right then
For once I don’t really have much to say for myself, Mrs. spimf is 3 years older than me so no biggie really.

So if I may, allow me to not so much veer wildly off topic but to offer a follow up to a couple of recent QOTW posts.

For those of you that can be bothered trawling through my inane drivel, and no one would blame you for passing on that - here's the post about how we met (however if you cant be arsed you only really need to read the second last line)...

www.b3ta.com/questions/gooutwithme/post231921

There's also a slightly less jolly post here, that many b3tards have been very kind and supportive about (bear with me there is a point to all this).

www.b3ta.com/questions/familycodes/post309735

So some of you know I’m veh veh excited about going home for Christmas (been in Dubai for nearly 5 months now) and then bringing team spimf back out to the dustbowl (where it has been pissing down most of the week).

Well uncle spimfy has been Christmas shopping!

Today, I have been to a very reputable diamond dealer and have purchased 3 very near perfect half-carat brilliant cut diamonds with the full Antwerp IGI diamond report – oh I know my rocks!

I am having them set into a platinum eternity ring of my own design (get me!) one stone to represent when we met, one for our little boy and one to mark this new chapter we are embarking upon (see traditions post if your lost here).

Now lets be clear here, I’m not a cheap man but I can haggle like a MUTHERFUCKER! I watched one couple walk in, pay the ticket price and walk out happy. Complete Muppets. I went armed with the knowledge my mate got around 25% off an engagement ring there recently so I knew I could knock them down a bit more (stones from a wholesaler here are assaying up to twice the price back home). The things is the mark up on diamonds is huge so if you know what your doing you can make a real killing over here. I even haggled in an exceptionally posh jewellers back home for the engagement ring a few years back, but your doing well to get more than 12% off in the UK.

So considering I managed to batter a whopping 45% off the ticket price - it would have seemed churlish not to get the 1.4 carat sapphire and diamond earrings I was eyeing up too.

a very happy spimf today

*smarms*
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sat 6 Dec 2008, 18:21, 6 replies)

Awwwwwwwwwwwwwww :o)
That fair warms my cockles, so it does.

*sloppy snogs & hugs to you three*
( Tourette's ( . )( . ) has a monkey hair in her fried egg, Sat 6 Dec 2008, 18:31, closed)

right then :)
:) :) :) nice one (from random stranger who read your post and felt the need
(Carmen Dyslexia, Sat 6 Dec 2008, 19:47, closed)

the need to what?
i feel i'm missing something here
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sat 6 Dec 2008, 20:21, closed)

heh
(The random need) to reply.

It (your post) was shiny. I wanted to let you know your story was a good happy-fuzzy one.
(Carmen Dyslexia, Sat 6 Dec 2008, 21:59, closed)

cheers twinkle!
i'm sitting here right now admiring me rocks like a big gayer
( spimf ™ is whoever you want him to be, Sat 6 Dec 2008, 22:01, closed)

This is lovely!
it's grand to have some good news...Congratulations on all of it!
(Beer Elf Thought this was like a campfire, anyhow, on, Tue 9 Dec 2008, 20:34, closed)