Ring Shopping
No, I'm not getting married just yet.
The ring is for my mother's 5oth. And that's right, I'm the one choosing the ring.
For the past 3 weeks, my brother and I have been hunting for the Perfect Ring. Four, if you count that weekend we spent looking for the wrong type of ring. Yes, that was a memorable few hours. We spent 4 hours talking to sales people at different jewellry shops around Town Centre, looking for the perfect sapphire ring. Not being able to decide if a light or darker stone was more palatable to the eye, I finally called my dad who promptly informed me that mother wants a solitary diamond with white gold.
Great.
We went back to the sales people, ladies, actually, and proceded to ask to see white gold solitaires. We finally found one at a nice little place at Town. One of the no-name shops. Friendly service from the sales staff and a nice manager to boot. Even with the discounts, I still feel I got hosed on the deal. But it's such a beatiful, simple ring.
On the whole it was a fantastic learning experience. I now know about cut, clarity, colour, carat; more than I had dared or cared to. I also learned that diamonds are not that good an investment. They don't tend to go up in value very much. Titanium, on the other hand...
I have resolved to buy myself a titanium ring for Christmas. And a nice Pierre Laurent watch, or possibly a Tag Hauer.
Right. Like I have money to burn. Still tough, the titanium band looked wicked fresh. Pardon my old school.
Any way, back from the tangent. We got a nice half carat diamond on white gold. It's getting cleaned, set, and resized. I'll post pics when I get my hands on it next weekend.
Sigh. Coulda bought a computer or two with that money... but it's mom. She is so worth the Perfect Ring.
The ring is for my mother's 5oth. And that's right, I'm the one choosing the ring.
For the past 3 weeks, my brother and I have been hunting for the Perfect Ring. Four, if you count that weekend we spent looking for the wrong type of ring. Yes, that was a memorable few hours. We spent 4 hours talking to sales people at different jewellry shops around Town Centre, looking for the perfect sapphire ring. Not being able to decide if a light or darker stone was more palatable to the eye, I finally called my dad who promptly informed me that mother wants a solitary diamond with white gold.
Great.
We went back to the sales people, ladies, actually, and proceded to ask to see white gold solitaires. We finally found one at a nice little place at Town. One of the no-name shops. Friendly service from the sales staff and a nice manager to boot. Even with the discounts, I still feel I got hosed on the deal. But it's such a beatiful, simple ring.
On the whole it was a fantastic learning experience. I now know about cut, clarity, colour, carat; more than I had dared or cared to. I also learned that diamonds are not that good an investment. They don't tend to go up in value very much. Titanium, on the other hand...
I have resolved to buy myself a titanium ring for Christmas. And a nice Pierre Laurent watch, or possibly a Tag Hauer.
Right. Like I have money to burn. Still tough, the titanium band looked wicked fresh. Pardon my old school.
Any way, back from the tangent. We got a nice half carat diamond on white gold. It's getting cleaned, set, and resized. I'll post pics when I get my hands on it next weekend.
Sigh. Coulda bought a computer or two with that money... but it's mom. She is so worth the Perfect Ring.
