I’ve mentioned before that my favorite souvenir from vacation is jewelry. It doesn’t have to be expensive, mind you, but it makes a great remembrance. I rarely ever buy jewelry at home . . . craft shows are abut the only time . . . so almost everything in my jewelry box has come either as gifts or from somewhere special.

Anyway, last week, I bought a ring, but it needed to be sized, and wouldn’t be done while I was still on the island, so they had to mail it. So, imagine how happy I was when this little box arrived today.

As I was opening it, I admit I was a little . . . not worried . . . but there was a little rush of nerves. What if I didn’t like it anymore? What if I’d changed my mind? What if it didn’t fit?

Well, that was silly. I love it as much as ever. A green peridot in white gold, thereby matching two of my favorite accessory colors–silver for jewelry and that pretty, light, olive kind of green that my whole family seems to like.

Want a closer look?

This is very handy (if you’ll excuse the pun), too, because I didn’t have much else to talk about tonight.

Not that I have nothing to talk about, though. The knitting, well, there’s nothing new to show you–progress is being made, but everything looks pretty much the same as in the last progress photo, so that’s kind of pointless. I wouldn’t want you to be bored, so moving on….

My Knitters Tea Swap Pal, Jennifer from Piddleloop, got her package today. I got an email from her filled with thank yous and exclamation marks, so I think she’s happy! (grin) I sent her a box of Tetley’s British Blend tea which is, in fact, my favorite tea. (Easily obtainable at the grocery store, convenient bags, and a good, strong flavor.) It said in the rules that you should send your favorite–so I did. But, hey, a box of supermarket tea? That’s not good enough for my Pal! So I also sent her a bag of “Vineyard Blend” tea which I picked up last week on a day when that tea store was actually open. (I was so excited.) It’s a black tea blended with vanilla and berries, and the bowl (open like potpourri) in the shop smelled yummy. To aid the brewing thing, I sent her an IngenuiTEA pot from Adagio–because heaven knows it makes a nice, easy pot of loose-leaf tea. For yarn, I sent her that skein of Trekking from the other day. Much as I liked it, when I reread her list of preferred colors, I realized that I’d obviously been meant to send it along to her. They were perfect, and, well, it’s Trekking. How can you go wrong?

Incidentally, if you like tea, check out the list in the Tea Swap blog sidebar. They’ve got a great list of tea sources I’ve never heard of before. Mighty Leaf. Choice Organic. Peets. Republic of Tea. Teaism. Stash. And more…..

One last thing that Chappy wanted me to mention. Abner and Basil (with Rebekah’s help) are hosting a charity drive for soft knitted blankets, toys, and things for her local humane society. Isn’t that a wonderful cause?? I offered up two skeins of Koigu KPPPM to add to the generously looong list of prizes she’s already got. In fact, I need to get those in the mail….

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