I hate making big decisions, someone make it for me please 
Anyway I am now leaning hard for a round diamond, but the problem with this is to get a 1 carat I go a little out of my budget. Here are two that I am interested in:
http://www.whiteflash.com/round_ideal_cut/Round-Ideal-Cut-cut-diamond-122962.htm
.91 carat J, SI1 (whiteflash expert selected)
$3,314.00
http://whiteflash.com/round_ideal_cut/Round-Ideal-Cut-cut-diamond-78290.htm#
1.07 carat J, SI2 (whiteflash expert selected)
$3,970.00
My budget is $3500, and this is assuming that the setting my girlfriends friend picks out is under $1500.
So it all comes down to size/price here. Is the .16 of a carat difference worth the extra $656, top that off with the 1 carat being slightly worse on clarity.
My girlfriend will probably freak knowing that I am willing to pay over $2k just for the diamond, but I want this to be special. I have so far spent the past 6 months saving for this. It will sound so much better telling her its a 1 carat instead of a .91. I don''t want her friends or other people asking her the question and her having to say the same thing.
BTW do women ask these sort of questions to each other? If it is, then I don''t want her to have to tell them its .91 or almost a carat
Anyway I am now leaning hard for a round diamond, but the problem with this is to get a 1 carat I go a little out of my budget. Here are two that I am interested in:
http://www.whiteflash.com/round_ideal_cut/Round-Ideal-Cut-cut-diamond-122962.htm
.91 carat J, SI1 (whiteflash expert selected)
$3,314.00
http://whiteflash.com/round_ideal_cut/Round-Ideal-Cut-cut-diamond-78290.htm#
1.07 carat J, SI2 (whiteflash expert selected)
$3,970.00
My budget is $3500, and this is assuming that the setting my girlfriends friend picks out is under $1500.
So it all comes down to size/price here. Is the .16 of a carat difference worth the extra $656, top that off with the 1 carat being slightly worse on clarity.
My girlfriend will probably freak knowing that I am willing to pay over $2k just for the diamond, but I want this to be special. I have so far spent the past 6 months saving for this. It will sound so much better telling her its a 1 carat instead of a .91. I don''t want her friends or other people asking her the question and her having to say the same thing.
BTW do women ask these sort of questions to each other? If it is, then I don''t want her to have to tell them its .91 or almost a carat