Dog Days of Summer — Day 5… BLING!

All good things must come to an end… but I like to go out with a bang…

Seriously…

Now, here’s the deal… since Shannon closed her links Day 4 and Day 5 aren’t linked up… and it appears that the comments have dropped off for Day 4.. which means that the odds for the gift certificate and the bling will be higher… (or so I’m thinking… I could be wrong… it’s been known to happen you know!)

With all that being said… if you are just now stumbling across my blog… here’s a recap of the week….

Day 1 — Harry Potter (book 7)
Day 2 — Creative Memories lot of scrapbooking stuff
Day 3 — 5.8ghz cordless phone with caller ID
Day 4 — Gift Certificate of your choice (from approved list)

Which brings us to today… Day 5… the end of a great thing…

But don’t worry… we’ll do it again….

So without further ado… (is it ado or adieu?)

Ok, so this isn’t the EXACT ring but it’s darn near close… I tried to take a picture of it but it didn’t come out. The stones featured are Alexandrite and the ACTUAL ring is garnet…

All the details are here (except replace Alexandrite with Garnet)

This says the retail value is $279 but I have to be honest… I only paid $169 for it…

And I’m sure that you’re in shock that I actually paid for it and am giving it away, right? It’s brand new for the most part… actually, everything I’ve given away this week is brand new. It’s stuff that I’ve had around the house that seemed like good things to purchase but in hind sight, yeah… not so much….

But this ring has a particularly funny story…

See, I was with this guy for almost 3 years. He was not romantic at all which was fine by me because I really wasn’t much into those romantic holidays… so when Valentine’s Day rolled around, I didn’t expect much (expectations are premeditated resentments, ya know?)

He went out with his buddy the night before and Valentine’s Day night when he got home from work I got two cards, a dozen roses, and this ring. Needless to say I was shocked.

There was only one problem… it was yellow gold and I only wear silver or white gold. All of my jewelry is silver or white gold. And I didn’t know how to tell him without hurting his feelings.

I came up with, “Wow! Now you’ll have to buy me all new jewelry to match this….”

His face dropped… “it’s yellow gold isn’t it?” he asked. I reluctantly shook my head yes.

“It’s okay! We’ll take it back and exchange it.”

And so we did. But they had to special order it in the white gold. She ordered it and told me to keep this one until it came in.

I loved the ring so much… yes, it’s pretty, but it was so out of character for him and so I decided to wear the ring until the new one came in.

And then one day… I noticed the ring wasn’t on my finger!

I looked everywhere… I cried to him that I had lost it. I still had three weeks before the new one was due in…

They called me three weeks later and told me my pretty white gold ring was in and I still had no yellow gold ring.

I schlumped to the store and explained the situation. The only thing that I could come up with was that the dog ate it (and if you think I was out there sifting through dog poop… you’re wrong! I made Matthew do it….)

So, I purchased the white gold ring. I wanted the ring.

Two weeks later, I found the yellow gold ring. It was too late to return it and to be honest, over the past 1.5 years I’ve just been lazy about it. I’ve debated several times to give it away or sell it and just never got around to it.

So you’re getting the ring that the ex-boyfriend bought me… the ring that I only wore for 2 whole days before losing it.

So thank Tim, would ya?

And I still wear my white gold one… never take it off…

so whoever wins it, you’ll always think of me when you see it and I will always think of you… ’cause I’m high school like that….

Now before I put all the contest rules on here, I need you to do me one more favor….

I’m the featured mom blogger at MomsBlogging.com!

Nell and I go way back…. ok, so two years back and she’s just started MomsBlogging.com. Please take a minute and go over and check it out. It looks tres cool and you can be a featured blogger too! (Did I mention that it’s a great way to get traffic?)

AND… she’s got a podcast that goes with it… of which she’s asked me to guest co-host in the future… and I’m excited about that…

Go, see me and my kiddos… leave her some love over there and check it out… it’s super cool….

Not only that… but next week I’ve got one last giveaway to help promote MomsBlogging.com so make sure you check it out. (That would mean you have to come back… and you’ve seen the kind of prizes that I offer, so I promise not to disappoint!)

Ok, with that said… here are the rules for this last contest….

Leave a comment on this post.
The comments for all of the giveaways will close at midnight on Friady… which means that sometime between midnight Friday and noon Saturday, I’ll be posting and contacting the winners. Things that need to be mailed will more likely than not be mailed on Monday…
Make sure your email address is correct.
You don’t have to have a blog to enter!
If you link back to this post, you will gain an additional entry into the contest for this prize. (Tell me in the comments if you have because sometimes the little incoming link feature doesn’t work!)
I can only ship to the US and Canada. (Sorry… )

There you have it…

I’ve enjoyed your visits… and I do hope to see you back soon!

Until next time…

Heather