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Old 11-28-2004, 11:08 AM   #1 of 43
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First step towards marriage...


completed.

I just went and bought(well paid half so far on it) an engagement ring for my g/f.

I had taken my g/f with me before to look to get a idea of what she wanted. Well today we went again cause she wanted to get her finger sized and to look some more. At this point I was planning to buy soon, and she knew I was, but I didnt know I was buying today. We looked at rings, and I knew she wanted an oval cut Diamond, and the jewler took a few out and showed us the different grades underneath a magnifying glass and all that stuff.

He pulled one out and she instantly fell in love with it. It was an oval cut .94 kt size "D" Color(Highest Possible) and Vs2 clarity(above average). The price on it stone only was 3299$. That was a bit above my range that I had in mind at first honestly ,not because Im cheap, but because that would take pretty much my whole bank account down to about 300$. As we were looking at some other the guy made a deal with us and said he would sell it to us for 2900$ and that included the appraisal and setting and everything. She was in love with it so I said go for it. So I put down roughly half on it so he would hold it until I got paid again to pay off the other half.


Sorry for the long rambling but I had to tell someone...


This is roughly what it looks like

http://img116.exs.cx/img116/1913/ring1.jpg



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Old 11-28-2004, 11:31 AM   #2 of 43
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Congrats!

Did you compare the price you got to http://www.bluenile.com/ ?
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Old 11-28-2004, 11:34 AM   #3 of 43
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thats actually where I got the picture from I posted..lol. I didnt compare to blue nile and it looks like I got a pretty good deal compared to the prices they were listing for that size/color/clarity...



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Old 11-28-2004, 03:25 PM   #4 of 43
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Many congrats, Alan. Someday soon I might be walking down that road...



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Old 11-28-2004, 08:58 PM   #5 of 43
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Congrats! I was just there myself a couple of weeks ago... Let me tell you this though, once you pop the question, the wedding fever is unleased in your fiance(!!)

I'm hoping she doesn't turn into "Bridezilla"

Good luck and best wishes,

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Old 11-29-2004, 06:47 AM   #6 of 43
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Congrats. Did that last tuesday. She has no idea it's coming, although I do know what the answer will be. I know a jeweler here in Boston who's making her ring for me and I got to help in the design. .55 center w/ .25 sides. White gold... and I got out for 2 grand! That's the benefit of knowing somebody!

Again, congrats and welcome to the club.


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Old 11-29-2004, 08:38 AM   #7 of 43
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Awesome! Congratulations, Alan. Trust me when I say that both your fiancee' will definitely be planning out all the details for your wedding. Your big thing will be getting fitted for your tuxedo, planning for the honeymoon, getting your best man and groomsmen together for one last throwdown, and showing up on time for the wedding.



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Old 11-29-2004, 01:19 PM   #8 of 43
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Congrats! That's really very exciting and I wish you and your soon to be wife a great life.

I'm a plain and simple girl, so I told my husband not to buy me an engagement ring and that when we bought our wedding bands I didn't need a diamond or anything fancy. We went to this nice little jewelery store and picked out white gold bands and had our initials engraved on the inside.

Total price: $127 for both rings.
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Old 11-29-2004, 01:24 PM   #9 of 43
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Lanie, do you have a sister?

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Old 11-29-2004, 01:30 PM   #10 of 43
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I'm in the same boat myself. My girlfriend has been living with me for a while so I've decided that it's finally time to get married. I'm looking to spend around $2000 to $2500 for her ring. Man it feels funny to finally grow up!
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