Shopping Haul... cont'd (Earrings!)

I got my ears pierced in my last year of high school and I don't think I ever got over the difference a pair of earrings can have on your outfit because to this day, I have a bit of a thing for earrings, in that I loooove to shop for them. While shopping for Christmas gifts, (yeah, I know it was forever ago... I just haven't updated in that long!) I happened to pick out a few (or a lot) things (read: earrings) for myself.

Here's a sample of the damage done...

From Forever21, I got two pairs of earrings:

A very sparkly, bow shaped pair of earrings.

Close up of the details

And finally, I ordered a pair of "My Sweetheart Swarovski" earrings from Beyond the Rack. They're quite beautiful, though from the cheap-o packaging, I'm not sure they're ACTUALLY Swarovski crystals. Anyway.  The stuff from Beyond the Rack is quite hit and miss, if you're buying from relatively unknown brands (and there are quite a few of them!!) I bought a dress for 35$ and it was made of the cheapest material, even if it looked like pretty good material in the picture. It's quite hard to tell, so I think I'll stick to buying accessories and from big brands (which aren't very often on Beyond the Rack... I'd say HauteLook has more frequent sales on big brand names like Calvin Klein, Juicy Couture, etc.) Luckily, Beyond the Rack has quite a good return policy, and I exchanged the dress for credits... Now I'm just waiting for a chance to use it.

But the earrings! Pictures:

It's hard to photograph, but they are quite sparkly, and have a different color depending on the lighting. So pretty! <3

So that's it for my haul, for now. I still have a bunch of stuff that I ordered on the way, so watch out for that! Shopping spree... ahhhh...