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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 18pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>FORM 8-K</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>CURRENT REPORT<BR>
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE<BR>
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">December&nbsp;15, 2005<BR>
DATE OF REPORT (DATE OF EARLIEST EVENT REPORTED)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 24pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>BLUE NILE, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt">(EXACT NAME OF REGISTRANT AS SPECIFIED IN ITS CHARTER)</DIV>


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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(STATE OR OTHER JURISDICTION
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(COMMISSION FILE
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">(I.R.S. EMPLOYER</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top">OF INCORPORATION)
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">705 FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH, SUITE 900, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, 98104<BR>
(ADDRESS OF PRINCIPAL EXECUTIVE OFFICES, INCLUDING ZIP CODE)</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">(206)&nbsp;336-6700<BR>
REGISTRANT&#146;S TELEPHONE NUMBER, INCLUDING AREA CODE</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">N/A<BR>
(FORMER NAME OR FORMER ADDRESS IF CHANGED SINCE LAST REPORT)</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy
the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Written communications pursuant to Rule&nbsp;425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ITEM 5.02. DEPARTURE OF DIRECTORS OR PRINCIPAL OFFICERS; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS;</B><br>
<B>APPOINTMENT OF PRINCIPAL OFFICERS.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Robert Paquin has informed us that he plans to resign his position as Executive Vice President of
Blue Nile, Inc. effective December&nbsp;31, 2005.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>SIGNATURE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
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    <TD valign="top">By:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000" align="left">/s/ Diane M. Irvine
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Diane M. Irvine&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Chief Financial Officer<br>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt">Dated: December&nbsp;16, 2005
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