Anxious to get the engagement ring

[ChooChoo]

Teaser pic! Be back with more and the story tomorrow...

 

[ChooChoo]

here it is!

 

[MelissaSue]

IT IS SOOOOO PRETTY CHOO CHOO! Congrats! It looks perfect on your hand (or what I can see of your hand)

Melissa

 

[njc]

YEA CHOO CHOO!!!!

I love it when i come back and there is WONDERFUL news!!! The teaser is just that... WE NEED MORE PICS!!! So glad you didnt have to break anything and your waiting is over!!! YEA!!!!

GG - Hope the b/f really is being sneaky about getting a ring! How exciting! Roller blades wouldnt be bad, but a ring is WAAAY cooler!

Yanekie - Sorry the b/f wasnt very responsive to the stone. I think there is an adjustment period the guys have to go through. Its like they get so turned off by how excited we get. Or he could be trying to be sneaky as well.

Walking into the movies friday night the b/f randomly goes, i know when your ring is going to be ready! He called to check on things because they had originally told him it would be ready this week. So of course i go into hyper 3 yr old mode and keep asking him when. I tried to general. Will i get it when you get it because i dont when you are getting it? No. Before Christmas? Yes. Before Thanksgiving? Dont push your luck. He kept bringing it up so i kept guessing. I finally guessed 2 more weeks, but then he got mad because i guessed it and like all the silly boys he tells me, "its has to be a surprise, so stop thinking about and now im really not giving it to you when i get it!"

He also informed me that he is giving it to a friend for safe keeping (which scares me a little, i hope this guy doesnt loose it!) so i cant snoop in the apartment.

So now im mad at myself for guessing the right day, but he kept teasing me!!!

But last nite while i was falling asleep i remembered that we are going on a dinner boat cruise thing. You know they are called like, "Spirit of (enter big city name here)". Dinner and dancing while the boat pretty much drives in a circle, hahaha. Anyways, this friend is coming AND its in two weeks. I HOPE I HOPE I HOPE!!! Otherwise i might have to resort to the Choo Choo method and threaten to break things!!!

 

[njc]

And... the new list!

mostlywatching
Shana (Jean)
Lsmathis
Chialea
Melissa
ChooChoo
Audrey Hepburn
Bethanying
Sparkler29
GingerBcookie
Goldengirl
JennaJ
Cute330xigirl (has dissappeared?)
Reena
stellamarina
1215n
JCJD
JKohio
TMLD
NJC
Kaya
Ivanadiamond
Tybee
Rfath
Lauren
Firerock
Tulipcloud
Jen
Palmbaybabe
DenverKat
Yanekie
Sciencegeek

 

[palmbaybabe]

ChooChoo, your ring is just BEAUTIFUL!!!!!

can''t wait for all the details

 

[rfath]

congrats choochoo! Lovely!

 

[gingerBcookie]

I ahven''t ben here for awhile and look at allt eh excitement I''ve missed!

Congrats CHooChoo your ring is GORGEOUS...i''m about to go and find your post cuz i''m dying to here the story!

Goldengirl - how exciting! you may get engaged before me yet! notice how my name is sadly now at the top of the list...

. we have a rock and have an idea of the setting i KNOW it''s not coming soon cuz A) we hven''t gotten it appraised yet (iknow....bad ginger...bad!) B) we haven''t contacted the jeweler to get the setting made yet nad C) he just bought himself a car

totally happy cuzhe needed a new one BADLY...but still kinda down cuz the finances took a swoop you know?

well congrats all around to everyone else i missed! ppl...send engagement luck my way pretty please!!!!

 

[Tybee]

Chooo choooooooooo! Nice teaser! Tell us the story! I need a little romance in my life, even if I have to get it vicariously through you!

 

[goldengirl]

Ginger--I don''t really think the list is in order, although that would be interesting to see... self-project for a slow time. (note to self.) And we knew your engagement would be a while coming... you said so, because of ring and family issues.

So actually, you''re right on schedule!

 

[gingerBcookie]

yeah...sigh...i know, but it doesn''t make the wait any easier you know? we''ve been ready to be engaged fr sooo long and now that its starting to move forward it''s sooooooo agonizingly sloooooow. oh yeah, and most important delay in the ring process....HALO 2 is coming out on tuesday and i have already been forewarned of the exponential cutback in time spent on me.......boys... what can you do?

 

[JCJD]

Oh yay Choo-Choo!!!!!!!!!! I am SOOOOO excited and happy for you!!! Was it worth the waiting? I''m waiting for more pictures of your beautiful ring and your engagement story!!

