The Ring's The Thing!

23 January is a day that should have been a lot sooner. We went to design my engagement ring today, after having to postpone it from 9 January, which was when there was so much snow that we weren't even sure if Piete could come home for the weekend, let alone try to get to the jewellers, without getting stuck in any snow drifts (even though Piete had a duvet and a spade in the back of the car, it still didn't seem to be a great idea!)

Piete and I had done some research before today. I knew that I didn't want a heart shaped stone, or for it to be too gaudy, and that the long term plan for when we actually get married would be for my engagement ring, my wedding ring, and Piete's wedding ring to have a matching theme/echo across them all. Not the best description, but here's some links to sets that have this idea in mind!

After some excitement on the drive ('dear good lord! If anyone tries to come down this hill while we're going up it, we're toast!' for example), we got to a beautiful showroom, where we spent just under an hour and a half designing the ring with Rebecca.

And (drum roll please) here's the rough design! Yes, it really is a rough design, and so you can't see that the stone is a trillion, and going to be a tourmaline. That the setting is meant to look like it's tension set (yay!), and that the metal is going to be palladium (very white looking metal – think silver), and that there's going to be some diamonds in it (had to be done, after all, it's an engagement ring!)

I'm absolutely thrilled, and can't wait for the six weeks until it should be ready! Don't worry, there'll be more pictures when I actually get it, and I'm very sorry, but I am going to be bouncing about it for a while!