ourmichiganwedding.com » wedding bands http://ourmichiganwedding.com A Wedding in Michigan Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:37:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Wedding Bands http://ourmichiganwedding.com/2009/08/07/wedding-bands/ http://ourmichiganwedding.com/2009/08/07/wedding-bands/#comments Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:57:05 +0000 jeff http://ourmichiganwedding.com/?p=34 2.50 Prong Set 5 Stone Diamond Wedding Band in Platinum

We put off buying wedding bands until the last weekend before the wedding because we were busy doing a lot of other stuff. Wedding bands themselves don't have to be fancy if you don't want them to be. We were looking for plain white gold or platinum bands that could take a beating and I wanted something cheap because I have a tendency to lose things. In addition the engagement ring I bought cost a good chunk of change so wedding bands fell by the wayside.
We looked at a variety of places. Given the state of the economy in 2009 a lot of jewelry stores have been closing. We checked a few of them - most recognizable would be Bailey, Banks, and Biddle, but their stuff wasn't quite what we were looking for. JC Penney had some decent plain 14k white gold bands for $200 each ($400 total) that would have been fine.

In the end we found a nice deal at Fred Meyer Jewelry in Lakeside Mall. We got both wedding bands for a combined $200 after tax (both 14k white gold bands, $120 for the man's, $80 for the woman's). We did not order the protection plan because (1) you don't know if your jeweler will be in business in the next few years and (2) it's unlikely we would ever bring our rings in to get polished or re-whitened.

We ordered the wedding bands on Saturday and picked them up after resizing on Wednesday evening. It is a 3 business day turnaround time if you need your wedding bands resized.

We're satisfied with what we got. If we get tired of them after a few years we can upgrade later. No big whoop.

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