The wedding band has been purchased!

First of all, this isn't actually the only wedding band I've purchased. We actually purchased a different one prior to this. When we first started talking about wedding bands, I thought that all I wanted was a plain, white gold band. So that's what we got me. It was pretty, and most of all, it was cheap. However, once I started thinking about it, I realized that I kind of wanted something with a little bling to it. I like the idea of just wearing the wedding band if we travel, so I don't have to worry about my pretty engagement ring, but I didn't want to wear just a plain white gold band. I talked to J about it, and he said that it was probably okay to get something different if I wanted it, as we hadn't spent that much on the first band anyway.

If any of you have seen my engagement ring, you know that it's a cathedral setting with pave-set stones on both sides. When we walked into the store on Sunday, I was first looking for a pave-set band that would closely match the sides of my engagement ring. Since my ring did not come as a set, there is no matching band with the exact same pave-set stones. I tried on a bunch of rings with pave-set, channel set, and even prong set small diamonds all around the band. None of them matched the sides of my ring well enough. I knew that if I just bought one of those, I would end up hating that it didn't match my ring exactly.

I ended up looking for rings that would complement, but not match, my engagement ring. This one ring that caught my eye right off the bat was one that looked like a simple white gold band with some diamonds embedded every couple millimeters. I thought it looked nice, and thought it might go well with my ring.

And it did! I really liked the way it paired with my ring. Funnily enough, this ring was about half the price of the other rings I'd first tried on, so there was definitely some upselling tried on us. It didn't work though, because I think this band is absolutely perfect with my engagement ring. And here it is!

I am really excited about it. The only thing about it is it only comes in a standard size six, and my ring finger is a 5 1/4. We had to special order the ring, and apparently the jewelers are closed during the month of July. The special orders apparently take three months. This is cutting it rather close to our wedding day, but hopefully it will work out! I have my fingers crossed.