1- I'm jealous of you getting a pearl badge, but you totally deserve it so I won't hate you for it.
2- I would go with the pearl guard becuase of the pearl badge. But then as I write this, I think the simple guard might look really classy and set the badge off more because it won't compete....hum...ok I change my mind, I am not sure I like how the pearls look in the guard, go plain, and it will look great...but the pearls would look great too...
3- if you have extra money you can feel free to get me a pearl badge for christmas. I promise I won't mind
edit- why do they offer a violet dangle for AST? I'm on crack or do we not have anything to do with the violet. I swear I only recieved yellow roses....