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Mrs. Peep Toe, San Francisco Age and Occupation: 29, Policy Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 36, Olive Oil Production Manager Engagement Date: December 16, 2007 Wedding Date: May, 2009 Blogging Since: November 26, 2008 Venue: Hotel Vitale About Me: I am a west coast lady who loves the San Francisco Bay Area. I love living with Mr. Peep and our animals: Huck the Dog and Ferris the Cat. I work to save the environment in San Francisco, while Mr. Peep makes ridiculously delicious Olive Oil. On any day you can find me reading the latest book I have gotten my hands on, eating Swedish Fish, and perusing wedding blogs! We are both champagne drinking foodies on a Bud Light budget. We are planning an eco-chic, intimate, and interfaith San Francisco City wedding.
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A Sparkling Valentine’s Day

February 18th, 2009 @ 2:50 pm by Mrs. Peep Toe

Remember when I posted about having to take my ring to the jeweler’s to get one of the prongs fixed?

Well, our initial plan was to get our wedding rings at the same place that he got my engagement ring in LA, mainly so we could use the friends and family discount. We even tried on rings about a year ago, and I just figured we’d be back to LA before the wedding. But, we have no plans to go down there between now and the wedding.

So, since we were in a jewelry store and we needed jewelry, I took it as an opportunity to coerce Mr. Peep to check out rings.

Now I don’t know about your mister, but Mr. PT has never worn jewelry, so watching him try to pick out his very first piece of jewelry was very amusing. He kept trying to yank the rings off his finger and claimed they were stuck. I kept having to tell him to calm down and to slowly wiggle the rings off. Once he calmed down, the process was much smoother. After trying on six or so rings, he picked out a perfectly modern ring in white gold. Of course, it was the heaviest ring EVER. Even the jeweler commented that he couldn’t have picked out a heavier ring.

When looking for my ring, I knew I wanted something that matched the pave setting on the sides of my ring. The problem was that the pave diamonds only go to about 3/4 of the way around the band. Fortunately, the jeweler suggested a custom ring with pave diamonds that would line up with my engagement ring perfectly. Since they had to keep my ring to fix it, it felt like the custom ring was meant to be.

While we loved the rings, we spent a few days thinking about it.

The prices were good, but we both just had a hard time pulling the trigger. Thankfully, Mr. Peep realized we were being ridiculous and ordered the rings.

About a week later we got a call saying they were ready, just in time to pick them up on Valentine’s Day!! And of course, like any good bee, I took pictures using the flowers Mr. Peep got me for Valentine’s Day as a prop:

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I had to get my engagement ring in on the action:
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And finally, here is a classic picture of the three rings stacked together.
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The best part was that they were cheaper than the price he had originally quoted us. This seemed like a wedding first. And since it was Valentine’s Day, Mr. Peep let me wear the ring for the rest of the day!! Isn’t he great?

Both rings are now in their little boxes in the nightstand by our bed, so while Mr. Peep is getting ready for bed I can secretly look at them!

Anyone else have their rings custom made or get a great deal on your rings?

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36 Responses to “A Sparkling Valentine’s Day”

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Vic004
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Vic004 (message)  804 posts, Busy bee

How exciting Miss Peep! Congrats on getting your rings, I cannot wait to get mine and those peonies are gorgeous!!

 
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Miss Duckling (message)  1,415 posts, Bumble bee

They look beautiful! I love the picture with them all stacked together. Thanks for sharing the pictures!

 
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Miss Bruschetta (message)  5,565 posts, Bee Keeper

LOL! I love it — V-Day as ring-trial day, secretly looking at yours at night…

Is Mr. Peep Toe’s not perfectly round? In the nesting rings shot, it looks like the sides are kinda squared off.

 
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Miss Perfume (message)  2,253 posts, Buzzing bee

I just got a picture of my ring from Mark, our jeweler…you and I have the same ring (bead-set milgrain)! Love yours…and your engagment ring, WOW…what a stunner!