 

[JCJD]

goldengirl - You might be next!!! I can feel it! The moons are in alignment, or something!

ginger - welcome back from your brief hiatus! I was wondering where you wandered off to... Congrats on deciding on the stone!

njc - Bad boy!!! Doesn''t he know that surprises are overrated??? Why do boys put so much emphasis on making the proposal a complete surprise and a drawn-out romantic gesture? I don''t think I''ll ever understand this, cause I know that once I realize he''s going to propose, I won''t remember a word he says between then and "Will you marry me?"! I seriously think they just like the control factor of a total surprise....

tybee - sorry to hear about your poor shoe!!

OK, yet ANOTHER couple I know from church just got engaged last week!!! When will it be my turn?

this stinks... AND the b/f and I ran into one of my sisters'' exes yesterday at Barnes & Noble, and he asked three times what was new with us, while stealing glances at my left hand about every 6 seconds.

I suppose he''s excuseable, since we were dating before he and my sister did and we''re still together, but the whole situation still sucks!

Update - the b/f has been telling me constantly how he''s not getting his first paycheck until the 19th, and how he has to use that to pay for car insurance and phone bill and other necessities, but when I asked, he said he''s STILL going to be able to manage a proposal with ering by Thanksgiving without going to his parents for $$! His next paycheck won''t come until a week AFTER Thanksgiving! Anybody else see the LACK of logic here??? I know jewelry stores have payment plans and everything, but I still don''t get it...

 

[sciencegeek]

JCJD- maybe he''s planning to put it on his credit card, then he won''t have to pay off the card balance until his next paycheck comes? Thanksgiving is soon!! I can''t wait to see all my relatives and show off the ring I don''t have yet

GingerB- I think I''ve been here about as long as you have, don''t worry. I just started posting later when I could no longer deny my pricescope addiction

Choo- Wow! Your ring is so pretty

I love the side view of Tacoris and I really like the way pear side stones accentuate a round. Just gorgeous. Can''t wait to hear all about it and see as many photos as you can possibly post

 

[sciencegeek]

Okay, apparently I hit the bold button in my last post without noticing. Dumb

 

[JCJD]

Date: 11/8/2004 4:33

4 PM
Author: sciencegeek
JCJD- maybe he''s planning to put it on his credit card, then he won''t have to pay off the card balance until his next paycheck comes? Thanksgiving is soon!!

Yeah, maybe, if he had a credit card!!! He has been using his dad''s credit card to pay for the exorbitant gasoline expenses he''s incurred while driving all across town for his job, so maybe he''ll use that for insurance and phone bills, and use his paycheck to pay for the ring! Yeah, cause that makes so much more sense JCJD...

And he HAS to do something before Thanksgiving, cause we''re going to see his aunt and crazy uncle who will stop at nothing to find out when he''s finally proposing. This guy is insane (but he means well)! 2 years ago, he even asked me if I would accept my b/f''s proposal even if he killed someone! Weird-o!! But yes, a GREAT opportunity to show off a ring, even if it''s FAKE (please oh please!)!!!!




OMG!!! I just thought of this!! I really am crazy!

What if he bought the ring back in March or whatever when he had his temp job, and he only paid off part of it, so now he can pay his bills AND the rest of the ring payment with this one paycheck!!! AAAAAAAAA!!!!! OK, gotta stop thinking about this and get back to work!!!

 

[gingerBcookie]

Date: 11/8/2004 4:49:52 PM
Author: JCJD

Date: 11/8/2004 4:33

4 PM
Author: sciencegeek
JCJD- maybe he''s planning to put it on his credit card, then he won''t have to pay off the card balance until his next paycheck comes? Thanksgiving is soon!!

Yeah, maybe, if he had a credit card!!! He has been using his dad''s credit card to pay for the exorbitant gasoline expenses he''s incurred while driving all across town for his job, so maybe he''ll use that for insurance and phone bills, and use his paycheck to pay for the ring! Yeah, cause that makes so much more sense JCJD...

And he HAS to do something before Thanksgiving, cause we''re going to see his aunt and crazy uncle who will stop at nothing to find out when he''s finally proposing. This guy is insane (but he means well)! 2 years ago, he even asked me if I would accept my b/f''s proposal even if he killed someone! Weird-o!! But yes, a GREAT opportunity to show off a ring, even if it''s FAKE (please oh please!)!!!!




OMG!!! I just thought of this!! I really am crazy!

What if he bought the ring back in March or whatever when he had his temp job, and he only paid off part of it, so now he can pay his bills AND the rest of the ring payment with this one paycheck!!! AAAAAAAAA!!!!! OK, gotta stop thinking about this and get back to work!!!

