The Wearable Planet

Friday was my last day at R.J. Reynolds, as I was part of a downsizing.  Really, it's ok.  I got a nice severance, I don't have to drive to Winston on a daily basis, and my former boss gave me a lovely gift from The Wearable Planet, a little shop in Kernersville that I had heard of, but hadn't visited.  He gave me a beautiful green jasper necklace, and a bag full of "Chakra Stones", knowing how much I love (and collect) rocks and minerals.  He also gave me a card that is plantable - it is made of seeds and you can plant it in soil and it will grow wildflowers.  I really liked that and found his gifts to be very thoughtful.

So, yesterday, Budd and I visited The Wearable Planet and found lots of other neat and interesting items.  A good selection of rocks and minerals, with little slips of paper identifying them and their properties; a silver Ganesh incense tray, which we used to put in our Prosperity corner with citrine, as per the Feng Shui book I'm reading; a beautiful green fluorite candle holder, and two mineral key chains - tiger's eye for Budd, and unakite for me. 

First discovered in the US in the Unakas Mountains of our own state, unakite is an altered granite composed of pink orthoclase, feldspar, green epidote, and generally clear quartz. It exists in various shades of green and pink and is usually mottled in appearance.  I've mined quite a bit of it at Emerald Hollow Mine in Hiddenite, not knowing what it was until I found a polished piece at a bead shop in Pittsboro with identification. 

Anyway, back to The Wearable Planet.  They have organic clothing, organic pet products, organic baby items, jewelry, cards, soy candles, bath and body products, music, books and more.  They specialize in fair trade, sweatshop-free and envorinmentally friendly products.  Their staff is real friendly too.  They remind me of a smaller version of one of my favorite Greensboro shops of days gone by, Global Perspectives.  I remember spending hours in Global Perspectives marvelling at their wares.  I miss that shop a lot.

The Wearable Planet, while small, is a nice substitute.  Budd and I were very impressed with the reusable cloth bag they gave us in lieu of a plastic shopping bag.  Even my little rock specimens were put in a cloth bag with the shop's logo imprinted on it.  I like that a lot.   I'd like to see more raw mineral specimens offered at The Wearable Planet, but hopefully, they will grow, and maybe occupy a larger space at some point.  The shopkeeper said they had been in business since last April.  I know I'll be back.  The Wearable Planet is located in the Southside Square Shopping Center on South Main Street in Kernersville, in the same shopping center as Target.  Their website is www.thewearableplanet.com.  I wish them much success, and will be a repeat customer. I meant to buy a walking stick, only $8.00, so I'll definitely be going back for that.