Always.

Over Christmas, I went to a fancy party with work. When we were getting ready, the girls and I were having jewellery debates and suddenly the question was asked: ‘Do you ALWAYS wear that ring?’



It’s so funny, when you wear something constantly, people stop noticing it. I’ve worn this little silver ring every day since I was 16, when my Mum gave it to me as it used to be hers. It’s seen me through GCSEs, A-Levels, university, countless jobs. It’s been there when I used to wear silver rings on every finger, the only one that remains. For almost half my life, this ring has been part of me. It’s not even that I won’t take it off – I can’t take it off. It’s locked onto my chubby little finger for dear life.



When I have THAT conversation with people, they always look a bit concerned about blood flow and sensible things like that. But look – if my finger WAS going to fall off, don’t you think it would have happened at least once in the 14 years that I’ve worn this ring? Unless it’s the only thing stopping my finger falling off. That’s a very realistic possibility.






I thought a lot about writing a blog about the things I wear every day, but after I ticked ‘ring’ and ‘watch’ off my list, I was stumped. There are bags I use a lot (my brown Italian leather has been in constant use for the last two years) and shoes I can’t stop wearing like my ballet pumps that are falling apart, but every day? I think only the ring and the watch count.



My watch is fairly new. I’d worn the same Storm watch every day since my 21st birthday, and when I turned 30 my brother and sister chipped in to give me the money to buy a new one. After six full months of deliberating, I picked this Ted Baker one up from Debenhams just before Christmas. Unlike the ring, I’m quite aware of it – it was almost uncomfortably tight when I first got it, but now it’s slipping and sliding all over the place because I’ve lost so much weight. I’m torn though, as part of me likes it a little loose.



I do love it, though. The watch I’m desperate for is this Gucci number, but as an affordable alternative, this will do pretty much perfectly.






What are your Always Items? Do YOU think my finger is going to fall off?