This post will remain at the top of the page for today. Scroll down for newer posts, including the recap of my weekend.

Click here to see other views of my sparkly engagement ring. We did not buy my ring ring from BB&B, but from another jeweler that carries Tacori.

It all started several weeks ago when I was talking with my mother about Beau and she said that if we got to the point of considering marriage then she wanted us to have her mother’s wedding set - we could do what we wanted with the diamonds. Wow. That is a generous and meaningful gift.

Meanwhile Beau and I were talking about marriage and goofing about rings - swapping links to pretty rings via email. And then somehow it turned more serious and the above ring was the one that jumped out at me one day. So I saved the link, just in case, not really thinking that I would have that ring.

After our family dinner on Wednesday, Beau asked my Dad for permission to marry me to which my father gave his approval and then Mom handed him the ring box. In the car, we made plans to look at rings on Saturday when I was in H’burg - just to see what was out there and to talk about maybe just resizing and cleaning my grandmother’s rings.

Those rings have sentimental value of course. The wedding ring is from Tiffany & Co. The center diamond in the engagement ring was my great-grandfather’s - my grandmother’s father. So we decided to keep the wedding band for sure and when we got to the jewelers we talked pricing on the cleaning/resizing of the existing rings. And then Beau suggested we look at the Tacori rings in stock.

Almost immediately I spotted The Ring in the case. I was surprised they had it in stock, but I was happy to try it on. Turns out it was in my size and then the guy said they could remount my grandmother’s diamond in 20-30 minutes. Wow.

“We’re going to go outside and talk,” I said. For several minutes Beau and I weighed the options - be practical and frugal or not. I told him to decide - that I was fine with either option - and I really was fine with keeping the existing rings because of their meaning and they are lovely. So we went in and I wasn’t sure what he had decided until he told me to try on the Tacori ring again.

“We’ll take that one,” and we then waited more like an hour for them to measure and all that they do to diamonds before they reset it in the new ring and then appraised it and all that jazz. Once that was done, they boxed it up and put it in a bag and handed it to Beau. We walked outside and he told me to sit on the bench where we had discussed the rings and he knelt on one knee and asked me to marry him and I said, “Well, yeah!” There was smooching and he put the ring on my finger.

Wedding date: December 30, 2005.

So much for my vow, right?

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1. What is your vow? To be single the rest of your life? Or is the vow to never have children of your own?

   Congrats Jen and Beau. May your happiness be endless.

   Posted by denis  on  05/31/05  at  10:15 AM

2. Nah, the vow was not to get married this year - I think that is what she is referring to.

   Congrats!

   Posted by Mark  on  05/31/05  at  10:18 AM

3. Congratulations, lady!! And Beau-turned-hubby-to-be. <happy sniffle>

   You guys are going to get the best presents!!

   :jumpy:

   Posted by Princess Jami  on  05/31/05  at  10:24 AM

4. Well she could go by the Jewish new year? Then the wedding is next year.

   Posted by Monjo  on  05/31/05  at  10:25 AM

5.                                

   Congratulations!

   May your wedding be spectacular and your marriage forever awesome!

   (again, with the serendipitous password…this time “love”...how does that work?!?)

   Posted by Bryan  on  05/31/05  at  10:51 AM

6. Well it’s about time! I’m so happy for you both.

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  05/31/05  at  11:24 AM

7. That’s great news, Jen (and Beau)!

   I’m very happy for both of you!

   

   Posted by Craig  on  05/31/05  at  11:29 AM

8. Congratulations to you both!! :jumpy:

   2005 is turning out to be a very good year indeed.  =) And the captcha of the day is “never” (say never).

   Jen, you have certainly nabbed a good man, and if this blog is but a shadow of the authentic you, then I believe Beau has nabbed an incredibly wonderful woman.  Patience begets virtue.  :flowery:

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  05/31/05  at  11:29 AM

9. ...and the ring is beautiful too!

   Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  05/31/05  at  11:51 AM

10. Congratulations!!

    Posted by Chris  on  05/31/05  at  11:51 AM

11. =) Congratulations to the both of you, Beau and Jen! Yawhoooooo. A new sister-in-law!!!! And you get to go from being an aunt to a “great”-aunt, in addition!!!!  I never would have guessed on Jan 1, 2005 that my brother would be married by the end of the year!!!!!  :rotfl:

    Love and best wishes.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  05/31/05  at  11:57 AM

12. First of all “CONGRATULATIONS” to the two of you. Such GREAT GREAT GREAT news.

    Secondly, I love your ring - It is quite stunning, and beautiful and gorgeous and sharp looking etc.,  Great choice.

    And thirdly, December 30th 2005 !!??!!! 
    Awesome, another Winter Wedding - YAY for you guys!!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  05/31/05  at  12:09 PM

13. Wow—Congratulations, Jen!  The ring is GORGEOUS!  Blessings on your upcoming wedding and marriage!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  05/31/05  at  12:38 PM

14. Holy frijoles!

    Congrats, you crazy twitterpated spirits, you!

