Better Sooner than Later.....

[dbgaap]

OK, I have avoided posting becuase I don''t have pictures -and I know a picture is better than a thousand words.


We made our engagement official over the weekend (Saturday was Ring Day). Yea!


Since my daughter graduates from HS in early June, we wanted to avoid anything too close to then (not wanting to upstage her - she has worked so hard, gotten such amazing grades and goes off to a great college next year). And let me tell you, when teenage daughter is unhappy, EVERYONE is unhappy...




So BF got on the horn and arranged for expedited completion of the setting and it was supposed to be ready by Friday & we made celebration plans for Saturday.


The ring never arrived from the manufacturer so I was all in tears on Saturday, but BF saved the day by having jeweler put stone into a loaner standard Tiffany setting. It made our celebration even more special because he was so sensitive to my admittedly melodramatic needs. Then, the ring showed up on Monday, jeweler made a speedy swap and I got to have one more romantic dinner & mushy celebration.




I''ll post pic''s & spec''s soon.


It''s kinda like a cross between a Vatche x-prong and Royal Crown (a cathedral setting with a trellis basket) in yellow gold. The stone is 1.004 carat, J color, I1 clarity (totally eyeclean, to me anyway!) and the cut scored 2.7 on HCA. It sparkles a lot especially the colors.




Woo Hoo!!

 

[Nicrez]

WOW! Sounds fabulous! I can't wait to see more yellow gold! I am starting to get back to my roots, when I used to wear more yellow gold. It can be so warm and rich looking...

Congrats to you both, and isn't it wonderful to have such a wonderful guy who knows your weaknesses and litle eccentricities and LOVES you for them?!

All the best to you both and congrats to your daughter on her graduation!

We will give you a reprieve on the pictures, but make sure you take some quick...we are going through withdrawl and this is just teasing...

 

[wallace]

What a sweet BF - and a sweet story! Congratulations on your engagement! I don't think you sounded melodramatic at all. Of course you wanted to wear your ring! Weekend chore - PICS (What a chore)! Enjoy!!!

 

[Shay37]

That is such a sweet story. Congrats and post pics. LOL BTW, great accomplishment for your daughter (congrats on keeping your sanity through it.) Around my house it's: When Mama ain't happy, ain't NOBODY happy. (originally from Texas, hence the lingo)

I just can't wait to see pics of that gorgeous ring.

Shay

 

[fire&ice]

Congrats on your ring. And, Congrats on your daughters good grades, entrance into a great college & her upcoming College adventure. Credit is always due to parents/parent.

...and yep, pics are mandatory.

 

[tomatoe]

Congratulations to another J colour owner

Pics please and happy beautiful ring wearing!

 

[dbgaap]

I have tried to upload a couple pictures, but I get an error message. Maybe the files are too big? It says the limit is 100,000 bytes and my jpg images range from 295KB to 523KB.
Also, with all the new viruses going around, I won't be able to use my work computer for R&R anymore (I used to read pricescope while I waited for the computer to process my reports)

So if anybody has any helpful hints, I'll try again during eve/weekend soon.

 

[cmcwill]

try resizing them in photoshop or the camera software that came with your digital camera. i reduced most of my pics to 50% of their original size.
Can't wait to see them!
Colleen

 

[tomatoe]

Actually wanted to help u downsize the pics but I just noticed your other post with pics. Gorgeous