It’s official…we’ve become people who put their Christmas lights up before Thanksgiving!

With this year and all that’s happened, though, how could anyone blame us?

I mean, I’ve been seeing so many who already have their whole house (inside and out) decked out.

Also I am hearing about how everyone’s shopping up a storm right now because they’re worried about things selling out, shortages, and such.

Well, if you’re looking for something charming and entirely affordable — with a local connection — to gift some of your favorites this holiday season, Johnston’s own Arden Jewelry (in business since 1937) makes a lovely necklace featuring the Rhode Island state motto, HOPE, and anchor.

And it retails for only $12.

But in person, and up close, it looks like it costs a whole lot more!

Now this isn’t a sponsored post but full disclosure, I did team up with Arden for a necklace giveaway over on Instagram last week and can we talk (rip Joan Rivers who btw was a costume jewelry demi god) about how excited people were about the prospect of winning one of these babies for themselves?

It would not be exaggeration to say that I was bowled over by the number of IG’ers who entered our giveaway, whether they reside in lil Rhody right now (not to mention residents of Hope, RI) or used to, and could NOT wait to get their hands on this necklace!!!

Really, it’s a classic win-win that will delight all the jewelry lovers in your life and take some of the guessing and stress out of tackling your Xmas list.

And again, it sells for a super affordable price of $12.

For more info, you’ll definitely want to pop over to ArdenJewelry.com.