It is official, I have to get my wedding band re-sized. In my poor ring's defense, it may be all the ring's fault. I may have gained some weight (apparently only in my fingers), maybe I'm just retaining water, or maybe the dog straining at the leash has permanently swollen my fingers.
As those who attended the wedding will know, the ring has always been a snug fit, causing my husband to hilariously give up while trying to put it on my finger at the altar, saying that "it would have to be good enough." While the deacon finished the prayer, I pushed it all the way onto my finger.
I blame the woman at the jeweler in Austin, who convinced me to go down to 5 3/4 from the 6 of the engagement band, because my "finger is the most slender at the base." Well, there is also a knuckle involved.
The fit hasn't really been a problem, until the other night when I wanted to take it off to avoid the discomfort that arises the morning after having a few cocktails. I used soap to help it slip off and not irritate my finger, and put it back on the next morning, also with soap. A couple of nights later, I realized that my poor finger had been irritated (red) by the soap under the ring, so I haven't had my wedding band on for the past few days. Maybe I'll try wearing it again now that my finger is better before I worry about getting it re-sized. Advice?
Showing posts with label Wedding Rings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wedding Rings. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
Ring Shopping Reconsidered
(For the previous posts about how I still haven't found a wedding band - click here http://catholicweddinggirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Wedding%20Rings)
Last I left you, dear readers - as one of those advice columnists used to say, my fiance and I had found rings that we liked at K's, which we thought were a good price. All we were waiting on was to see how much my band would cost if it were made out of palladium instead of white gold. Our salesperson "J" called me back and let me know that the ring would be $1050, ie considerably more than the same in white gold. "I didn't get a chance to order your fiance's ring yet, I'll do it later this afternoon," she said. Order? When had we ordered the rings? I asked her to hold off on it until after I spoke to my fiance, and I would get back to her one way or the other.
Meanwhile, I hop on the internet to see what I can find. I looked around on Blue Nile, but everything was a lot more expensive than we had seen at K's, so I did what anyone my age would do - I turned to Google. I searched for "wedding bands" and several sites came up, including several sites which looked extremely sketchy. A couple that I looked at, and look legit, are skyfacet.com and weddingbands.com (subtle, I know). I think we're going to wind up going with the rings from one of these sites, they even let you engrave them and still ship in two days or something.
Last I left you, dear readers - as one of those advice columnists used to say, my fiance and I had found rings that we liked at K's, which we thought were a good price. All we were waiting on was to see how much my band would cost if it were made out of palladium instead of white gold. Our salesperson "J" called me back and let me know that the ring would be $1050, ie considerably more than the same in white gold. "I didn't get a chance to order your fiance's ring yet, I'll do it later this afternoon," she said. Order? When had we ordered the rings? I asked her to hold off on it until after I spoke to my fiance, and I would get back to her one way or the other.
Meanwhile, I hop on the internet to see what I can find. I looked around on Blue Nile, but everything was a lot more expensive than we had seen at K's, so I did what anyone my age would do - I turned to Google. I searched for "wedding bands" and several sites came up, including several sites which looked extremely sketchy. A couple that I looked at, and look legit, are skyfacet.com and weddingbands.com (subtle, I know). I think we're going to wind up going with the rings from one of these sites, they even let you engrave them and still ship in two days or something.
Thursday, June 5, 2008
More Ring Shopping
(For the previous posts - click here http://catholicweddinggirl.blogspot.com/search/label/Wedding%20Rings)
This round of ring shopping was by far my favorite, which may have been influenced by the fact that I got to go downtown to meet up with my fiance during lunch, along with the fact that one of my favorite sushi places is right next door to the jewelry story. To further add to my good mood, I was even able to find parking on the same block.
After lunch, we went over to K's to look at the wedding bands. "J" greeted us and showed us to the wedding bands (not the same person who helped my fiance with the engagement ring, but you can't have everything). She and I hit it off immediately, as I described one of the men's rings as looking like subway tiles and she laughed hysterically. I can't help it - I love it when people think I'm funny.
She was very helpful, even to the point that when we told her that we were looking for rings in palladium, she offered to call one of their suppliers to see if my ring could be made since they did not have the style I liked in palladium. Wonderful! She wrote down the styles and the sizes we would need and said she would call me later with the price for the ring. We were hoping it would be less expensive, since the one I liked was upwards of $900. The big surprise was my fiance's ring, which was somewhere in the $600 range, even though it was just a brushed ring with a bezeled edge.
More to come . . .
This round of ring shopping was by far my favorite, which may have been influenced by the fact that I got to go downtown to meet up with my fiance during lunch, along with the fact that one of my favorite sushi places is right next door to the jewelry story. To further add to my good mood, I was even able to find parking on the same block.
