I researched many sites for ring and diamond information and found this particular site most informative. I ended up buying a Tacori platinum setting from a long time jewelery company (Since 1910) and selected a 1.52 carat E color VS1 Radiant cut diamond. Excellent polish, very good symmetry, etc.
My girlfriend of nearly 5 years had absolutely no idea I was planning the proposal nor did she know I had purchased the ring. The proposal went like this:
My girlfriend had a "girls only" weekend planned in New York City with five of her friends. She had never been to the city before. I bought a nice new suit and snuck up to New York (via a train) and reserved a suite at the same hotel she was at. I made up six gift boxes (filled with Godiva chocolates) with little thank you cards attached. I found out that the girls were having dinner at Tavern on the Green on Saturday night. I arranged to have a white carriage waiting outside while I went inside with a suit, roses and the gift boxes. As the girls were finishing up dinner, I had the hostess place one gift box in front of my girlfriend. She still didn't know I was in New York. She opened up the note attached to the box where I had written some niceties and told her how much I missed her. The last line of the note said "I'd like to spend the rest of the evening with you....I'm here waiting." At that point, I walked in to the room with my suit and roses. She nearly went into shock. I told the other ladies that I apologize for interrupting, but I would be taking my girlfriend out for the rest of the evening. I then handed them each a gift box with thank you letters attached. We walked out out to the front of the restaurant where I helped her into the carriage. She was a trembling mess. I told her to relax, we are just going on a nice ride through Central Park. At that moment, the carriage driver placed a nice red blanket across her lap. Unbeknown to her, it was a blanket I purchased and had "Karen, please say yes...." embroidered on it. She looked down at it and started crying. I knelt down on one knee and proposed. It was quite a night and she still weeps at the thought of the whole evening that happened two weeks ago.
Here is the ring:
My girlfriend of nearly 5 years had absolutely no idea I was planning the proposal nor did she know I had purchased the ring. The proposal went like this:
My girlfriend had a "girls only" weekend planned in New York City with five of her friends. She had never been to the city before. I bought a nice new suit and snuck up to New York (via a train) and reserved a suite at the same hotel she was at. I made up six gift boxes (filled with Godiva chocolates) with little thank you cards attached. I found out that the girls were having dinner at Tavern on the Green on Saturday night. I arranged to have a white carriage waiting outside while I went inside with a suit, roses and the gift boxes. As the girls were finishing up dinner, I had the hostess place one gift box in front of my girlfriend. She still didn't know I was in New York. She opened up the note attached to the box where I had written some niceties and told her how much I missed her. The last line of the note said "I'd like to spend the rest of the evening with you....I'm here waiting." At that point, I walked in to the room with my suit and roses. She nearly went into shock. I told the other ladies that I apologize for interrupting, but I would be taking my girlfriend out for the rest of the evening. I then handed them each a gift box with thank you letters attached. We walked out out to the front of the restaurant where I helped her into the carriage. She was a trembling mess. I told her to relax, we are just going on a nice ride through Central Park. At that moment, the carriage driver placed a nice red blanket across her lap. Unbeknown to her, it was a blanket I purchased and had "Karen, please say yes...." embroidered on it. She looked down at it and started crying. I knelt down on one knee and proposed. It was quite a night and she still weeps at the thought of the whole evening that happened two weeks ago.
Here is the ring:
It was quite humorous during the night when we were in bed, she would open her cell phone to look at the ring and then go to sleep. She did this three times through the night because she couldn''t believe I asked her and gave her the ring. She still beams at work (we work together) and I''ve got a lot of thumbs up from her coworkers.
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