The Hardware

I should start by saying that every girl is different. With that said, this was my experience with the ring:

I've known for a very long time that I would marry Josh, earlier than I ever expected to feel that gut feeling.  At first I really loved the idea of the ring being a complete surprise to me. I thought it would be nice for Josh to be able to choose whatever he wanted to give me. Then he dropped a bomb on me that changed my mind on that forever, he told me he liked "topsy turvy rings" as I like to call them. They are those rings where one side of the band wraps around the top of the diamond and the other side of the band wraps around the bottom of the diamond. They are becoming popular right now and they are not my thing AT ALL.  At that point, I didn't want to take complete control from him, but I definitely needed to steer him in the right direction, because after all this is a piece of jewellery I am going to be wearing for the rest of my life.

The next route we took was that Josh sent me a bunch of pictures of rings in a variety of styles I chose which styles I liked and despised. Then he got me to send him 10 rings that I liked without saying which ones are my preferences. He also asked me to describe my perfect ring, I said vintage, dainty and sparkly lol.  He ended up buying me my favorite without even knowing it.

The big thing you need to think about is price and carat. Josh was under the impression that all men spend around $10,000, for some woman this misconception would be a blessing, however, for me I was like if you dare spend that much money on something like a ring I will kill you. I didn't want this massive diamond on my finger because i'm not a jewellery person and I would be paranoid walking around with that on my hand everyday. Plus my big mentality is the less money that is spent on the ring, the more money that can be spent on the dress and the wedding itself. If you want more bang for your buck go with a sidestone style, it makes it look like there is more diamond in total than there actually is. My ring is also made up of Canadian Diamonds, which means that they are clearer and more sparkly.

My ring is intricate, with a beautiful vintage design and lots of detail and we can still afford to buy groceries next week.  My best piece of advice, is give the men or women in your life an idea of what you  like. Its fine to want it to be a surprise, but remember that you have to wear it for the rest of your life!!!