After lunch, we went over to K's to look at the wedding bands. "J" greeted us and showed us to the wedding bands (not the same person who helped my fiance with the engagement ring, but you can't have everything). She and I hit it off immediately, as I described one of the men's rings as looking like subway tiles and she laughed hysterically. I can't help it - I love it when people think I'm funny.
She was very helpful, even to the point that when we told her that we were looking for rings in palladium, she offered to call one of their suppliers to see if my ring could be made since they did not have the style I liked in palladium. Wonderful! She wrote down the styles and the sizes we would need and said she would call me later with the price for the ring. We were hoping it would be less expensive, since the one I liked was upwards of $900. The big surprise was my fiance's ring, which was somewhere in the $600 range, even though it was just a brushed ring with a bezeled edge.
More to come . . .
Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Ring Shopping Round 2
After we left the first jeweler on our ring extravaganza (chronicled in http://catholicweddinggirl.blogspot.com/2008/05/ring-shopping-round-1.html), we walked down to the other end of the mall to the other jeweler BB. BB is where my fiance had gotten my lovely pearl necklace, and I would have been completely satisfied skipping the first round and heading straight to this store.
Luckily, salsesperson was so much more helpful than the woman at the last store. "A" walked my fiance and I over to the wedding band counters and asked what style of ring I wanted. I told her that I thought I wanted a channel set band in palladium, to match the band of the engagement ring. At this point, we had a brief moment of confusion as she tried to show us bridal sets, then I showed her my ring and it clicked that I already had an engagement ring.
What I didn't realize was the difference that the shape of the stone makes. 
My engagement ring is a round stone, so it looks best (I think) with a ring like the one below. While we we were at BB, I saw several ones that looked to be the same size, but there was a big differences in the prices - several hundred dollars. I asked "A" why there was such a large difference, and, after looking at the item descriptions, she told us because the diamonds were higher quality in the more expensive ones. She also pointed out that the lower quality diamonds weren't as noticeable when they were in the channel setting, so it might not be "worth it" to spend the extra money, which is exactly what I was thinking.
My engagement ring is a round stone, so it looks best (I think) with a ring like the one below. While we we were at BB, I saw several ones that looked to be the same size, but there was a big differences in the prices - several hundred dollars. I asked "A" why there was such a large difference, and, after looking at the item descriptions, she told us because the diamonds were higher quality in the more expensive ones. She also pointed out that the lower quality diamonds weren't as noticeable when they were in the channel setting, so it might not be "worth it" to spend the extra money, which is exactly what I was thinking."A" was really great when my fiance was looking at his rings, as well. She was really patient with us, since we were asking about the advantages and reasons for choosing certain metals over other metals, which ones were which. Even when she was unsure of an answer, she went and found out the answer by looking up the item in the back or asking another salesperson for help. I would have been fine buying our rings at this store, but we both felt like we "should" go back to K's, where he got my engagement ring.
More on that later. . .
Friday, May 23, 2008
Ring Shopping - Round 1
I do not envy my fiance or any other person that has to look for engagement or wedding jewelry. It truly is an ordeal. When we decided that it was time to start looking for rings, my fiance decided that we should shop around, which makes sense, especially since we live near a mall, we have two jewelers right near us, and then we wanted to go back to K's where my fiance had found my engagement ring.
We first went to BBB, where we were greeted with a very lukewarm handshake by L. She sat me down in front of one of their collections and asked which style I liked. I told her and she had me try on a few rings, of those there was one I liked, but the ring I looked at was over $1800, which is at least twice as much as we were looking to spend. I really didn't like the store, and I was getting frustrated because the only rings she showed me were from the collection in front of me, which were all platinum. I didn't want a platinum ring, my engagement ring is palladium, so we were looking for that or white gold.
It was the kind of store encounter where the salesperson is intent on showing you a certain set of things and you feel like you can't even ask to see something else. L never asked us how much we wanted to spend, we had to sneak looks at the price tags when she wasn't looking. Oh well, on to the next store.
We first went to BBB, where we were greeted with a very lukewarm handshake by L. She sat me down in front of one of their collections and asked which style I liked. I told her and she had me try on a few rings, of those there was one I liked, but the ring I looked at was over $1800, which is at least twice as much as we were looking to spend. I really didn't like the store, and I was getting frustrated because the only rings she showed me were from the collection in front of me, which were all platinum. I didn't want a platinum ring, my engagement ring is palladium, so we were looking for that or white gold.
It was the kind of store encounter where the salesperson is intent on showing you a certain set of things and you feel like you can't even ask to see something else. L never asked us how much we wanted to spend, we had to sneak looks at the price tags when she wasn't looking. Oh well, on to the next store.
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