Ending a 7 Year Search-My Van Craeynest Band Meets Its Forever Ring, a 2.42M OMC

bunnycat · Sep 16, 2019

HNGN said:
Very pretty! Love reading the ring upgrades over the years!! Congrats on this newest one and hope it stay long on your finger. It looks really pretty on you

Thank you HNGN! No doubt this one is for the long run!

I hope you don't mind, I took a page out of your book this weekend and photographed it with a twilly on the current purse in rotation (GP TPM)

(maybe we need a thread for bling and purses...lol)

HNGN · Sep 16, 2019

bunnycat said:
Thank you HNGN! No doubt this one is for the long run!

I hope you don't mind, I took a page out of your book this weekend and photographed it with a twilly on the current purse in rotation (GP TPM) (maybe we need a thread for bling and purses...lol)

Aww not at all!! Love that you did it... so pretty I love the Twilly!!! And trust me, I totally understand that "purse in rotation" schedule.... I sometimes feel frustrated changing them every week, I sometimes feel happy.... I feel bad not bringing them out as they only have 1-2weeks light time in a year....

"(maybe we need a thread for bling and purses...lol)" THIS THIS WE SHOULD OMG!!! Shall we??

Nice bag, nice twilly, nice diamond, nice ring!!!! You did well!!

bunnycat · Sep 17, 2019

HNGN said:
Aww not at all!! Love that you did it... so pretty I love the Twilly!!! And trust me, I totally understand that "purse in rotation" schedule.... I sometimes feel frustrated changing them every week, I sometimes feel happy.... I feel bad not bringing them out as they only have 1-2weeks light time in a year....

"(maybe we need a thread for bling and purses...lol)" THIS THIS WE SHOULD OMG!!! Shall we??

Nice bag, nice twilly, nice diamond, nice ring!!!! You did well!!

Thank you HNGN! I don't have toooo many purses (now). Under 10! But enough that rotating is a good thing. I think I've got them sorted in to mainly summer, winter and work now (unless I need to switch for a specific outfit) so everything gets pretty even, occasional wear.

But I get it, and it took me awhile to get past that also....Scarves on the other hand....now that is a real problem....I did it again, lol.......with the FLYB amidst scarf, KDT and bag for SOTD.

itskcc · Sep 17, 2019

Love your new ring and your story! I too have been on the path to finding the right ring. I lost my original engagement ring, a round brilliant with baguette side stones set in platinum. From the top, the diamond and the ring was beautiful but I was never 100% in love with the side profile. I waited for about a year to replace it and decided to go in a completely different direction. I chose a 2 carat cushion with a halo, trapezoids, detailing all along the gallery, etc.. About a year into wearing that ring I confessed to my husband and told him "I'm sorry, I think I made a mistake and I don't think I love this ring". Then I cringed and waited for his annoyed response. To my surprise he said "good, I don't love it either". We traded in the cushion for a 2.3 carat round (and threw a pretty tanzanite into the halo setting to wear as a right hand ring). I was afraid to make another mistake so I just put the new round stone in a solitaire setting while I figured it out. I've had the solitaire for a couple of years and I'm now working on a 3-stone. This has to be the last ring!! I kept an idea folder on pinterest and Insta and when I was reviewing all the things I had saved I had more 3-stones in there than anything else.

bunnycat · Sep 17, 2019

itskcc said:
Love your new ring and your story! I too have been on the path to finding the right ring. I lost my original engagement ring, a round brilliant with baguette side stones set in platinum. From the top, the diamond and the ring was beautiful but I was never 100% in love with the side profile. I waited for about a year to replace it and decided to go in a completely different direction. I chose a 2 carat cushion with a halo, trapezoids, detailing all along the gallery, etc.. About a year into wearing that ring I confessed to my husband and told him "I'm sorry, I think I made a mistake and I don't think I love this ring". Then I cringed and waited for his annoyed response. To my surprise he said "good, I don't love it either". We traded in the cushion for a 2.3 carat round (and threw a pretty tanzanite into the halo setting to wear as a right hand ring). I was afraid to make another mistake so I just put the new round stone in a solitaire setting while I figured it out. I've had the solitaire for a couple of years and I'm now working on a 3-stone. This has to be the last ring!! I kept an idea folder on pinterest and Insta and when I was reviewing all the things I had saved I had more 3-stones in there than anything else.

Thanks you! I definitely hear ya. I had several setting "mistakes" to the tune of multiple $k that I seriously regret. I'm so glad I went with an inexpensive solitaire on the round instead of sinking more $$ in it, since the background problem of "the wedding band" was never even close to solved.

Happily- it is now!

I'm working from home today so took some "fun" time outside for some flower pics. We finally had some rain and the plants are all VERY happy!