What's up! It's diamond time! Obviously when it came to shopping for wedding bands I was giddy as a schoolgirl. I love jewellery, sparkly things and spending time with Eric, so this was such a fun day.
Eric and I went to go see our jeweller John at Roger Watson Jewellers, in Osborne Village. I really love how knowledgeable and passionate John is about jewellery, and the fact that this is a family owned local business that has passed through generations. They have such beautiful jewellery in their display cases, and John is also incredibly talented at custom jewellery, which is what we were looking for!
I AM fooled by the rocks that you got...
We walked into the store expecting that Eric would choose a ring from the display case and I would need a custom set put together. Because of the knife edge of my original engagement ring, we were having no luck finding a band that would fit flush against it. We started with Eric, and as he looked at the tungsten rings, the fact that tungsten is not resizable became more and more of a problem for him. When I asked him why, he said it was because if he ever needed a different size ring, he wouldn't be able to adjust the original one, and he would have to get a completely new one. And he's not okay with that, because he wants to wear the original ring that we exchange on our wedding day for the rest of his life. All together now....
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwe!
Love that boy more every day.
So he looked through many rings in the store and settled on a couple that were in white gold and platinum with interesting designs on the band. He couldn't quite commit to one, so that was when John suggested a custom ring. He was able to choose the design, style, metal, and thickness of his ring and John took all the details to make a model for Eric to approve before he starts making it. So as soon as Eric is back from Liberia, he will be able to go down and see what his custom ring will look like!
OMG!
As for me, I was working with another jeweller at the store while John was with Eric, and I was just trying on rings for fun. I already knew exactly what I wanted, so I described it to John in extreme detail when he was done putting Eric's ring order together. To my surprise, he went to his workstation and pulled out an engagement ring he was working on that had no center stone, along with a matching wedding band. It was absolutely perfect and exactly what I had in mind, with the small, dainty stones on each side of the engagement ring matching the wedding band. So within 8 seconds I was sold. The set is absolutely beautiful!
Without the center stone...
I was very very sad to part with my engagement ring so that they could work on resetting the diamond into the new ring. But they promised to have it back to me within a week, and even delivered on their promise two days early! I have the wedding band safely tucked away for the day of the wedding, and now I'm happily wearing my engagement ring again. :D
Yayyyyy I love it so much!!! I'm so spoiled ;)
After picking up my rings and having another look at the wedding band in its box, I got very reflective and emotional about our upcoming wedding. Sure, I am very excited about our big day and very wrapped up in the flurry of activity that is wedding planning, but what I am truly looking forward to are the adventures ahead. Moving out of the condo and into our first house, continuing to travel the world together, building a life and a family. I am stupidly excited about all the little things too - for example, I can't wait to use the word "husband" when talking about Eric, or to hear him refer to me as "my wife". I can't wait to sign my name Mickaela Maxwell (my NAME is changing in 5 months, that is so crazy). I can't wait for when we can pull out our wedding album and look back on the day, instead of looking forward to it.
I came across a tip in a bridal magazine to read a lovely book called Wedding Cake For Breakfast: Essays On The Unforgettable First Year of Marriage. I bought it off Kobo this weekend and could not put it (well, my iPad) down. The book is filled with funny and poignant stories from women writers about their first year of marriage, and I would highly recommend it. Not only did I laugh, but I also cried a river of tears, but that could just be because my fiancé is in Liberia right now and I miss him terribly. Whether you're right in the thick of your first 365 days, or you're coming up to your big day (like me), or if you're neither of those things but you just want a really good read, you should pick up this book! It was a soothing reminder that the wedding day isn't the end of the journey or the light at the end of the long tunnel of wedding planning, but it's the first day of a whole new life filled with events - planned, unexpected, heartbreaking, ordinary, and joyous.
Awe, look at me. All sappy.
Happy Wedding Wednesday!!!
~M
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