 
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MightySapphire
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MightySapphire (message)  7,632 posts, Bee Keeper

Wow, that ring does look heavy! Can he lift his arm with that on?? LOL I LOVE your ering!! But all three are gorgeous together!!

 
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LzzNYC
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LzzNYC (message)  882 posts, Busy bee

That’s so cute!!! My engagement ring was his grandmother’s .. and she had a matching band =) As for his grandfather’s its yellow gold .. and he wants to go platinum.. He too like Mr. PT has never worn jewelry .. so it’s going to be quite an experience.. =)

 
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Sheila

Your engagement ring is just gorgeous. :)

 
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purpleHaze79
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purpleHaze79 (message)  874 posts, Busy bee

Gorgeous rings, Miss PT!!!

 
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LLauRRa
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LLauRRa (message)  843 posts, Busy bee

Hehe! How fun! Beautiful pictures. You did a very good job.

 
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Miss Spring Roll (message)  716 posts, Busy bee

Beautiful rings :)

 
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Miss Quiche (message)  3,157 posts, Sugar bee

What great pictures!! Good job on that :) & all of the rings are gorgeous, Peep!

 
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HistoryBride
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HistoryBride (message)  409 posts, Helper bee

Aww, we both wore our rings for the day when we picked them up too :D

 
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Miss Taffy (message)  3,104 posts, Sugar bee

Beautiful rings! I’m glad you posted this… we need to start looking for rings! ;)

 
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Miss D'orsay (message)  2,272 posts, Buzzing bee

Beautiful! We still need to find Mr. D’s!

 
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Mrs. Shortcake (message)  465 posts, Helper bee

I love your rings! That yellow is so unique and breath-taking!

 
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Miss Peep Toe (message)  1,804 posts, Buzzing bee

@MagPie518: Yep, his ring is square-ish on the outside and round on the inside. @MightySapphire: Ha, ha, he can lift his arm up, but I tried it on and I think my finger got a cramp.

 
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elle
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elle (message)  196 posts, Blushing bee

Yay for square rings. We choose a square ring for DH and he gets more compliments on it than I get for my rings. I love how it looks.
Beautiful rings!

 
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ChelseafromTX
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ChelseafromTX (message)  16 posts, Newbee

Love those rings…each one is so unique and gorgeous! Quick question-bc I am having a hard time with this-is you wedding band going to sit flush with your e-ring? How are you going to wear them…I can’t figure out what to-do with my e-ring because it has a unique shape similar to yours and I LOVE your band.

 
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Miss Peep Toe (message)  1,804 posts, Buzzing bee

@ChelseafromTX: No it isn’t flush, but I will wear them together. I tried on a curved band, but didn’t like it. I already knew that I wouldn’t get a flush band.

 
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IronMaiden
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IronMaiden (message)  121 posts, Blushing bee

Ohhh…I had the opposite situation - I had to give the jewlery store my ring on Valentine’s Day = (. FI bought me an amazing, one of a kind, vintage inspired ring. Amazing, but completely unlike anything available in a wedding band. So, we’re having something custom made, and I had to leave my ring so that I could get it to match. As we were at dinner that night, FI got all sad looking and said “I hate that it doesn’t look like we’re engaged right now — I miss your ring!” It was so cute and sweet from my usually un-sappy guy that I went out the next morning and bought a faux-ring at Kohls! ($6 baby!)

 
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Mrs. Peep Toe, San Francisco Age and Occupation: 29, Policy Analyst Fiance's Age and Occupation: 36, Olive Oil Production Manager Engagement Date: December 16, 2007 Wedding Date: May, 2009 Blogging Since: November 26, 2008 Venue: Hotel Vitale About Me: I am a west coast lady who loves the San Francisco Bay Area. I love living with Mr. Peep and our animals: Huck the Dog and Ferris the Cat. I work to save the environment in San Francisco, while Mr. Peep makes ridiculously delicious Olive Oil. On any day you can find me reading the latest book I have gotten my hands on, eating Swedish Fish, and perusing wedding blogs! We are both champagne drinking foodies on a Bud Light budget. We are planning an eco-chic, intimate, and interfaith San Francisco City wedding.

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