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[mskatee]

How exciting! woo hoo!

 

[RLG]

I love the first wedding band. You must be so excited for the box to arrive. I hope you can get it sooner than thursday.

 

[Isabelle]

OMG, Dreamer, your ring is GORGEOUS!! Congratulations on such a beautiful design and gorgeous diamond!! Well done you!!

 

[Dreamer_D]

MrsSalvo I missed your post yesterday, thanks so much for the suggestions, I will wait for sure and visit Pearlmans. You''ve got me totally excited now!

Fabcrab, you and coati can start a club of funny animal names that were spur of the moment and now you are stuck with them

Thanks for the compliments Isabelle and mskatee!

RLG I better get it before thursday or I will go mental! I called fedex and they said that customs operates all night long and so it should clear tonight. If it clears by 6am tomorrow then I will get it tomorrow. Otherwise one more stinking day! Ahhhh! Next time I am asking for my package to be shipped to the nearest US city and I will drive down and bring it accross customs myself! I could have had it last night!

cinnamon glad you like it! I can''t wait to see it. I owe it alll to you! If you hadn''t been considering it I wouldn''t have seen it and I wouldn''t have nagged hubby to agree that it was such a great stone for such a great price and so we had to get it right now! haha Sooooo thanks!

DD

 

[Sparkalicious]

DD - Check that baby out!

They better hurry up and get your precioussssss to you before someone gets hurt.

It''s a gorgeous setting and that diamond!! Whoohoo!
I really LOVE how it looks with the band. You are going to have one knockout set.

Congrats on getting your dream rb!! Yay!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Thanks sparksterooni!This is my baby RB that I am going to love and tend carefully until it grows into my dream RB (around 1.75cts at the moment). Who knows how long that will take? But think of all the fun projects planning each step. I enjoy the "hunt" and planning, so I think this will be a great project. Although it is an expensive hobby. DH keeps suggesting I take up knitting instead.

DD

 

[777_LDY]

Beautiful DD! I hope you get it asap, that would kill me to know it was so close! Can''t wait to see hand shots!

 

[luckynumber7]

i like the 1st band too. it''s not overpowering your solitaire and they complement each other.

i hope you get your ring asap too. good luck. don''t forget to post pics.

 

[Dreamer_D]

Siggghhh as of 10 am, customs clearance is "in progress", which is good since for the previous 24 hours there was a "clearance delay". I am so mad at myself that I didn''t just have it sent to Buffalo! I could have had it Tuesday morning!

Let''s hope it gets cleared today or there will be another days delay.

DD

 

[Sparkalicious]

Date: 4/2/2008 12:14:54 AM
Author: dreamer_dachsie
Thanks sparksterooni!This is my baby RB that I am going to love and tend carefully until it grows into my dream RB (around 1.75cts at the moment). Who knows how long that will take? But think of all the fun projects planning each step. I enjoy the ''hunt'' and planning, so I think this will be a great project. Although it is an expensive hobby. DH keeps suggesting I take up knitting instead.

DD

I know that this is your "baby" RB. I love that and am so happy for you that you decided to go this route!

I''m hoping to treat mine well as well and grow it to a lovely 2 ct or so. I, too, understand that that may take some time but am in agreement that it is all fun along the way.

Tell DH that HE should take up knitting

... you''ll stick with DIAMONDS!

Believe me, I crochet and diamonds are far, far more fun.

I''ve updated my thread with a response to your questions.

 

[canuk-gal]

Date: 4/2/2008 3:21:19 PM
Author: dreamer_dachsie
Siggghhh as of 10 am, customs clearance is ''in progress'', which is good since for the previous 24 hours there was a ''clearance delay''. I am so mad at myself that I didn''t just have it sent to Buffalo! I could have had it Tuesday morning!

Let''s hope it gets cleared today or there will be another days delay.

DD

HI:

Gosh I''ve lived this experience many times, sometimes I wish they didn''t send tracking info! I don''t get excited until I see the words "on truck for delivery".

cheers--Sharon

 

[Rhea]

That stone looks big!!

I prefer the halo wedding band to the harmony band but I''m not drooling over either. I think a trip with a camera in hand to Pearlman''s is definitely in order!!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Thanks for the compliments and the commiseration folks!

I want my ring!

Now I don''t even think I will get it tomorrow!

DD

 

[Dreamer_D]

It''s here and it is AMAZING!!!! Everything I hoped for. I finally had "that moment" where you see your ring and fall in looooove

. It took a little while, but I finally got here!

I found out at 9pm that they had it at the main FedEx location 45 minutes from my house, so my best friend and I drove up there and picked it up, I just couldn''t wait. Hubby was studying for a professional certification exam, so he made me promise to wait until I cam home to open the package... somehow I managed to wait

.

Before I opened it I warned hubby that the lighting in our house (it''s all incandescent lights) was probably the worst for diamond performance... but when we opened the package we were amazed at how lively and sparkly, and yes, FIREY

the stone was! I have literally never seen a diamond like this before. Most other diamonds I have seen just look white, but they don''t have fire and they sure don''t have any life in regular lighting like I have in my dining room. This little guy looked like a fireball on my finger. Simply amazing. It is mezmerizing, I totally fell in love.

And on top of that it looks completely colorless. We looked at it up against a white piece of paper, couldn''t see a hint of color. Seriously, the color grading scheme seems so odd to me when I think that my "J" is six color grades away from a "D"??!!?! That is splitting hairs in my opinion. Maybe in a bigger stone it is more noticable, but I will never buy anything other than J''s, I am so amazed.

And finally, let me say that the Legato Sleek Line is probably the most beautiful setting I have seen in my whole life. Pictures CANNOT capture how *delicate* it is!! The prongs are soo teensy tiny, and the shank so thin, and the cathedral is a thin as a hair. Amazing. It is so much more than I could have ever hoped for. And it looks perfect with my plain 1.8mm WG band! Perfect! The only bad thing is that now I need to have my three-stone ring re-made because it looks horrible next to the perfection of this setting! But I don''t care because I finally finally finally have a ring that I completely love!!

I haven''t forgotten pictures, but really, it is too late, I''ll take 10000000000 tomorrow!

I am so happy!

DD

 

[Sparkalicious]

A big WOOOOHOOOO to that!

I''m SO happy for you. I''m waaaaaiiiiiiting for pics!

 

[happy in love]

Yay! I''m so glad you finally have it on your finger! Can''t wait for the pics

 

[woobug02]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO PICTURES WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[cinnamon013]

Pictures?? Waiting, waiting, waiting...

 

[diamondseeker2006]

Start a new thread so people will see the ring!!!

 

[Dreamer_D]

Pictures!

https://www.pricescope.com/community/threads/dreamers-little-beauty.82376/

 

[LaurenThePartier]

How did I miss this thread?

I LOVE your new ring - and the halo w-band, is gorgeous!