New wedding band!

So I returned my old wedding band and got a different one.  I thought the old one was too gaudy.  It was an insert so there was a band on the top and a band on the bottom.  With the way my ring is, I felt like it was too much on my hand.  So I got one that goes on the bottom.  It doesn't go flush against my engagement ring but I think it looks good enough.  I'm going to have to send it in to get it resized (it's a little big) but I wanted to take it home to show Casey.

So here is the first one I had that I didn't like:

And this is the one I replaced it with:

Again, it's a little big so I'm going to have to get it resized, but I think it's a lot less gaudy.  It was also half the price which is nice because now I have money to spend on other things.  :)

Wedding Bands

So my wedding band came back from the jeweler today and honestly, I hate it.  It's too gaudy.  My ring is a very unique shape so I thought getting an insert made to fit around the ring would look great but instead it looks like too much for my small fingers.  I called the jeweler and asked if it could be returned since I already purchased it and they already bent it to fit my other ring.  The girl who answered the phone didn't know if I could do that so I have to call back on Monday to talk to a manager.  I really just want something much simpler.  So hopefully it's not too late to change it.

Wedding Bands

Well Casey and I both got our wedding bands!!  We came in $80 over budget but it's fine because I am significantly under budget on our invites thanks to my wonderful bridesmaid Ruby.  :)  Casey's band is made out of Tungsten steel which is scratch-proof.  It's just a plain band which is exactly what he wanted.  Mine is actually an insert.  My ring was a pain in the ass to match because it's such a weird shape but we found an insert that will work if they bend and twist it a little.  So my ring is in the shop (which kind of sucks because now I feel naked).  It's a really pretty insert though and I think it's going to look amazing after it's all put together.  So that's another thing we have taken care of.  Little by little we are getting things done.

We're getting hitched!!

On July 24, 2010 Casey proposed to me!  It's a funny story actually... 

So Casey and I went to the mall to go look at rings. We had been looking online and talking about it but I wanted to see what things looked like in person. I have very tiny fingers so I wanted to see what would be a good size stone. I didn't want to get anything too gaudy! Anyway, we found the perfect ring at Helzberg (and it was even on clearance which I did not know when I picked it out!!). Casey has money saved up but right now it's tied up until September. So he had to call his mom to see if he could charge it on her credit card and he could pay her back next month. I went to Barnes & Noble while he spoke with her. He lied to me and told me she said no so we left the mall. I was very upset because I really loved the ring and it was a good price and I didn't understand why she wouldn't lend him the money. We went back to the car and he opened the door for me (what a gentleman!) and then went around to the other side of the car so he could drive us home. Before he got in the car, he told me I had a flat tire. I got sooooo mad...how much worse could this day be? I went around to take a look and when I got there, he was on his knee and he proposed. I cried like a baby, of course. Classic Casey. I couldn't have imagined him doing it any other way. :)

On Labor Day Weekend, we're going up to CT to look at wedding venues.  We're hoping to book the Candlewood Inn in Brookfield.  It's a little expensive and I have a budget of $15,000 for the venue/food ($20,000 budget total) so I'm hoping to get the price down.  I'm sure Big Daddy (my future father-in-law) will be able to work his magic.  He's a DJ in CT and has a lot of connections.  We may wind up having the wedding on a Sunday rather than a Saturday because it's usually cheaper.  Our guest list is at a total of 195 people....143 are ours and the rest are friends of our parents (which they will be paying for).  I can't really do more than $100 per person.


So that's the plan for now.  We have two years to get things figured out.  I've been doing my research and hopefully we will be able to save as much money as possible.  Any suggestions are welcome!!