He Liked It, He Put A Ring On It

(Note:  The title...I know that's SO TOTALLY overdone, but  I love it so much!)  Something I haven't talked about is how Beau picked out my ring.  After our ILY skype date, we skipped straight to talking about rings (this is fairly normal in military life, especially overseas, just so you know...we have to work out details sometimes before we can get all romantic and mushy).  Beau had admittedly never been in a relationship for more than a couple of weeks.  By the time these convos rolled around, we'd been together way longer than any of his other tries (in his defense, he's friends with his ex's...I am not).  So, being in that situation, he was pretty direct about his need for help, which I gladly gave...who DOESN'T like looking at sparkly things?  (Once again, I'm a crow).  My dear friend Natalie jumped at the chance to drink wine, watch tv and scour bridal magazines with me...she was also responsible for suggesting I look at Asscher cut diamonds.

from http://www.nelsonrarities.com/dir01-12/asschercut.html

Holy glittering goodness!  I was hooked, immediately.  I love how it's slightly art deco-y while still being modern.  My other requirements included it being fairly low-profile (not bulky and big) and white gold or platinum.  I don't like gold gold, and I'm not used to wearing rings, so I wanted it to be something I wouldn't mind wearing every day.  With that, I assaulted him with inspiration pictures:

all from brides.com.  from top:  A. Jaffe, Kwiat, Kwiat, Scott Kay, and Tacori.

But there was ONE that absolutely made my heart flutter:

from brides.com.  Kwait Platinum Asscher cut Diamond Engagment Ring.  Sigh.  

Heck, that still makes me giddy.  I loved it so much that I even let Natalie e-mail Jason to "hint" that this was the one I loved...despite trying REALLY hard to just let him pick!  And even though this isn't the ring I received and lovingly wear every day, Beau did a really good job picking mine out.  I mentioned before that he had to order my ring off the Interwebz, and believe me, that made me nervous.  But it shouldn't have...he got awesome recommendations from other Air Force dudes about bluenile.com, and they were great to him.  When he called in to order my ring, they even recommended a different cut and clarity combination that saved him money, and I could care less that it's of "lesser quality" because for one, it's really not, and damn, they were right and you cannot tell  at all!  I really appreciate that they did that, actually. So for any other ladies who might know their man is looking for a ring on bluenile, don't worry sweetheart...they'll take care of you!  Just in case you're wondering, this is my setting:   Petite Cathedral Pave Setting.

Did anyone else get their e-ring from an online vendor?  Were you nervous about/pleasantly surprised/(hopefully not) horrified by how your ring turned out?