Charmed

I was running a little bit low on inspiration for a blog post this week as I am nowhere near rich enough to constantly bebuying things, and I'm enjoying my days off work too much to wear anything other than leggings and baggy tops. So as I sat watching re-runs of HIMYM on E4, rapping my knuckles and wracking my brains, I little bit of inspiration seemed to be staring me in the face.

 

I've been wearing my charm bracelet every day (dance competitions and these photos aside) for the last 3 years - I received it as an 18th birthday present and have been adding charms to it ever since. It's a Chamilia bracelet, which I believe is essentially the slightly cheaper version of Pandora but in all honesty, I don't think there's that much difference between the two any more. The prices are actually fairly similar for some beads and though I don't have a Pandora bracelet to compare it to, I've been very impressed with the quality. I have been a little bit cheeky in recent years and bought a few really cute beads on Amazon instead of from Chamilia directly as they tend to be way cheaper than the actual site. (I'm a student, what can I say!)

 

My favourite ones are probably my little pair of silver ballet shoes, the one engraved with daughter and the creamy paw print. Since I've been putting off my dissertation lately (very bad Jade) I figured I do something a bit productive and had a quick browse on the Chamilia website. I picked out a few I'd love to buy if money were no object!

i. City lights ii. A dream iii. All that glitters iv.  XOXO

There's a big price range on the   Chamilia website depending on the materials used. I love the pattern on the City Lights bead and there are a number of varying colours with the same design. I thought the heart was really cute and I like the quote a lot too. I'm a big fan of blue - I already have a few blue beads on my charm bracelet so the All That Glitters bead would fit in nicely. And as someone who spent most of my adolescent life obsessed with watching Gossip Girl, how could I resist the XOXO charm?