    And that’s some serious blingage going on there.
    Woo-hoo!

    :jumpy:

    Posted by Jared  on  05/31/05  at  01:10 PM

15. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
    Many MANY blessings to you both!
    Make sure you don’t walk into any walls while you are walking and admiring that fantabulous ring on your left ring finger. I didn’t look up for a week once I got my
    engagement ring, too busy watching it sparkle and shine where it was!!!! :jumpy:
    make sure you post where you get registered!!!

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  05/31/05  at  01:18 PM

16. Congratulations! Wonderful news - and think of all the wedding-prep posting this is going to generate (heh).

    Yip! Yip! Yip!

    Posted by Robert the Llama Butcher  on  05/31/05  at  01:34 PM

17. Congratulations! :D

    Posted by kimberly  on  05/31/05  at  03:06 PM

18. Wow, thanks, all! We appreciate the well wishes. :sunny:

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  05/31/05  at  04:13 PM

19. IT’S SOOOO SPARKELY!!! 
    Congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    Posted by monica  on  05/31/05  at  05:58 PM

20. Jen,

    God’s blessings on you both! This is wonderful, wonderful news.

    And - yeah - that’s some definite bling-bling you got there!

    Posted by Bill  on  05/31/05  at  06:08 PM

21. Heh, just re-read this post and I chuckled at your response to Beau when he asked you: “Well, yeah!”

    Posted by Bill  on  05/31/05  at  07:42 PM

22. Congratulations!

    I’ve never heard of Tacori, so thanks for the link. What beautiful rings!

    Posted by Ith  on  05/31/05  at  09:12 PM

23. Congrats to both of you. How awesome! I am very excited about this news.

    Too bad your Sith post came first in my RSS reader and ruined the surprise. I read, “After the engagement…” read it again and started scrolling like mad to find the entry with the announcement.

    Posted by Christopher  on  06/01/05  at  01:26 AM

24. I’m sorry I didn’t spend more time in the comments yesterday - I was swamped at work. Thank you all so much for the congratulations.

    The Ring: it’s much prettier in person. :grin: Sparkly.

    Uncle Bill: you’ll get to meet Beau on Father’s Day weekend.

    Registry: I try to stay pretty anonymous online, although I might put a few things on my Amazon wishlist if blog folks insist. Thanks for the generous thought. We really won’t be registering for much anyway since I already have a fully stocked kitchen.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  06/01/05  at  05:56 AM

25. What fabulous news!!!! May the LORD bless you.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  06/01/05  at  09:15 AM

26. What? Wait… what?! I go away for a week and all heaven breaks loose. Felicitations, Jen!

    Posted by Dave  on  06/01/05  at  09:15 AM

27. Congratulations! What a purty purty ring! And hey - that’s MY 10th anniversary you’re getting married on!  Well, we’re awfully happy together so perhaps it’s a good omen. (nah - we Christians don’t believe in those! )

    Posted by blestwithsons  on  06/01/05  at  09:24 AM

28. of course, wait ONE MORE DAY and it’d be my birthday to go with it .... no, really ... wait one more day ... heh.

    Posted by Tony Rosen  on  06/01/05  at  10:12 AM

29. Oh, you absolutely need to add some things to your wishlist.  Blogdom isn’t going to let such a major event roll by without buying you *something*.

    Congratulations, Jen and Beau.

    Yay!

    (BTW, captcha is “right”.)

    Posted by Deb  on  06/01/05  at  01:15 PM

30. Well, Congratulations, Jen & Beau!

    Once things start moving they really start moving!

    That’s a beautiful ring, and I’m so happy for both of you.

    Gwen

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  06/01/05  at  02:19 PM

31. Wow! Congratulations! I’m so happy everything fell so perfectly into place.

    As for the pledge, you will get within two days of keeping it, so I think that’s good enough. Plus, every year from now on you’ll now have Christmas, then the Anniversary, then New Year’s. That makes for quite a way to end each year!

    And even as an a guy usuallhy ignorant of such things I must concur: the ring rocks!

    Posted by Ben  on  06/01/05  at  03:45 PM

32. I usually joyfully lurk and have only left two or three comments here, but I just wanted to join the well wishers and say congratulations!  I am so happy for you and Beau!  I love the ring, too—my jaw literally dropped when I scrolled down and saw it!
    May God continue to bless you two!

    Posted by Debbie  on  06/01/05  at  09:47 PM

33. That is GREAT News.  Congrats to the both of you.  I can’t believe I missed this.  Where was my head.

    **tosses confetti in the air**

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)  on  06/02/05  at  10:35 AM

34. What wonderful news! And what a great story! Such a beautiful ring. A huge congratulations to you!!!

    Posted by Angie  on  06/03/05  at  09:10 AM

35. Congratulations, I have been on a mission trip in Wyoming with my church.  I have a lot of catching up to do.

    Posted by Michael Morgan  on  06/04/05  at  10:29 PM

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