Weddingbee Blog

When Mr. D and I first started talking about marriage, weddings, and rings, we went shopping together to see what was out there. I’d try on a few rings here or there, trying to figure out what we both liked best. I’m not much for surprises, and he wanted to be sure we both loved the ring because we’ll both have to look at it for a long time.

One day we decided to go on a mammoth ring shopping excursion. We had ordered a few rings in from Tiffany’s in the sizes and designs we liked, but hadn’t heard a call from them yet. So we went to Mayors, and a few other places in Coral Gables, trying on rings as we went. Mayors was having an event with multiple settings and multiple loose diamonds… but none of the Asscher cuts my heart had been set on. Mr. D and I were both having a difficult time imagining the settings with a mystery stone. Plus at the time, overweight and in the heat of Miami; my fingers were big. So shoving size 6 rings on and off my finger (for literally hours) was much less fun than I anticipated.

Plus, there is just something about jewelry stores that makes me break out into a sweat. I have no clue why, but I just feel under so much pressure! I was sweaty, hungry and in pain when we decided to take a break and grab lunch. Because if there is one important fact to know about me, it’s this - don’t let my blood sugar drop. At least if you want to stay friends with me. Otherwise, you might disown me and my low blood sugar snappy comments.

Feeling refreshed, we grabbed ice cream and sat on a bench, a bench that happened to be in front of Tiffany & Co. We thought, maybe we’ll just pop in and see if they’re there…and the rings were in! Success! The experience in the store with the store manager was completely unlike the previous service we had experienced. they were very laid back and let us take our time and think about which design and ring we wanted. Then, the manager suggested we take a look at it over by the window in natural light. As it lit up and blew our minds, Mr. D just looked at me and said, “That’s the one, it has to be.”

The manager brought us champagne and we purchased the ring that day. Our experience was so fantastic that I even wrote Tiffany & Co. about how wonderful and different from our other experiences it was (no sweats! Well, I didn’t tell them that…). Sadly, when trying to size my finger, we estimated incorrectly. My finger was SO swollen that we still ended up guessing the size to be too large, which is how my ring ended up with a pair of balls.

Did you and your SO pick out your ring together, or was it a surprise?