One for the eye

Last year I manage to scope 3 cocktail rings for £12 (with my 10% student discount) from Dorothy Perkins. However this year neither Dotty P's or Topshop nor Oasis, my three default choices for rings (okay okay WendyB is my default choice, and the Marie Antoinette my first choice) have yielded an item to satisfy my ring requirement. Basically big , cocktailish and guaranteed to take your eye out by accident on the tube if you get too close(figuratively speaking).

I always think if you can't afford to buy new clothes there is nothing like a ring or a belt or gloves to add an update to your wardrobe to dress up any outfit. A creature of habit I tend to go to John Lewis for my gloves, Reiss for belts but this year for a ring I'll be getting this Kenneth Jay Lane beauty from my-wardrobe and believe me I double checked at Dorothy Perkins at Bond St tube if they had the equivalent!

Kenneth Jay Lane Gunmetal Large Rectangular Cocktail Ring £95

PS I did look at the DP jewellery mecca at West One shopping at Bond St tube and zero!

Cheap update

My biggest weakness is rings. I love to have a new costume ring quite often and tend to stick to the reasonable offerings on the high street given my magpie tendencies. Much as I'd like to be popping to Chanel or Yves San Laurent for their costume pieces getting bored of a ring after a week or two would be a costly affair.
I have one friend whose been a loyal keeper of a beautiful costume ring and wears it every day. Me, I mix it up, one day I'm sporting a £6 number from Dorothy Perkins, another my Cartier Love ring.

Thank goodness for Oasis for providing me with a £14 dilemma on whether to go for a nude pink or a turquoise number!