Judith Ripka!!!

Picture this:
It's the last night of the Dallas Opera for the Lovers and Scoundrels season, and for the Dallas Opera to perform at Fair Park Music Hall. I have to work all day, and have decided to wear my evening outfit to work, with evening updates in my bag. Grey menswear pinstripe modifiedsweetheart neckline strapless dress ( BR). Pewter python Tahari strappy sandals. My great-grandmother's lambswool with mink collar evening jacket.
My jewelry was work appropriate and fun for the evening--every strand of pearl I owned!
It was not, however, glam. Or Judith Ripka.
While at work. the very sweet Katie came in to shop. She was wearing a fabulous green amythest Judith Ripka ring--and when I complimented her, she suggested I swing by the store. When I mentioned that it was Closing Night, she told me to come over to borrow jewelry.
That's, right. She was offering the glitz that lay inside the glass cases!
As I (shakily) walked over to the store, I thought about what could possibly lie ahead: a JR ring, perhaps the JR necklace I talked about before, maybe earrings?
What happened was more than I could have imagined!
Katie asked that I take off all the jewelry I was wearing. She then began handing me bauble after bauble, an earring, a larger earring, a choker, a drop necklace, a cuff, a ring, a different necklace...
Before I knew it, I was wearing $60,000 worth of Judith Ripka 18k white gold and diamonds!
Katie asked for my phone number and asked that I return the jewelry Sunday afternoon. That was it! She trusted me to properly represent the brand (and promote it if given the opportunity)--which I was happy to carry!!
To mark the occasion--for myself and for posterity--my very talented Tenor, Steve, did a photoshoot of me and the jewels against the artful backdrop of Deep Ellum.
Enjoy!