I just went through this a few months ago when I was shopping for the ring that I bought my fiance as well. I read all the articles, looked at bluenile, but in the end I decided to spend a day going to all of the jewlery stores around town (it's Lethbridge so there aren't that many). I selected about 3 from each store and texted photos to her best friend. I then got her to narrow all of the rings down to her top 5 that she thought my fiance would like. We compared notes and I went from there.I ended up buying mine from People's because the saleslady was the most helpful and in all honestly I found the ring that I liked. It ended up coming in waayy under budget for the engagement plus wedding band. In the end to me all of what I read online didn't matter. I went around, found a ring that I liked and had some of the things that my fiance told me that she wanted in a ring. It looked good to me and that was all that was necessary. It hasn't been off my fiance's finger now since she's got it (except for the 2 weeks to get it sized, but that's not a big deal). Oh, and get the warranty. People's chipped her diamond while they were sizing it, so they replaced it right away without fuss. Good luck!
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