Lucky me! My husband gave me a beautiful pair of earrings for Christmas. I was so excited about them I wouldn’t take them off for days. As we boarded the plane to visit my family, the stewardess smiled at me and said, “Miss, it looks like you lost an earring!”

Has this happened to you before? I went home and found five additional lone earrings of which the partner had been somehow lost. I immediately scoured the internet for reinforcements and discovered EarringDoctor.com. Genius! You can order any type of extra earring backings to keep on hand and avoid any more casualties!

I only spent $5 on the clear stops I bought. It’s a PLRG must!

EXTRA PLRG TIP: If it’s too late for your favorite pair of earrings, that doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the lone ranger you have left. One way to use your solo earring is as a super-fancy push pin! You may need to use an actual pushpin (depending on whether you’re using a cork-board, fabric-board, etc.) to get things started, but in the end the look is tres chic!

(Pam Sherman, is the founder of Chicago Anytime Assistants, a flexible ‘anytime-you-need-it’ personal assistant service for the busy Chicagoan. She is constantly hunting down deals and sales for her clients and is now sharing them with PoorLittleRichGirls as a contributor.)