LOL JCJD you are too cute! (deep breath) it''s nice to be back all this neuroticism...no offense intended ladies, i am deep among you guys. its to the point i can''t talk to any one öutside"about this and you guys are my only outlet.

Choochoo - more pics! story! you CANNOT LEAVE US HANGING LIKE THIS!

 

[JCJD]

Aww thanks ginger! But I really do need to stop thinking about this... I''m just driving myself crazy and not getting any work done. And I just went and told 2 people about how I''m frustrated about how he refuses to propose without a rock and he''s taking forever to do it! I''m getting bad... So I totally understand the need to be neurotic with other neurotics!

 

[yanekie25]

So, how long is Choo going to hold out on us. I know she is basking in the newly engaged glory, but I need details.

That pic was such a teaser.

JCJD and ginger, isn''t it funny, the elaborate plans I minds think of. It''s like scenario after scenario. We need to a NA, Neurotics Anonymous, club.

 

[JCJD]

I know!! Choo-Choo?? Where are you??? (Sounds like the Scooby Doo opening credits!) I want more pics of that beautiful ring!!! I just L

VE surprise diamonds!!!

So, I talked to the boy AGAIN last night (I am SUCH a whiner!!!!! Golly!), and made it perfectly clear that I''m worried that he''s putting way too much emphasis on presenting me with a rock when he proposes because I don''t want him spending all of his $$ on that - I want an apartment and a honeymoon WAY more than a ring!! He reassured me that he''s not doing anything rash or irresponsible with his funds, and that he really doesn''t have THAT MANY bills to pay. AND!! I found out that he knows what specs he wants in a stone (which he won''t tell me), he knows what setting he wants (which he won''t tell me either), he knows how long it will take to order it (you guessed it - won''t tell me), and he hasn''t ordered it yet. But he said that it''s all possible before Thanksgiving (!!!!!!!!!!!!!).... So I''m going to try my best to stop worrying and just trust that he''s going to get it all done in time for the holiday. Here''s fair warning that I''ll be needing Neurotics Anonymous support the next couple of weeks!!! Thanks in advance ladies!

JCJD

 

[sciencegeek]

Date: 11/9/2004 11:57:44 AM
Author: JCJD

he hasn''t ordered it yet. But he said that it''s all possible before Thanksgiving (!!!!!!!!!!!!!)....

JCJD

Ugh, maybe not if it''s coming from Whiteflash... their website says "10 business days" It''s been closer to 12 and not even a wax yet

I don''t want to bag on them too much, but BF contacted them and it took a week to get a response. They told him they had been "having meetings about the design." I guess that''s a compliment (they want to keep my custom ring as a stock design), but I want it now now now now

Sorry to be so blue

Today''s our anniversary and everyone in the lab keeps teasing me about how tonight''s the night when I know it ain''t so.

 

[goldengirl]

Date: 11/8/2004 3:26:58 PM
Author: gingerBcookie
yeah...sigh...i know, but it doesn't make the wait any easier you know? we've been ready to be engaged fr sooo long and now that its starting to move forward it's sooooooo agonizingly sloooooow. oh yeah, and most important delay in the ring process....HALO 2 is coming out on tuesday and i have already been forewarned of the exponential cutback in time spent on me.......boys... what can you do?

LMAO.........and I thought I was the only Halo2 widow on the board!!

We both have the day off today...me because that's how it happened, him because he ASKED FOR IT OFF....along with THREE OF HIS FRIENDS....so they could gather at somebody's house and play Halo2. He was up at 7:30 this morning, waiting for Circuit City to open so he could buy a copy.

Last night everybody was moving TVs over to the one guy's house so they could each have their own system to play on...had it all linked up and waiting to pop the discs in the xbox. I'm afraid to see what happened if they'd had trouble getting the plastic wrap off the case!!

I don't think I'm next.... JCJD has a definite "before Thanksgiving" and sciencegeek's ring's just waiting to be shipped. My vote's on one of those guys. I'm telling you, ginger, it'll be you and me to the bitter end as there's a sudden flurry of holiday proposals and we're left holding the remnants of the ladies-in-waiting list....ah well, somebody's got to stick around to welcome all the newcomers, right??

Added: Oh, and I'm getting my own little indulgence since I'm widowed for the day....he's off playing xbox, and I'm going to go try on e-rings!!

