Fool's Diamonds

I wrote a post recently where I said I was a little tired of my wedding ring. Which still sounds so horrible to me. But I am such a different person now, style-wise, than I was then. Almost three years ago when I chose my bridal setting. I was young and didn't care at all about personal style. I bought a ring that was very reminiscent of my mother's wedding set. And now it just looks dated. Old lady-ish (no offense, mom - in fact, yours probably isn't as old-lady as mine). It's not so much that it's yellow gold. There's nothing wrong with that. But the setting is just so old-fashioned, and not in a cool retro or vintage way. Yellow gold also isn't the best choice for my cool skin tone (looks great on mother dear!).

Anyway, I am getting obsessed with Herkimer Diamonds in a big way. It would be a cheap way to update my wedding ring. Since I already have a real one, an expensive one. I haven't really told my husband how much I've been thinking of it, though. It seems like something that he might take personally or think is weird. I admitted once that if I were to choose now, I'd choose a different ring. He seemed surprised enough by that.

Etsy has some great options. No surprise there. It's funny that I like these so much because it seems like I have for a long time. Several years ago, I loved a raw diamond necklace that Nicole Kidman wore to the Oscars. Then last fall, I fell for a Swarovski cocktail ring. I didn't buy it, because it was/is way out of my price range. And perhaps a little too big for me.

Then I started looking at other cocktail ring options on Etsy, without buying. But now I think I have found my match in the form of a Herkimer Diamond. I want one bad. *Sigh* What to do?