Sex and Carrie Bradshaw's pearls

Those of you who have seen the "Sex and the City" movie already know Carrie Bradshaw has traded in her gold chain nameplate necklace. She's more gown-up now and owns a 32 inch strand of Mikimoto pearls. It's oh-so fashionable, classic, and enviable at a price of $11,900. Ouch! She announces her engagement wearing these opera pearls, combines it with other necklaces, and showing how pearls can really be worn day and night--wears it to bed with Mr. Big--WOW! It's caused a run on opera length pearls. But why did anyone have to wait for a fashion statement from Sarah Jessica Parker to possess these beauties? Mine aren't Mikimoto, but they are genuine freshwater pearls and at 8 mm match Carrie's size perfectly. I wish my dress size matched as well, but it doesn't. So I plan to rent the DVD, watch it wearing my opera pearls, and eat popcorn and M&Ms. I realize some things--like a size zero--are out of my reach, but not real pearls!