Wedding band time!

Today, Mike and I picked up our wedding bands! We went shopping for them a couple weeks ago, going to maybe around 5 or 6 jewelry shops around town. But it was the first shop we visited where we really found our favorites. Of course, when you have an excuse to go shopping for rings, why not really take a good look at what's available, right?!

For me, I really wanted a plain white gold band that matched the width of my engagement ring. It is simple yet elegant, and it looks really beautiful matched with my engagement ring. I'm not much of a yellow gold kind of gal, so I got lucky when Mike picked out a ring that was white gold -- which looks silver. So, finding a wedding band for me was fairly simple.

But for Mike, it was a bit more tricky. There were so many men's wedding bands out there! I didn't know there was such a selection. He didn't want to go the plain gold band route either, and instead wanted to find something a bit more original. He ended up finding one that has quite a bit of character. It's a silver/dark gray (it almost looks black) tungsten band that really stands out! Tungsten is a scratch-resistant metal, so it's a very durable ring that he can wear all the time (for the rest of his life...heh heh heh...) No, but seriously, he really liked it. And while at first I thought it looked a little too on the dark side, I liked it so much better when I saw him put it on!

Here are photos of each:

Here's mine!

And Mike's! Very different -- I love the mix of silver and dark gray.

I love how they look together!