I think a big reason I want the ring so badly is that I despite the fact that we are clearly engaged, I don't really feel engaged. For example, I'm in Jersey for a few days and whenever I come home my mom and I always go into The City (ie NYC - the only city that matters) and I was planning on making appointments at Pronovias and Birnbaum and Bullock just to see - dresses go on sale this time of year so maybe I would get lucky. But when it came down to it I felt a little embarrassed going to such fancy places without a ring. I was a little afraid that they wouldn't take me seriously and think that I was wasting their time, or that they would look down on me. I know how ridiculous that sounds because when it comes down to it I am the dress buyer and they are the people who work there for minimum wage.
Also while in the city today, my mom and I were walking down 5th Ave and as we were passing by Tiffany's we just decided to go in. My mom has never had any diamond jewelry (mostly by choice), so she wanted to see sizes, and I had never been in Tiffany's so why not? We went up to the engagement ring floor - literally, they have an entire floor devoted to engagement rings - and we looked a around a little and found rings similar to mine (the Lucida and the Novo for those that know Tiffany stones/settings). Clearly, we weren't there to buy, but a saleswoman was nice enough to take stuff out to show us. I tried on a few rings, price range $17000-24000 and I doubt I will ever have anything so expensive on ever again!!! The rings were quite lovely, even the ones in under $10000 cases were beautiful - to be honest, other than size I couldn't tell the difference between a $8000 or a $17000 Lucida ring. The stones Tiffany's uses are clearly of the highest quality. I now have a better understanding of why you pay a premium for them - the stones I've seen at places like Jared's don't even compare. As we were leaving I saw at least four couples sitting with salespeople, sipping champagne and picking rings, and I was kind of disappointed that Beau and I couldn't have a similar experience. We may have saved a ton of money, but it was certainly not romantic. I also realized that as much as I want to know exactly when my ring is arriving, I'm really happy that Beau is planning on surprising me with it in some romantic way.
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It's funny you found Tiffany's romantic. I suppose it is, I've always found it intimidating. It's one of those places where I follow my mother's advice to "dress up." (And I still follow it for museums and the theatre.) You get better service that way, and it adds to the experience. While I agree the Tiffany's rings are in a league of their own, they're also mass-produced. There's something so wonderful about having a ring like any other, just as yours will be.
That should be "unlike any other," by the way. Hee hee. I have snow-on-the-brain.
Tiffany's wasn't very romantic, just more romantic than picking a ring by phone and email.
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