My wife is a pretty practical woman, and one of her rules of practicality concerns gift giving. She thinks it’s silly to go crazy buying gifts for each other when the money is all coming from the same account. I told her as crazy as it was, there was still no way I wasn’t going to give her something to open on special occasions. She understood that, so we’re a one gift couple. With her birthday coming up, I wanted to make that one gift something special, so I decided on a pair of diamond earrings.   [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="302"]

Diamond Stud Earrings[/caption] I could already hear the arguments she would be making in my head as I looked at all of the beautiful diamond jewelry, so I had to make sure that what I bought would silence those arguments. Buying diamond anything is already one of the most practical things that a person can do because diamonds are just about the only item in the world that continues to appreciate in value over time and not depreciate. I would certainly never want to be in a position where we would have to sell something in order to prevent a financial problem, but it is still comforting to know that having some certified loose diamonds as part of our jewelry collection would be nice. Of course, it doesn’t matter how valuable they might become, it wouldn’t do much good to buy diamond earrings that spent far too much time sitting in the jewelry case and far too little time on her ears. I wanted to find a style that would be the kind she could wear all the time – or at least most of the time. There were certainly some beautiful earrings that would be perfect with her little black dress for a Saturday night on the town, but let’s face it, with a newborn at home, nights on the town just don’t happen that much. That was why I settled on a pair of diamond stud earrings. It may seem funny to describe diamonds as “simple” but these earrings are simple enough to look great when she’s just wearing jeans and a t-shirt, but still glamorous enough so that when we finally get a babysitter, they will look just as great for that night on the town.