Can the brightest brooch shield me from reproach?

Tonight, I was looking for a specific small brooch I plan on wearing for an upcoming event. I don't usually think of myself as a garb-girl, but I wanted to look at it to make sure that the supertunic I am making will look good with it since I am quite hesitant about mixing blue and red. It took a bit of searching, but it was eventually found. However, what I encountered while looking for it was interesting.

I keep most of my SCA-related pretties in a small chest my father made for me. The chest is about 7 inches deep, 12 inches long, and about 7 inches high with a rounded top. I actually had problems closing it easily with how much stuff was in it. A few of the "pretties" are things I don't wear or small keepsakes from events, but the fact that I couldn't close it struck me as odd. Have I really acquired that much stuff? My persona is not a huge jewelry-wearer. I decided this summer to make an earlier more norse/celtic persona just to wear the stone necklaces. This of course necessitated the purchase of a 4 inch diameter stunning cloak-pin with celtic bear heads.

It struck me as very odd to see.