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clairejune said:
I came across this one on jojo for 4500 before discount...too bad it's too small for me but I think it's so beautiful I had to post it for viewing pleasure...

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Omigosh... claire,
I have been eyeing that bangle at Jojo -- in my size, my dream bangle really. Unfortunately not in my budget. I showed it to hubby last weekend, too.

Anyhow, ladies...
I've been sick since the weekend so haven't been around. Have been enjoying your postings and lovelies though.

Back to bed now.
 
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Gelatolover : Hello! We talk about all sorts of jade so I think it's not off topic at all to ask about jade settings! I've actually been looking for some donut setting ideas as well as I will have some necklaces to set soon, so I'd love to see what people have!

Here's the necklace I wear all the time... it's gotten a bit beat up over the years so I suggest you get something sturdier in gold content. :D

The other 2 are settings that I've saved that I really like.

Jade4me: Welcome! Claire is our resident expert and in my humble, far-less-educated opinion, I think she's right in that the green striped bangle might be grade B. Have you tried shining a uv flashlight through it to see if it fluoresces? Or have you noticed the surface of the bangle pitting and getting dull? I noticed my B bangle did that after a few years. If you check the jade gallery thread, Faith has posted some good photos of what the surface of a B bangle will look like over time.

I feel like that seller's bangle prices are a far too low for the quality he's selling to be grade A....
 

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clairejune said:
NYCP, getting a house and real estate is the most important investment....as Scarlet O'hara's father says in Gone With The Wind..."land is the only thing worth living for, worth dying for, because it's the only thing that lasts." And with a population of 7 billion and expected to top out at 12 billion, land will be in very short demand.

It's true that any desirable place to live is going to cost. In Santa Fe, a half million will buy you a shack with little land far from the center of town.

I bought an Italian residence years ago and though it made things very tight financially, I am so glad I did because even though there is the euro crisis right now, I know that it would be much harder to do in the future.

So I say go for your dreams and funnel your resources into that house. Shopping by comparison is so transitory and fleeting!
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Thanks for the encouragement Claire!
 
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