I slipped the ring on in the jewellery department of Liberty in London

It’s the first time I’ve ever bought something to put on any finger — let alone ‘that’ finger, the one reserved for wedding rings. And it was only as I slipped the Chrome Hearts Crosswise Oval Silver Ring Sale on in the jewellery department of Liberty in London that I realised the full significance of what I was doing.I was celebrating a brand new year - and a brand new me. And now every time I look at the huge rock sparkling on my finger I get a surge of excitement.I have always adored jewellery - and rings in particular. But, like most women, I was conditioned to believe that the one item of jewellery a woman never buys herself is a ring.
I gave away my wedding ring to Oxfam - and finally felt freeTessa shows off her new quartz ring that she bought for herselfThis year, I celebrated the New Year by doing something totally unexpected. It was a gesture so empowering and so completely out of char-acter that I feel a swell of pride just thinking about it.
In fact, every ring I have worn over the years has been bought for me by a man. And every one has meant something very special - at the time. Make-up agoraphobia: A third of women wouldn?t dare go outside without make-up on Grandmother loses three and a half stone using Wii Fit after she was nicknamed 'fatty bum bum nana'When I got engaged to my first husband in 1985, we had so little money we scoured second-hand shops.
No, I didn’t go bungee jumping, hot air ballooning or rock climbing. I didn’t go gorilla spotting in Africa or deep-sea diving in the Seychelles. But what I did was - for me - equally outlandish and every bit as exhilarating.I bought myself a piece of jewellery. Not any old piece of jewellery. I bought myself a Chrome Hearts Forever Silver 6mm Spacer Ring Hot Sale. A stonking great green quartz which now flashes on the third finger of my left hand. Chrome hearts collection 2012, check www.chromeheartsonlineusa.com.