Hello, My name is Harry Winston

Alex and I had another great weekend! When Alex went to England a few weeks ago, he was able to spend some time with his old boss Colin. (Pronounced Collin-  not Colin- like Colin Powell) Colin and his girlfriend Nicole, were planning to visit NYC this past weekend and wanted to have dinner with us. While in England, Alex sent me an email saying he was talking me up a bit and wanted a great, new trendy restaurant for the four of us to go to. He asked if I was up for the challenge....I of course, was ALL OVER IT.
We started out with drinks outside at one of our favorite venues- The Cooper Square Hotel. After a week of clean living, those cocktails sure did taste good....Colin and Nicole met us and we soon made our way over to the restaurant. My choice for the evening was  Hotel Griffou. It was incredible! Very trendy with a secret doorway, guest list and unlisted phone number. Exactly the challenge I was looking for when trying to make a reservation for our English friends.
As we sat down an ordered our drinks, Colin made a toast saying that Congratulations were in order. (back story on this that Alex will never admit to) He had just announced that he and Nicole had gotten engaged a few days before and our evening together was a great chance to celebrate! The conversation soon turned to engagement rings. Colin and Nicole had spent their afternoon going into Harry Winston and Debeers to try and get an idea of what they wanted. They were flabbergasted at the cost of some of these rings....548k, 399k...two months salary? WHAT? for who? Madonna? "It was more for fun" they said. It was great to see them so excited!

Colin quickly segued the conversation to me then asked me what type of ring I was looking for???? Wait! Hello! Set up the tee for me!!! Well done Colin!!!! Usually, a girl dating a boyfriend of a year would squirm at this conversation...but I loved it! Thank you Colin! I soon gave my dream ring/ideas/qualifications just in case...
p.s. We aren't getting married............yet.