a beautiful (because it’s what I picked) 3.46 cwt engagement ring from the Neil Lane collection at Kay Jewelers. The center stone is a cushion-cut 1 carat diamond with slight inclusions. It is surrounded by a halo of round cut diamonds and has channel set princess cut diamonds in the band. No missing stones and the setting is intact. The ring was sized up from 7 to 11. Comes with original box and a copy of the appraisal that I just had done. The appraised value is $6750. Full retail at Kay’s is $7999.
it turns out that I was engaged to an abusive, lying, cheating, (morally and financially) bankrupt loser. I got the ring to satisfy part of the debt that he owes me for money I loaned him before we were engaged.
invest in myself by starting my own business as an engineering consultant and paying back MY credit cards on which he ran up the balances.