|
Upgrading My Wedding Ring |
|
October 29th, 2009 by BridalBuds
|
As you may recall, me and Calla Lily Dude both wore engagement rings, which were simple wedding bands worn on our right hands.
We switched our rings to our left hands during our ceremony, after we said our vows.
"With this ring, I join my life with yours."
Since I was fresh out of college and blew my savings on the trip to Italy where we got engaged, our rings were inexpensive sterling silver. We planned to upgrade to white gold before the wedding, but it got pushed aside in the flurry of all the other wedding stuff we had to take care of…
I ran into a few roadblocks in the process of upgrading my wedding ring. I was looking for a white gold band with no stones, but with some personality. I started by browsing online, and I liked these rings:
from goldandgems.com, kay.com, and ice.com
Then I took myself into a store with my heart set on the ring center above. And somehow, I walk out of the store having ordered this ring:
from kay.com
I really, really liked the ring, but after a day or two I was convinced that I had done myself a disservice because I didn’t even ask to see the ring I originally wanted. More than that, I “really, really liked” the ring with diamonds, but I didn’t love it, and I think I should love my wedding ring. I spent the week it took to get the ring with diamonds sized agonizing over my choice.
I ended up ordering the center ring above online so I could compare both rings. Now that I have both, I ended up loving the ring I originally wanted, so I will be returning the ring with diamonds.
The lesson here is definitely to trust your instincts and don’t let yourself be persuaded by a sales clerk until you have seen what you went into the store to see in the first place.
I have gotten a few “but you deserve to have diamonds in your wedding ring” comments from friends while making up my mind, but I had to go with my intuition. And I love it!
|
Categories: Archived, Married Life, Wedding Jewelry, Wedding Planning |
1 Comment |
October 30th, 2009 at 9:51 am
Good for you for ensuring you got what you really wanted!!! I agree that everyone should LOVE their wedding ring… it’s a permanent appendage now!