The Nest

Wedding Band

Posted Sunday, July 06, 2008 9:43 PM

I finally had a weekend off from work. We really didn't do a whole lot of wedding planning stuff. But today we went shopping for wedding bands. We went to Shane Co and International Diamond Center. The guy at Shane Co cleaned my ring so it's really pretty again. The salesman was really helpful showing us tons of bands for me, and then for FI. I saw some that I liked but wasn't convinced. FI saw a couple that he liked. But can I just say that the knot's budget tool is way off. According to them, we would be wayyyy over budget if we went with the rings we liked. Next we went to IDC. They had a band there that I liked and the price was really reasonable, but I wasn't ready to buy, especially since I have been eying the matching band on Blue Nile. FI didn't see anything he was crazy about. I have a feeling it will be a long process to find FI's wedding ring. I even told him not to worry about price, but he's really picky. I am a quick shopper, too. So shopping with FI can be tedious.

We got home and I showed FI the band on Blue Nile. Before shopping today, I thought it was kind of pricey, but after trying on bands that cost $1,000 or more, the band on Blue Nile was a bargain. It cost more than the one at IDC but the total carat weight of diamonds was twice the weight of the band from IDC. Also the Blue Nile band was 18K gold, not 14K. So FI was like, do you want me to buy it now. I said sure. We found a 10% coupon code and the ring should be here on Wednesday. Yay!!! Now just gotta keep searching for FI's ring.