Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Engagement Ring!



OMG Gary bought me an engagement ring!








I have been really looking on the internet and at Dawson's for rings. I took my old wedding ring into Dawson's to see how much they would give me for my marquis to trade up. They will give me $1220 for my diamond and $723 for the mounting. It's pretty close to what we paid for it but I just don't know if I want to get rid of the mounting. I have been looking at a Nili two tone ring but it wasn't exactly what I wanted so Dana said he could make me one like I wanted. The price he quoted me to remake the ring with approximately .85 carets of diamonds in the mounting without a center stone was $3126. The quote on a round center stone was $7242 for a 1.02 caret and $5082 for a .84 caret.I was browsing the internet looking at rings and looked on E-bay for Nili rings & I found one from Nebraska Diamonds that I loved when I first saw it. I showed it to Gary when he got home and he didn't really say much but I kept hinting around that it was a good deal and I really like it. Monday morning at work I couldn't think about anything but that ring. I kept checking E-Bay to make sure it had not sold and when I went home for lunch I brought it up again & Gary said I could order it. I told him he had to push the confirm button so he did. It should be delivered tomorrow! It has 24 small round diamonds and 10 square diamonds. It doesn't have a center stone but the prongs are for a marquis. I really think I want a round center stone. I had Nebraska Diamond send me prices for a ¾ to 7/8 caret $2500-$3200. That is SO much cheaper than what Dawson's wants.

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