Ring, ring.
Once upon a time a clever advertising agency came up with a brilliant (for the ring sellers anyway) idea that an engagement ring should cost the equivalent of two month’s salary.
These days, thankfully, common sense prevails.
The general rule now is to buy the best ring you can afford, taking into account the Five C’s: Colour, Clarity, Cut, Carat and Comparison.
The last one is perhaps the most important as, despite all discussions to the contrary, your partner will make a national sport of comparing the ring you give with her (or his) friends’ ones.
Worth keeping in mind when you’re tossing up how you want the next 50 years of your life to go...

