freaking fabulous friday.

yes, I know...

it's been a while.

you have to excuse me though,

I just got married 700 miles away

&& had Thanksgiving.

Don't get me wrong.

Thanksgiving is one of my faves

[and will forever be close to my heart]

but paired with the wedding, it was busy.

I could not be happier with the way everything turned out.

It was perfect.

I will talk about the details later.

I am still taking it all in & enjoying the memories, while I patiently wait for my professional pictures to be available.  For now, I will tell you about my

freaking fabulous friday

I came home to quite possibly the best wedding gift, ever.

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A Tiffany's necklace from my bestie

[love & miss you jes]

monogrammed with my new initial - S

and...

got to go pick up my other wedding band.

[Hubs announced to me the day after our wedding that his gift to me [after MUCH anguish] was my other wedding band.  He has a hard time picking things out for me, which has so far turned out pretty ok for me...that means I get exactly what I want -- i'm not spoiled, wink wink]

So now, let me inroduce

[nevermind my unprofessional photography]

my entire wedding ring set.

love.it.

I am such a lucky lady ;)

I will be back shortly to recap & share pictures...no worries!

Ashley.Rebekah

wedding bands [for him]

When the FH purchased my engagement ring, it came with the wedding band as well. At first, I had high hopes. I wanted to just wear the band up until the wedding and hopefully purchase another band for the other side to serve as the wedding band. However, reality hit and that is no longer the plan. [I'm hoping for the second band as an anniversary present sometime down the road] At any rate, I have been thinking about getting his ring purchased fairly soon, and looking high and low for ideas. He is not very concerned with the looks of his ring, he says, "whatever you want honey." I want him to have something durable, and most of all find something that will fit his big fingers. He is no small man, and his fingers, well...they're not small AT ALL. [We secretly call them meat fingers] We need to get him officially sized, but I'm pretty sure he wears about a size 14. That immediately limits the choices. At first I was thinking Stainless Steel because it is durable and [very] reasonably priced. He has no interest in diamonds, so why not save some money. The only drawback is some skin types react to Sterling Silver with a gross green spot where the ring sits on the finger. So I started searching Titanium, because it is also known for durability. I found some beautiful rings, at reasonable prices on Etsy. If you have never been to Etsy, I would recommend you check it out! It is similar to Ebay, but has a lot of neat handmade crafty things that people originally create and sell.

I went to ALL ITEMS and typed in men's rings. After flipping through a few pages, I found a really neat Etsy store, Hawaiian Titanium Rings. They have all sorts of cool options, and make rings in large sizes. Here is the one that drew me in:

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I really like the worn look, but the durability of titanium makes this $85.00 ring well worth it.

The second ring that I found comes from an Etsy store called Titanium Knights. Like the other store, Titanium Knights has lots of experience and makes many different rings, in large sizes and widths. This one was priced at $65.00, which I could definately handle!

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Stop in and check out both of those stores, for very reasonable priced wedding bands. I know as soon as I see the FH we will be getting him sized so that we can purchase a ring for him this summer. Keep checking back to see what we settle on, and how the purchase comes out!

take care :)