Betsy, I think that it's overpriced by about a hundred dollars, but I'm fairly cheap, shop around a lot, and am going in large part by how overpriced the other things that seller has offered in various places have been, compared to how much I'd spend at one of the local antique malls.

However, if you like it an awful lot, sometimes a little more is worth it for something unique.

I'm not sure it's unique, though; I just like the utter simplicity of it, and you do see that now and again.

I'm having a tanzanite ring made to replace one of the ones that was stolen. Still missing my enormous red garnet that was cut to my order in North Carolina. Sob.

(((MG)))

There's sunshine and chocolate and tangerine juice and California poppies blowing in the wind... I hope things get better for you soon.

(Man, I hate my mother's Dell)

I'd look around. I mean, you could probably have it recreated in higher karat gold for the same amount or less. (It's been ages since I had anything made custom, but for a simple setting and an inexpensive stone--which lab sapphire is--it shouldn't be that expensive.)

I think I'd enjoy that. Of course, I'm also thinking seriously about tsavorite garnet, which can be a wonderful deep green.

(((MG))) I, and every other woman who used to be a teenage girl thank you and apologize. I mean that very very much. Being a girl is difficult at best, and yours are lucky to have someone so caring and understanding in charge of them (even if they don't think you are or want you to be).

Plei, when I read this, I thought of your Lilybean protecting her little friend's nose.

MG, I'm sorry today is such a hard day, and I hope tomorrow will be better. Let me know if you need to escape again.

I'm actually going to be home next weekend, as it happens.

Thursday K-Bug and I head off to Phoenix. It is going to be a busy week between now and then.

Thanks though, Perkins. I really appreciate it. Shoot, if you can get over this way, maybe Tuesday, we could go out.

There is too much going on to explain and too much is still in the air, so I don't even know what to say yet. I just with there was a fucking manual for this shite.

I love that study! I'm now imagining hoards of Jeeves like helpful babies. So cute!

Also like that they don't help if you throw something, yet they clearly expect us to.