Diamonds and Planetary Weirdness

Have you noticed any weirdness in the air? We are pretty reasonable people. We like science. We read our horoscopes every once in awhile, but we take it with a big grain of salt. HOWEVER… Mercury is seriously retrograde right now and we are feeling it. Mercury moving in a retrograde (backwards) direction is an optical illusion caused by the different orbital speeds of the Earth and Mercury as they go around the sun. During the times that Mercury is appearing to go backwards, many people here on Earth report that communication and travel are more difficult and prone to annoying complications. I can’t speak for the experiences of people on Mercury.

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Are you currently shopping for an engagement ring? If you are, here’s some advice from two professional engagement ring consultants.  Mercury may be in retrograde, but you don’t have to let these common engagement ring pitfalls ruin your day.

• Double check the lead time on any ring you are thinking of ordering. Don’t assume that anything you see can arrive in tomorrow’s post box.
• Double check the ring size. If you don’t know for sure, take your best guess and double check with the jeweler that the design allows for resizing. If you have absolutely no clue, go for size 6.5. It is the average ring size for the average height woman.
• Double check the return and exchange policy with any jeweler you are considering working with. Reputable companies generally have a return period of about 30 days. Again, double check.
• If you purchase a ring online, triple check your order confirmation that it is exactly the item you ordered.

If you have found a ring that you think might be perfect for you, but you are still not 100% positive, we have a service called the Fly By. For $75 you get the peace of mind of knowing that a professional diamond expert and engagement ring consultant has looked over your selection and given it the thumbs-up or thumbs-down. Here’s what we look at:

• Style check
• Value check
• Diamond Certificate check

• Durability check
• Quality check
• Metal check

​Okay, ring hunters, best of luck out there!
Love,
The Birds

Oh, one last thing: If you are booking tickets for any kind of travel (for a destination proposal, perhaps) double check that you are buying tickets for the right date. For example, if you want to fly on October 25th don’t book tickets for November 25th by mistake.