Wedding Blog

Easy. Painless. And didn’t burn a hole in our pockets. I was shocked that only an hour after we walked into Shane Co., we were purchasing our wedding rings. CRAZY!

Yesterday, Mr. Cookie and I decided to go look at wedding rings — just look! Since, Mr. Cookie had bought my e-ring at Shane Co., we thought we might as well go back to look at wedding bands. Again, we had no intention of buying because we were going to shop around for the best deal; however, we probably would have spent more in gas trying to find a better value.

First up, Mr. Cookie’s. He is a gold kinda guy, but I’m a silver kinda girl; so, he decided that a two-tone ring would be best. Mr. Cookie also wanted a little bit of etching — something that was very elegant but not gaudy. He tried on several different rings, bandwidths, and metals before landing on this baby — a two-tone gold and white gold ring. When he said to me, “This is my ring,” I knew we had to buy it. Sorry, you can’t really see the etching in the photo, but a good photographer I am not!

For me, you might remember from my e-ring post a while back that I wanted a simple wedding band for the simple kinda Cookie I am. The challenge for my ring was to find the right bandwidth and metal. I was contemplating either a 2 or 3mm band, but the 2mm next to my e-ring was just too small, so 3mm it was. Next, since my e-ring is platinum I didn’t want to mix the metals; however, the price difference between white gold and platinum is astronomical. We’re talking almost $900 dollars. I did look at Blue Nile online beforehand, and knew that their price for platinum is cheaper than Shane Co., but I still couldn’t justify the $400 difference between white gold and platinum. To be honest, unless you look at the two extremely close-up you can’t tell the difference. So, I decided to buy the white gold 3mm comfort fit band. I’m really happy with my ring, and it looks so pretty next to my e-ring!

Like I said, we didn’t intend on buying our rings this soon, but I am glad we did! One more thing to check off on our wedding to-do list. In addition, after leaving the store I had to promise Mr. Cookie that I would not take it out and wear it before the wedding — to make the moment he slips it on my finger more special. This is going to be a hard feat to accomplish, and I know I will be weak at times, but I will try!

And yes, I was a Girl Scout (but only a Brownie) and Mr. Cookie was a Boy Scout! Ever since we bought the rings last night I can’t get that song out of my head, “Make new friends, but keep the old. One is silver, the other gold. A circle is round, it has no end. That’s how long, I will be your friend…”