Our Rings

My precious now has a pretty new friend! Last night Jimmy and I bought our wedding bands.

We went back to where Jimmy bought my engagement ring, The Jewelry Exchange. If any of you have seen the commercials for The Jewelry Exchange, you may be like I was and think, "Ew, that place looks really gross." Honestly I was just being a snob. In reality The Jewelry Exchange is a really great place to get great jewelry at prices way lower than other big name stores.

The one near us has really friendly sellers that are so informative. I love going in there to get my ring cleaned because of how friendly they are.

So last night we went to look for rings after dinner. If you remember, our last outing to look for rings was a bust. This time Jimmy actually was in the mood to look so I knew we already were starting out in a better place compared to last time.

We started with rings for me. We looked at every single diamond wedding band they carried. I wanted to make sure I absolutely loved what I chose, and wasn't afraid to walk away empty handed. I did still have a ring in mind from when we went to Jared. The whole time I kept going back to this one ring. After rejecting all the others, I inspected and scrutinized over this ring for a good 15 minutes. Finally with Jimmy's approval I made the decision to get it.

The diamonds are round, but they actually look like princess cut. I had to ask the guy helping us what cut they were because I couldn't tell. They are so sparkly and don't overpower my engagement ring. It compliments it nicely. I'm not sure if I'll end up getting my two rings soldered. I hope to get some pictures of my wedding band with my engagement ring to show you all. Maybe my sister can do it since she just got a new DSLR!

After Jimmy paid for my ring and it was sitting nicely in my purse (the ring he showed us was the exact size I needed so I got to take it home last night!!) we moved on to rings for Jimmy.

I think it helped that our sales associate was a guy, because Jimmy was so comfortable trying on all the rings that caught his eye. The two of them were even joking back and forth the whole time!

I thought Jimmy would pick a simple white gold band with no detailing, but he started focusing on rings with a little more flair. I was really surprised at how much I liked the fancier rings on him. In the end he was torn between two rings. One was white gold with two yellow gold rope-looking bands around the center. The other is the ring he ended up choosing.

It looks really good on him, which I didn't think I was ever going to be able to say because everything else he tried just looked silly. I ordered it, and it should come in about 8 weeks.

After we left we went to Best Man Steve's house. We were chatting and he was looking at my new ring. We had a funny little conversation.

Him: So what is this ring for?

Me: It's the wedding band. The ring I'll get at the ceremony... and YOU are the one that gets to hold it on the wedding day!

Him: eyes open wide... I do!? Then what do those little children things do?

Me: You mean flower girls and ring bearers? We're not having them.

Him: Are you doing the candle lighty thingy?

Me: A unity candle? No.

Him: Sweet. I like your style.