 

[gingerBcookie]

Date: 11/9/2004 1:35:31 PM
Author: goldengirl

Date: 11/8/2004 3:26:58 PM
Author: gingerBcookie
yeah...sigh...i know, but it doesn''t make the wait any easier you know? we''ve been ready to be engaged fr sooo long and now that its starting to move forward it''s sooooooo agonizingly sloooooow. oh yeah, and most important delay in the ring process....HALO 2 is coming out on tuesday and i have already been forewarned of the exponential cutback in time spent on me.......boys... what can you do?

LMAO.........and I thought I was the only Halo2 widow on the board!!

We both have the day off today...me because that''s how it happened, him because he ASKED FOR IT OFF....along with THREE OF HIS FRIENDS....so they could gather at somebody''s house and play Halo2. He was up at 7:30 this morning, waiting for Circuit City to open so he could buy a copy.

Last night everybody was moving TVs over to the one guy''s house so they could each have their own system to play on...had it all linked up and waiting to pop the discs in the xbox. I''m afraid to see what happened if they''d had trouble getting the plastic wrap off the case!!

I don''t think I''m next.... JCJD has a definite ''before Thanksgiving'' and sciencegeek''s ring''s just waiting to be shipped. My vote''s on one of those guys. I''m telling you, ginger, it''ll be you and me to the bitter end as there''s a sudden flurry of holiday proposals and we''re left holding the remnants of the ladies-in-waiting list....ah well, somebody''s got to stick around to welcome all the newcomers, right??

Added: Oh, and I''m getting my own little indulgence since I''m widowed for the day....he''s off playing xbox, and I''m going to go try on e-rings!!

ROTFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

OMG you just made my day. Guess what we did last night? We scoured the web until we could find all the store within an 100 mile radius that were going to open at 12

1 am to specifically to sell the game, which we planned to go and buy at EACTLY 12

1. However, we both fell asleep and I woke op at 1

8 AM and woke him and you should have seen the look on his face when I told him what time it was...a kicked puppy couldn''t have looked more hurt. We tried calling the stores, but they had already closed.....soooooo guess what I will be doing on my lunch break today? yup...since I am "on call" to run to the nearest gamestop should he had been unable to procure his copy this morning (sneaking out from work). i really must love that boy.

ooooh...i wanna go try on e-rings too! fabolous idea!

 

[goldengirl]

The list in order of appearance!

The rule is, to be added, the poster either has to have said something like "I''m in the same boat!" or else have requested we add them to the list. So you may be added in different order than you started posting to this thread because you waited to request membership. (Like reena.)

(Okay, ginger, you were right. You joined two days before I did.)

Jean
lsmathis1
Mari (has disappeared?)
mostlywatching
Audrey Hepburn
ChooChoo
MelissaSue
msbennie (has disappeared?)
Bethanying
JennaJ
sparkler29
gingerBcookie
goldengirl
chialea
cute330xigrl (has disappeared?)
reena
stellamarina
1215n
JCJD
JKohio
tlmd
kaya
njc
ivanadiamond
rfath
Tybee
LaurenThePartier
firerock
tulipcloud
jenwill
palmbaybabe
denverkat
yanekie25
sciencegeek

...Well, now that I know how long I''ve been on here, I almost feel bad.

Definitely time to go try on some bling-bling!!

 

[goldengirl]

OH NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I just realized I am member #13!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

THAT EXPLAINS A LOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Tybee]

Halo2!! ahahahahaah,

It''s actually part of my BF''s job to play there games. He writes video game reviews. Yes, it''s every boy''s dream job (I feel like I''m dating a 9 year old.) We don''t have a dining room, we have a HUGE TV in there...it''s his entertainment room.

Hey...how the heck does one post pictures here...? I know that there are whole threads about it, but I haven''t seemed to figure it out. I want to be ready for the moment--you know...or, at least to show you all my wicked, wrinkled, veiny, crooked, ringless hands (hee heee...) Or a picture of my shoe chewing puppy dog.

Do you think that Choo Choo just floated off into Happy Land? Where''s the story?

 

[goldengirl]

I dunno, I hate when our girls just disappear..

I get no closure that way!

There are a couple ways to post a pic. If the pic is on your hard drive, click the "attach file" button above the box where you type in your post. Do this before you compose your post or you''ll lose what you''ve written. Browse your computer and select the photo you want to post. Make sure it fits the size parameters and has a unique name--if ps already has a picture named "ering" it won''t upload another one. It will help to add a random string of numbers to the filename somewhere, if you''re having problems.

If the pic is on the internet, find the URL for the picture (get the pic in its own screen, or left-click the photo and select "properties"; the HTTP address will be listed).. copy the URL, and when composing your post click the little button that looks like a picture next to the strikeout U. It will open a box requesting the URL. Paste the URL and click OK. This should make the pic appear wherever you left the cursor in the text box. This is also the only way to post multiple pics in one post, as you can only attach one file per post.

