How do you decide on what you’re buying next? Availability/gaps on your collection/whims? We all have our lists but how do you decide on what to cross next on that list?
When I am deciding what’s next to buy, I choose it based on gaps in my collection, and also my recent spending patterns. For instance, metal color (if I have too much rose gold or platinum), category (if I have too many rings vs necklaces), and also brand (if I’ve been buying too much from one designer over another).
In my head, that’s how I rationalize it, but in practice, there are a lot of confounding variables. There have been times when I want to buy X at this specific time with this amount of money, but then I go to the store and they don’t have it, or it’s been discontinued, or there’s a long waitlist. Other times, I’ll have an idea of what I like, but then the company releases something new, or I discover a new brand, or I remember a piece that I had forgotten about, or, like today, an SA reaches out to let me know a piece I had inquired about a long time ago has finally arrived in the store.
I also find that I keep adding things to my list. Because I’ll be like, “Oh, maybe I actually do like this more than I thought.” Or I’ll think, “Well, this SA just received this item, and I don’t know when they’ll have it next.” Or else, “It’s the last one in the country, and they’re having a price increase in a week.”
So, basically, it’s really easy and logical for me to choose my next piece, but I find that it seldom seems to work out that way for what I end up buying. However, I do find that I generally buy pieces that are on my list, instead of making completely out-of-the-blue purchases that I had never considered before.
I just love jewelry! I do try to release pieces that no longer suit me when new ones find a home with me. Sometimes I save money because I tend to ponder and mull, and in the meanwhile I lose interest or things get discontinued! Lots of possible items on my list right now, but nothing definite.
