Hello all,
I have been lurking on the website and have found the forums to be rather helpful. Soon to be engaged, me and my partner have a tight budget. The budget for both the the wedding band and engagement ring is $2500 max, and given neither of us have previous experience with this, not sure how much to attribute to engagement ring and how much to the wedding band. But below are some things I want and hopefully you can guide me in how to break the budget and maybe even suggests diamonds and settings?
* A diamond with clarity of VS2 or higher. I know SI1 can be eye clean, but having no experience, I don't know if I should trust either of us to judge what is "eye clean" so I'm thinking we should err on the safe side?
* Color of I or higher
* Cut of Very good to Excellent/Ideal
* Carat size - i have no idea what I can get for our money, but my finger size is 8.5.
* For the band, though I realize I may need to go with a plain solitaire, if I could something a bit more "intricate" I wouldn't say no. Like a pavé maybe. Think that's feasaible?
I am also looking into a ruby ring, but I guess I will post in the Colored Stones section for in put on that.
I'd greatly appreciate any input/suggestions you may have.
I have been lurking on the website and have found the forums to be rather helpful. Soon to be engaged, me and my partner have a tight budget. The budget for both the the wedding band and engagement ring is $2500 max, and given neither of us have previous experience with this, not sure how much to attribute to engagement ring and how much to the wedding band. But below are some things I want and hopefully you can guide me in how to break the budget and maybe even suggests diamonds and settings?
* A diamond with clarity of VS2 or higher. I know SI1 can be eye clean, but having no experience, I don't know if I should trust either of us to judge what is "eye clean" so I'm thinking we should err on the safe side?
* Color of I or higher
* Cut of Very good to Excellent/Ideal
* Carat size - i have no idea what I can get for our money, but my finger size is 8.5.
* For the band, though I realize I may need to go with a plain solitaire, if I could something a bit more "intricate" I wouldn't say no. Like a pavé maybe. Think that's feasaible?
I am also looking into a ruby ring, but I guess I will post in the Colored Stones section for in put on that.
I'd greatly appreciate any input/suggestions you may have.