Diamonds are a girl's best friend

It was my luck to be born to a father in the jewelery business. So I have always had a taste for fine jewelery that has far outweighed my budget. I saved up and bought myself a pair of diamond earrings for my 30th birthday, which I love and wear on special occasions.

Right now there are two more items on my wish list. Given that it's the freezing depths of winter I thought sharing pretty, shiny things might make us all feel a little happier. Being single I know I won't be receiving any such baubles for Valentine's Day this year, but who knows...someday.

If I were to be asked what I want for Valentine's Day, this would be at the top of my list:

Blue topaz surrounded by diamonds, set in white gold.

In additon to that, I do plan to someday have the diamond from my grandmother's engagement ring set into a pendant. I was helping a coworker decide what to do with her too-small wedding set this weekend when I saw this bezel setting at a jewelers in downtown Boston:

I normally don't like bezel sets but this one was so thin it almost disappears. I love how delicate it looks, but still keeps the stone safe.

Someday...