"And sorry OP, they ate just such generic, not very fashionable earrings too ..."
I hate the sheerly nasty words that spew out from people like you @EarringsandLipstick. The OP has already said how lovely the earrings are, and I agree with her - but that is not the point - the point is just how horrible and completely unnecessary it was of you to to make such a comment.
Maybe your partner pops over to Tiffany's in NY to buy all of your jewellery, because you are all about designer and cost - if it didn't come from what you consider a posh enough jewellers, and if it didn't cost at least a month of your partner's salary (for every single piece of jewellery he or she buys you) then it isn't good enough for you?
They are lovely and quite simple looking earrings, but that makes them all the more beautiful in my opinion. I can't stand ostentatious jewellry/furniture/picture frames etc.
I think that they generally (but of course not always) look ugly, and actually often look a lot cheaper than they probably were. So, I think that the OP is very lucky to have her partner - even with that endearing hiccup he suffers from once every year - and I think that he is probably even luckier to have the OP, who sounds delightful, and just wants to be given ideas on how she can very kindly stop him from buying the same earrings every year!
@AvaCallanach I think that maybe you should bring out your jewellery collection a couple of weeks before you think he will be going to John Lewis for your earrings - including your multiple identicle earrings - and tell him that now that you have got the heir 'main pair and a spare' in two lovely colours, you wondered if you could be very cheeky and ask him to look for a ring/bracelet/pendant that would go well with those earrings - making it clear that you don't expect him to find the identicle design to actually match them (unless you know that they do sell them, and you would like that as your present)?
If my idea is no good for you in your circumstances, then I am sure that you will have had lots of good ideas from other PP's! By the way, I love the sound of the relationship that you and your husband have - it warms the cockles of an old woman's heart ❤️
Oh, one last comment, I only got as far as EarringsandLipsticks comments, which so frustrated me that I came straight here to give my view, so I don't know if anyone else made a comment about her post. I will continue reading your thread now OP, thanks.