okay okay okay...

Another hint:

Sunny rising is the closest so far with her most recent guess... and I'm going to make you all search for her most recent guess.

If we don't have a winner by Saturday morning, I'm going to send the earrings off to the person with the number closest to the actual number of beads I've purchased.

Keep trying! Good luck!!!

PS... There's this song, I forget the name, but the lyrics go something like this: "Sooooo close, yet so far away. You're soooo close, but so far away!"