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[Blue824]

Your ring is beautiful!! Hope you two enjoy your dinner tonight!!
Many, many congratulations on your engagement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[fatafelice]

YAY!!! Congratualtions! I''m glad he was able to surprise you! And I love the color of that sapphire!

One Question: Are you allowed to go back and read all his posts on PS now?

 

[Kaleigh]

I came soooo close to calling the restuarant and ordering you two a round of drinks on me. But then I thought how in the world would I explain it to the folks at the Fountain. Yeah young couple just engaged, name?? Ummm rainbowtrout??

Ok the thought was there at least!!!

 

[SarFarSuperstar]

That''s such a gorgeous ring! Did you have any say at all in the setting? If not, your man has amazing taste! I hope y''all have a wonderful time at your special dinner tonight!

 

[sumbride]

It''s beautiful!!! I love sapphires!

CONGRATS!!!

 

[sunkist]

Ahhh, Rainbow!!! It''s beautiful!!

Congratulations on your engagement. How wonderful that he could surprise you! Hope you have a wonderful evening full of great memories

 

[crafftygrrl]

RainbowTrout,

Your ring is gorgeous!!!!

Wear it in the best of health and happiness!!!!

 

[anchor31]

Hehe, I just remembered the "We''re out of town on our anniversary? What do you mean we''re out of town?" scenes he pulled and how frustrated you were... Hah, he is one good actor and sneaky guy...

 

[rainbowtrout]

uffie....well, it was wonderful, I'm still too excited to sleep right off (and far too full...)

anchor: Hah, I had forgotton about that!

kaleigh: that's so sweet of you! I do appreciate the thought, trust me. I wonder how they would have reacted to a "Ms Trout" !

matatora: we're taking it to Dave Atlas in a few days to be fully checked out...I'm sure he'll spot anything and everything that might need fixin'. Thank you though..I will be sure to mention this possibility to him when we go.


thanks guys

I am going to make an attempt to toddle off to bed now, details about dinner later on

ETA: No, he did the setting all by his lonesome. It was actually a little bit different from all the stuff we'd looked at together.

 

[sleeping beauty]

Congrats rainbowtrout!!!!! that ring is georgeos!!!!! he did an excellent job on that setting

 

[FireGoddess]

Wowee - gorgeous! Such a killer stone and that setting....L

VE!!!!! Congrats on your engagement!!

 

[rainbowtrout]

well I''m glad he''s in NYC today, I seem to have decided to go to pieces..not in a bad way, but goodness. I tend to have slightly delayed reactions to emotional stuff, so thank goodness I was all excited and happy yesterday and today I''m having the weepy/happy bits and random moments. I''m glad I don''t have to do the whole "it''s ok, I''m really not upset speech"--men never do seem to get that! whew....hope this stops soon. Watching Love Actually this morning was BIG mistake

allright, waterworks has to go attempt to study Arabic now (yeah right)

RE: ring setting. Turns out he was a little suspicious of their bench jewler so he let him try a few times and when he still set it a bit crooked took the ring and plans to ask oldminer to reccomend someone who *can* set it perfectly. I louped it and there is a tiny rough spot on one of the prongs and one of them is not quite bent over, but if the stone is set in there straight everything should be nice and even.


Wow. I still have to call my grandparents. God I hope I don''t cry if my grandmother does. Oh dear. Must watch a murder mystery or an action movie or conjugate verbs or something to buck up.

Thanks again guys! Should I do a SMTR thread?

 

[fountainfairfax]

Of course you should do a SMTR thread for that beautiful ring! It''s just perfect!!!!! Congrats on your engagement and cry all the happy tears you want- these are exciting times!!!!!

 

[Blenheim]

Ditto the SMTR thread!

And I could just imagine Kaleigh calling the restaurant...

Sometimes when I''m being pretty emotional and I need to get it out of my system, exercising helps. If I tried to conjugate verbs, I''d just keep thinking about things and getting all emotional again.

