Look at me! Look at ME!!

Whenever I buy things I have an awful habit of harassing people to make them look at what I've bought. I'm not the smooth kind of girl who buys something fabulous on the sly then POW! you're out and she's said she's just wearing jeans and she turns up in the justoffthecatwalk Marc Jacobs pink houndstooth dress (I'm coveting it soooooo bad) that she bought "the other day... " but forgot to mention... A-ha-ho.. no- definitely not me. When I buy something I pretty much wanna put it on then and there and strut, if it's not something to strut in I just glow and maybe make a really over-excited muppet face that I'm sure secretly scares people. A lot.

Maybe I just want to extend that walking on sunshine just-made-a-purchase feelin. Other people have different ideas. I am one of five kids. Guess where in the line? Oh! that's interesting! How did you guess already? For those of you who don't know what's it's like in a big family it's basically like this - the middle child pines for attention from anyone, but gets none! And then they end up buying a brooch (photo below) and some Mary- Janes and showing every one - first my manager, then the CEO of ShangBy (that's right - look at my brooch!) then my sister on skype and now you!!

Look at my brooch!!!

It's made from a sliver of polished agate. Lately I've been seeing so much agate in the stores in different romantic whimsy shades that have swept me off my feet. My gorgeous over-sized agate brooch included, I've also had a necklace made with cloudy fuchsia, black and orange agate and a pair of earrings made of sky blue agate pics below.

On my list of things to do this weekend - get some winter chic happening by getting myself over to the fabric markets. Need some floaty fabrics to go with my agate. Saw a Vivienne Westwood Anglomania coat made online which I love the style of - also looked at an Elizabeth and James (Ashley and Mary-Kate Olsen's label) fitted blazer.

Friday tomorrow!! Happy Halloween! Thanks to lovely NinJa for comments. Email me at claire@shangby.com if you share the agate infatuation and want to wax lyrical to me, or if you want some for youself!

Love and Jewels XXClaire