I wore my fun Lia Sophia "Appletini" ring today. It is a little big on my finger, so it flips around and around all day long. It is funny when little things that happen in your day to day life bring back memories of childhood. My ring did just that today.

When I was little I used to insist on wearing my rings facing IN on my hand. I had one particular, fake as the day is long, blue topaz ring...just a simple round bezel mounted stone in a brassy adjustable band...that was my absolute favorite. I wore that ring all the time, and I always wore it facing in, and for a very specific reason. My understanding of jewelry was that it was for pleasure and enjoyment, so I wanted to enjoy that ring for myself, not give it away to everyone else. I wore it for ME. I'd like to say I still follow the same principal in my adult life. While I have learned that rings really should face out, I don't wear jewelry for others, I wear it for me. Same for my clothes. I like nice clothes, but why do I dress up and dress nicely? Why do I have a shopping obsession, jewelry habit and recent shoe kick? I have all of those things because they bring me joy.

Kind of speaks to my mantra of yesterday..."Do something for YOURSELF today." I suppose, inadvertently, my ring was helping me out with that!