentine-y, I wore the ring with the heart-shaped diamond, pictured above, to my designing friend <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/category\/zang-toi\/\" target=\"_blank\">Zang Toi<\/a>&#8216;s post-runway show party last night.\u00a0 I wear that one <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/jewel-of-the-month-heart-shaped-diamond-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\">on my thumb<\/a>. I was also wearing six other rings, so I asked MrB to take a picture of my hands. After I inspected the photos, I noted how veiny my hands have become. Let me tell you younger folks &#8212; you think it won&#8217;t happen to you, but after a certain age, it does. Overnight. It&#8217;s strange because I have such vivid memories of being very young and sitting on my grandmother&#8217;s lap and playing with the veins in her hands by pressing on them. I thought they were a sign of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Methuselah\" target=\"_blank\">Methuselah<\/a>-like age. Now that I think of it, my grandmother was all of 53 back then. That&#8217;s young, yo! Anyway, after I commented on the veins, MrB told me they were very attractive veins and lots of people would agree. Good answer! I thought, &#8220;Okay, I will let you be my Valentine.&#8221; But before I could say anything, he continued, &#8220;There are whole websites devoted to veins like that.&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/omg-wtf-i-cant-control-myself\/\" target=\"_blank\">OMG WTF<\/a>! How does he know that? I don&#8217;t even want to think about it. I told him I would have to review his application to be my Valentine and get back to him.<\/p>\n<p>After all that trauma, you can barely see the thumb ring.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14476\" style=\"width: 509px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14476\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14476\" title=\"fingers\" src=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fingers.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"499\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fingers.jpg 499w, https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/fingers-300x224.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I could photoshop those veins, but I&#39;m hoping to end up on a fetish site.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>From left to right in the photo, I&#8217;m wearing the <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/jewel-of-the-month-heart-shaped-diamond-ring\/\" target=\"_blank\">thumb ring<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Siobhan-Perma%252dStacked-Ring-%252d-Mini\" target=\"_blank\">mini Siobhan<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Gravity-Engagement-Ring\" target=\"_blank\">Gravity engagement ring<\/a>, my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Memento-Mori-Skull-Ring-With-Rubies\" target=\"_blank\">Memento Mori skull ring<\/a>, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Gravity-Ring-%252d-White-Gold\" target=\"_blank\">Gravity band<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Siobhan-Perma%252dStacked-Ring\" target=\"_blank\">the regular Siobhan<\/a> and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/store\/products.php?product=Diana-Ring\" target=\"_blank\">Diana heart ring<\/a>. All my own designs, of course. The Minx manicure is the same one that <a href=\"http:\/\/wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2012\/02\/minx-manicure-and-valentines-day-countdown-day-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Tracylee Percival gave me on February 1<\/a>. Holding up pretty well, I&#8217;d say. And you&#8217;ll see the whole dress in my post about Zang&#8217;s show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\" target=\"_blank\">Don&#8217;t forget to order yourself a jewelry treat today, wimmins!<\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s Valentine&#8217;s Day, and if you&#8217;re a single lady, give yourself a round of applause. It&#8217;s better to be single than be with someone (male or female!) who doesn&#8217;t treat you well. You deserve the best! 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