 

[anchor31]

Date: 4/10/2006 9:18:43 AM
Author: rainbowtrout
well I''m glad he''s in NYC today, I seem to have decided to go to pieces..not in a bad way, but goodness. I tend to have slightly delayed reactions to emotional stuff, so thank goodness I was all excited and happy yesterday and today I''m having the weepy/happy bits and random moments. I''m glad I don''t have to do the whole ''it''s ok, I''m really not upset speech''--men never do seem to get that! whew....hope this stops soon. Watching Love Actually this morning was BIG mistake

allright, waterworks has to go attempt to study Arabic now (yeah right)

RE: ring setting. Turns out he was a little suspicious of their bench jewler so he let him try a few times and when he still set it a bit crooked took the ring and plans to ask oldminer to reccomend someone who *can* set it perfectly. I louped it and there is a tiny rough spot on one of the prongs and one of them is not quite bent over, but if the stone is set in there straight everything should be nice and even.


Wow. I still have to call my grandparents. God I hope I don''t cry if my grandmother does. Oh dear. Must watch a murder mystery or an action movie or conjugate verbs or something to buck up.

Thanks again guys! Should I do a SMTR thread?

Everything that happened in the pre-engagement phase built up a lot of emotions, now you''ve got to let them all out!! Singing helps for me. I pop in one of my favorite CDs and sing my heart out. I feel great after that!

I hope another jeweler can set your stone better... And yes!!! SMTR thread!! Not everyone checks the LIWs threads.

 

[plantationcatt]

Love the sapphire! I hope mine looks that gorgeous! Sneaky guy, super ring! Congratulations! nice hands, too, btw!

 

[aljdewey]

It is beautiful! Congratulations!

 

[Lorelei]

Hooray for RBT! Lovely ring and I love the colour of the sapphire - congratulations to you and Flyfisher!

 

[lilmaria]

congrats!

 

[caligal]

"Blue Skies... nothing but blue skies...." Ahhh- what a beauty!

Congrats to you and your fiance!

 

[AmberWaves]

Yay Rainbow! I love your ring!! Sneaky fiance!!! It''s gorgeous, and I can''t believe how vivid it is!

 

[Mimikins24]

The sapphire is such a beautiful deep blue colour and the setting is absolutely divine!!!

Glad to see that you did a SMTR thread --- I bet there are some people in the coloured forum who would also be excited to see some photos of your beauty.

Congratulations and best wishes!!! I had lots of fun following your FI's threads as well as yours --- he is most definitely a sneak, but very sweet!!!

 

[BrightSpot]

Rainbowtrout, what a sweet (and sneaky) fiance you have!

The ring is gorgeous & his proposal sounded very romantic. Congrats on your engagement!

 

[squeaksluv]

Rainbow I''m soooooooooooooooooooooo excited for you and wow, what a gorgeous ring! I love love love sapphire and your ring is incredible!!! What a sweet sweet proposal, congratulations!!!

 

[curlygirl]

OOh, RT, I don't know how I missed this. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!! The ring is just gorgeous and don't worry, if anything is wrong with it Dave will let you know. That sapphire is stunning and I'm glad flyfisher was able to surprise you.

About the waterworks, don't sweat it sister--it happens to the best of us!! It's a very emotional time and can seem overwhelming when the reality sets in. But these are good tears so let them flow!!!! Wishing you all the best!!

 

[rainbowtrout]

thank you!

fatafelice: yes, I have permission to read his PS posts now! He has been reading this one and says you are all very sweet, although he is giggling at the amazement that he managed to pick it out himself..

He is so cute lately! He is telling *everyone*--he even told his job interviwer yesterday! And he''s gotten to a few of my friends before I did!

My grandmother was actually very New England about the whole thing, gave me a nice talk about how he was going to be such a successful and kind young man who would go far, that whole bit.

My mother--well, she forgot it was a sapphire for a minute, but she did manage to make only *one* silly size comment before I bopped her over the head and then she was fine and happy for us.

 

[berkley]

Beautiful!

I love the setting! The detail on the sides is gorgeous!

That sapphire is very pretty!!! I love that blue!

Congrats!

 

[akw94]

Congratulations! Very exciting and a beautiful ring. I love the detailing on the setting.

 

[Rhapsody]

I''m so late but congrats!! That setting is just stunning. I love the detail on the side. It all came together so well. Flyfisher seemed so nervous about being able to find a setting of the quality he wanted for you without having to save for another few years to be able to afford it, looks like he did good!

Now you''ll have your gorgeous ring to remind you of your wonderful fiance while you''re off studying in exotic places (geez, I''m thinking I should have gone with the asian studies program so I''d have such a good excuse to travel all the time!). The future is looking bright!

 

[moon river]

I''m so happy for you both.