About Us

I am the funny one, he is the weird one. At least, that's how I see things. He would beg to differ. We make a slightly strange couple - a History-Channel-loving linguist and a Nintendo-loving animator - but somehow we make it work. We met online 4 years ago on a game that we played at the time only to find that we were coincidentally applying to the same university and we lived only 25 minutes away from each other. Maybe it's fate, or maybe we're both too geeky to meet people in the traditional face-to-face manner, but whatever the case, we're getting hitched!

Sunday, April 26, 2009

The mission

Our heroes set out on a mission to take an old family diamond pendant and turn it into a brand new shining engagement ring. They went from jeweler to jeweler, looking for the best ring to be put together by the best jeweler for the best price.

The diamond: an approximated 40 point .3ct miner's cut diamond cut between 1880 and 1920.

The goal: a 14k white gold setting with 2 natural round emeralds on either side of the diamond with diamond accents down the sides of the ring.

The budget: whatever.

The heroes quickly realized that each jeweler varied drastically, not only in the quality of their materials and the estimated price for the ring, but also in their demeanor and knowledge of diamonds and jewelery. The heroes were very impressed by some jewelers and very frustrated with others, so they decided to blog about it.

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