Well, I had a lot of overtime and shift pay so I was a naughty girl. Lets say my bracelet is nearly full.
I got the Teddy Bear to represent adulthood. I know that this sounds a little strange. I never had a Bear as a child. I had soft toy cats, bunnies, a pig, E.T., etc., but never ever a bear. For my 18th birthday a friend gave me a bear and I have been collecting ever since.
I got the ghost to represent getting baptisted. I was torn between the pumpkin and the ghost, but none of the local shops had the pumpkin and I like the ghost better anyway. The reason I have chosen the ghost to commemorate this event is that I was baptised on Halloween 1999.
I got the snowflake bead with the blue stone to represent my childhood. I grew up in Germany, where we usually had the first snow of the winter around my birthday (mid November). A lot of my happy childhood memories involve snow.
I also got the swan. I spent 3.5 happy years working at a boarding school called Swanbourne House School and the school crest happened to be swans. Although I left there 5 years ago almost to the day, this place still has not lost its hold on me and I doubt it ever will.
Corinna