Engagement Ring? Check....

The bf and I went to a local jeweler yesterday to sign off on a new ring order. They called yesterday basically matching an online price for the setting below, and they are going to safely build the ring there rather than me ordering something possibly lower quality online. They estimated that my ring will be ready no later than August 14th. I have already setup an appointment to get it appraised at the end of August. Once it's received, the bf will take it away and propose when the timing is right and it can be a surprise. I may have wanted a say in how the ring looks since it'll be on my hand the rest of my life, but I don't want to control the flow of his timing.

While there, we looked at wedding bands for the bf. We actually found one we both liked, but they waited until we liked it to inform us it was actually White Gold and not Platinum. Here's a picture of the one we looked at:



Since my ring will have a diamond in the middle with two pear-shaped sapphires on the outside edge, we wanted to recreate that look with his ring. After purchasing the ring, it would cost a little bit more to get the two outer diamonds on the above ring swapped out with sapphires. They hinted at us using the two extra diamonds to create earrings for myself.

Even though my heart was set on Platinum, if they find out this ring cannot be made from Platinum, I am almost considering just going with the White Gold. The bf really liked it, but I guess it'll be up to him to decide.

We've also been talking very briefly on where we'd head off to get married. We have one idea in mind, but we haven't actually talked about the logistics. He also hasn't really discussed any of this with his parents. They know we live together, own a home together, and have been dating for almost 4 years, but I think they should be more clued in with this elopement since I'm not really keeping it a secret.