Hope that helps!

 

[KSparkles]

First off, congrats to all the newly engaged girls (and to those who've gotten some nice hints too!!). I HAD to post when I read about Halo2 - my FI pre-ordered it like a month ago, then prepaid it Friday so he could be in the (get this) VIP line at GameStop to pick it up this morning - he was very proud of being in the VIP line too (SO geeky but somehow hilarious and cute at the same time!). He woke up and got to the mall at 7 am this morning to get the game. Thank GOD I'm going away this weekend to see my friends, because I know he's planning a weekend of Halo2 & pizza delivery w/ his buddies. I'm not the only one!! Haha...

 

[Narcosis]

What A woman... Bailing out to allow a HALO 2 Marathon !

 

[LaurenThePartier]

ChooChoo - congrats, girl! We''re dying for details!

I have some interesting, yet unfortunate news. I have a sapphire/diamond/platinum band that my SO gave to me for Christmas last year. He was sooooo excited when he received it, that he gave it to me 3 days before Christmas, and it is my absolute favourite piece of jewelry - I wear it every single day. He originally ordered it as a 5.5, but my ring size is much closer to a 4.5, so I wore it for a while nearly a full size too big. In January, a diamond fell out of the ring. We looked everywhere for it - to now avail. So when I took it to my jeweler to have it replaced, I asked them to size the ring down as well - a decision I should have avoided. As a result, for the past year, I have had to replace 3 other stones, including the same diamond twice and a sapphire once. I am absolutely not hard on my hands as I''m on a computer all day, so I''m sure the problem lies with a shoddy ring sizing.

Well, this Thursday, I had shown my ring to one of my clients - I looked down at the ring while I was showing it to her on my hand, and all 4 diamonds were there. An hour later - POOF! The original diamond I lost in January was gone. I searched and searched around my office, but have still not been able to find it. I called my boyfriend with a pitiful sounding voice, and told him that I lost a diamond - again. Luckily, I have a large lot of white sapphires that I purchased from Thai Gam, that I am planning on replacing the remaining diamonds with. However, my SO knew I was heartbroken to once again, not be able to wear the ring that he gave me. So when I got home, he greeted me at the garage door, and led me inside to our Master Bathroom. He had bought some snapdragons on his way home, and since all of our vases are currently in the attic since we just moved a month ago today - he had them sitting in a tall blue plastic cup.

That sentiment alone brightened my evening tremendously.

Then, and completely out of left field, he asks me what he thinks is fair for a 1 carat Asscher - pricewise. I told him that I thought a 1 carat stone would be far too much for my hand, and that I would look in the .55 - .8 range - especially since I think I may really want a 3 stone Asscher as opposed to the solitaire in my avatar. So we sat down in front of Pricescope that night for an hour and priced and researched different Asschers. We talked about my preferences of colour/clarity/weight vs spread/cut. But knowing his financial situation as I do - I knew we were only looking for posterity sake - because both of us are broke trying to pay off our college debt and credit card debt.

So, since my sapphire band is out of commission, I dragged out the small princess diamond (the stone from my first engagement ring given to me at age 19) ring I totally redesigned and had made a couple of years before we met - so I would have something to wear on my left hand - my "I don''t settle" ring, if you will. He asked me about the stats on the stone, and I told him it was sold to me as an H Si2, but that I really thought it was more like a L-M I3. It''s an awfully cut stone - which is why I had it mounted and set low in a very architecturally-inspired flat platinum band. I kind of chuckled at how dumb I was a decade ago for allowing the original stone purchase - and immediately felt awful, because at this point I would take the exact stone from my current SO and wear it proudly as his engagement ring. I asked him if it bothered him that I was a diamond "snob" - and he said "No, I''m glad one of us is, since there''s a diamond purchase coming up here."

So, no decisive answer as to when - but I know it''s coming eventually. We just got our tickets to spend NYE in Las Vegas (which is my home town and where my parents and sister still live) and I think it would be a perfect opportunity for an engagement. After all, it''s Vegas - and to hear him say it, I am Vegas to him.

It''s where I''m from, went to school, I''ve dragged him back to - and he''s the first of my BFs I''ve had in Dallas that I''ve taken home to Mom and Dad. The other obvious choice for a proposal is London (we''re planning for a trip to Europe in the spring), since I lived over there for a while and the part of me that isn''t Vegas, is very, very British.

But I''m probably just jumping the gun.