How's that for luck?  She is very conscientious about her belongings.  Cares for them and makes every conceivable effort to ensure they sustain no damages.  She likes her books in pristine condition, and has assembled a veritable library of 'favourite' books, giving them out on loan with the knowledge that they will be returned to her (if they are returned to her) in a condition quite unlike how they were when they were handed over with the request to 'be gentle' with them.

She may be the typical teen-ager with her clothing, tossing items carelessly in a jumble to be retrieved if still wearable, to be laundered if not, but she looks after other things in a manner meant to preserve their longevity. 

She had wanted a new cellphone before the turn of the year, and we agreed.  A BlackBerry was what she wanted, so she chose the one she had done her research on, and we brought it over to her.  Eight months later the device is inoperative.  Just before the conclusion of the school year when her Grade 10 class was enjoying a 'sports day', she and her classmates had placed their backpacks in a neat pile, admonishing one another to 'keep an eye' on them.

She had secreted her cellphone in the middle of the pack to ensure its safety, and no doubt others did as well.  When it was retrieved after hours of fun in the sun and sand playing beach volleyball, she discovered that someone must have run directly into and over the pile of bags, and hers was evidently one of those that was directly trod upon.  Her cellphone screen was scratched and the mouse was stuck.  She managed to get it to work, but over the period of a month it gradually declined in usefulness.

Today, it's inoperable, and she and her grandfather have gone off to shop for a replacement.