Hello!

Thanks so much for the review! Lol! :-) I actually took a bit of artistic license when it came to Ginny's ring. The reasoning is with "muggle" instruments and such, it's rather difficult to cut a diamond so flawlessly or find one so clear. So we really make a big deal about stuff like that. But if you consider the wizarding world...if you really think about it, they have their work cut out for them! Muggles would kill to have the resources they do. The way I pictured it while I was writing it, wizards actually grow the diamonds themselves. They have their own diamond mines and they have complete control over how clear their diamonds turn out to be. The business competition, in this case, relies partially on who's the more popular rather than who has more resources. People chose rings based on creativity and design rather than being limited too much by price, which is sometimes defined by how much resources the company has. Plus, cutting a diamond shouldn't be all that hard for someone with a wand, whereas for muggles, it's really hard work! There are limiting factors in growing diamonds, of course. One needs a diamond mine in a location that experiences little foot traffic so that ones lab remains undiscovered. This requires owning specific sections of the land. One needs a ferocious beast to guard one's mine, food for the ferocious beast, etc, etc, etc. Plus, it takes a certain skill and A LOT of practice to grow the perfect diamonds. So, naturally, not everyone can grow diamonds and make oneself rich. But that's an aside. 

I suppose I didn't describe Ginny's ring as well as I had hoped. Yet the vignettes weren't supposed to be all that long, so I didn't have much space to do it. That's why I delegated the description to the seller. Anyway, I actually drew a picture of her ring. It's quite small. The diamond is visible, that's for sure. It's not microscopic like some of the other rings I've seen. Let's see...I would say its diameter is about the size of the radius of an eraser head (of a pencil). Its length is about a cm. So, in other words, it IS a paragon--100 carats--but it's shrunken to a manageable size. The ring is about the size of a regular wedding ring, but it's sterling silver. The wings of the snitch run about halfway down the band of the ring on either side, and the bed of the diamond is a tiny 24 carat gold ball (diameter slightly larger than the diamond itself). If you stick your eye close to it, it resembles a snitch, and it's attached to the wings. So when you look it at, all you see is the top of the diamond inside a gold snitch with silver wings running down the band. It's basically her promise ring with that small addition on top of it. Simple, compact, relatively affordable. Both Harry and Ginny are quite frugal, after all.

Boy, I'm really wordy! Lol! :-) I hope that clears things up. Thanks for asking and thank you so much for leaving a review! I hope you enjoy the rest of the story. :-)

Winger

Hello!

Thanks a lot for the review! And thanks a lot for pointing that out! :-) That is indeed what I meant. I just didn't realize that's what that phrase meant. I thought the two were synonymous. But hey! You learn something new every day! ;-P I changed it the moment I read your review. Thanks again and the next chapter should be up within a few days. :-)

Winger

Hello! 

Thanks for the review! :-) And all the other reviews that came before! :-D

I actually just found that song today, while I was trying to name the chapter. I was going to name the chapter "All I Want for Christmas..." which was, of course, the song I used in it, but since it was part 1 of 2, I wanted the following chapter title to be the continuation of the chapter title before it. So, this chapter was supposed to be "All I Want for Christmas..." and the next chapter would've been "...Is You." But then I found THAT song and listened to it and I was like, DUDE! That's even MORE perfect than "All I Want for Christmas is You." So, I renamed the chapter "All I (Really) Want For Christmas...", thus enabling me to name the next chapter, "...Is a Family", since the next chapter is all about Sev wanting an actual family for Christmas and actually WANTING to be ADOPTED. :-)

Anyhoo, I just had to tell that little story since you mentioned the song. :-P Thanks again for the review!

Winger