A nice surprise

A great many of my hair bows are gifts, usually from my mother and less often from someone at the library.  Today is one of those; my mom knows how I love polka dots and bright colors, so she got me this.  The Etsy shop is one we both love, AdoraBowsStore.  It has hidden rhinestones on the side, like a couple of my other bows do.

The colors in the center remind me a little of a pearl necklace that I got Mama for Mother's Day one year.  She doesn't remember it, to my considerable surprise, but I do.  It was one of those pea pod necklaces that mamas get, with the "peas" being pearls in the colors of the children's birthstones.  The pea pod I selected had a blue one for my sister (September/sapphire), a pink one for myself (October/opal or tourmaline), and a yellow one for my brother-in-law (November/topaz).  Just like the pearls on this particular bow.

To my chagrin, Mama has yet to wear the necklace.  I forget how many years ago that was, and she's never worn it.  She's never been big on jewelry anyway, for some reason.

Peas and pearls,
RagingMoon1987