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Mr. Cucumber Sammie and I set off on our ring-palooza (which makes it sound way funner than it actually was). First up: Mervis Diamond Importers. Mervis has about three stores in the DMV (District, Maryland, and Virginia) area, making them a small family-run chain. Anyone from the area can probably recite their radio commercials because they are on…All. The. Time!

Anywhoodle, about a month ago Mervis was running a “ring” event where they promised a plethora of wedding-band designers, discounts, cake, and vodka. (I still can’t figure out why the vodka, but I am not one to argue.) Cake!?! Off we went. The event was the very first time Mr. Cucumber Sammie and I tried on rings, and we were positively giddy. There were tons of people there, so we got brought up to Zeb Mervis’s office for our consultation! Now I know what being in the inner sanctum of a celebrity feels like.

The Man, the Legend’s desk chair

While it was a really classy event, unfortunately it came with some really “classy” prices. There may have been some tears on the car ride home because I thought I had significantly under budgeted the wedding rings. And now the whole wedding was ruined! Very calm and mature of me. Even with the 20% discount, we couldn’t really afford anything. The rings were absolutely stunning, though.

Onward and upward! I am completely susceptible to TV ads, so the next stop was Jared.

Video via YouTube

When we first walked in, we were immediately greeted and brought over to the display cases. After seeing my engagement ring, the oh so helpful salesperson asked if he could clean it for me. Yes, please! It took only about 15 minutes for Mr. Cucumber Sammie to find the ring he wanted.

It’s a tungsten band with a brushed-metal finish for the majority of the ring, and there is just a little bit of detailing on the outer ring. It was a very handsome looking ring. And just like that, he was done. Didn’t feel the need to go to any more stores or look at any other rings. How do guys do that?!

I took a little bit longer than 15 minutes, but not by much. I guess channel-set diamonds have become quite the trend because Mr. Helpful Salesman led me right to the good stuff. Unfortunately, it was not vodka like the other jeweler.

Oh how I heart you. Looks great without my engagement ring, all by its lonesome, and looks extra fabulous with the e-ring. Of course, I can’t make a spontaneous decision like Mr. Cucumber Sammie, so no rings were purchased that day.

After one terrible trip to another jeweler that must not be named (seriously, they tried to convince us that if my Cuke Sammie ever got in an accident, his ring would not be able to be cut off and could cause severe finger damage), Mr. Cucumber Sammie finally talked some reason into me. Not everything in wedding planning has to be a big production. If we find the rings we like and they are in budget (and they are—cue happy tears!) we should just get them. It doesn’t require hours and hours of research.

So back to Jared we go! I can’t wait to show you personal photos of the rings…especially with my engagement ring.

Does your SO ever need to talk sense into you? Don’t you love rings with diamonds!?