Are you kidding me? Even 'cheap' jewelry that would be given in the sorts of circles you must have run with would be rather expensive. I don't even get it.

[Gifts were gifts, provided they were given as a kindness or fondness rather than an attempt to force reciprocation.]

Mutants are, well, we're colorful. But you're far from the least magical person. Most mutants don't work with true magics, which means you're a lot more magical than most people I know.