Wedding Blog

Deciding on jewelry hasn’t been nearly as taxing for me as deciding on a dress has/still is. From the start, I knew I would wear the strand of pearls my grandparents gave me for my birthday a few years back.

Since my ring is white gold and antiquey-looking, I wanted some earrings to “tie together” my accessories. I have been browsing various websites in search of perfect vintage/art deco/sparkly/silver/pearl earrings. Perfect Details had a bunch of styles I really like, and so did emitations and 1928.

Though I’ve found some fun and fitting designs, I haven’t been seriously looking for earrings (or uh… anything) because of our house purchase (tomorrow OMG!!) and that pesky possible income loss I recently mentioned. Pretty much every extra penny we have is either going toward closing/moving/home-improving funds or contributing to our new emergency plan. Mr. Mary Jane and I don’t have anything set aside to pay for the wedding. I don’t have a jar with $1000 in it with “Wedding Money” written on the side. We’re just paying as we go. (It’s a perk of skirting the land of vendor deposits!)

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So anyway, even though my mind has been working overtime on what I might buy in the future, I haven’t been very serious about shopping for accessories. But then… the other day, I was in Macy’s. I had a gift card and I was going to use it to buy a belt for a shirt-dress I have. As I strolled past the jewelry, I noticed these.

Look how closely they match my ring! I HAD to buy them.

They’re from Givenchy, and they were only $28. That belt I had been looking for was suddenly the furthest thing from my mind. Since I had a gift card, these beauties didn’t rob me of any paint money, landscaping money, U-Haul rental money, or emergency fund money. So I bought ’em. They don’t have the pearl accents in them like I had originally wanted, but I still think they’re perfect. I have double-pierced ears anyway; I can stick some pearl studs in the other piercing. Bing-bang-boom, earrings found. Woohoo!

I’m planning to go shopping in Fargo within the next month so that I can get a look at some birdcage veils and other headpiece options to “complete” my look. It’d also be cool if I could find a bracelet that incorporates both pearl and white metal/sparkly accents to tie the earrings and necklace together.

Did you unexpectedly stumble upon a wedding day accessory?