Wedding Dreams

So all the brides out there already know what wedding dreams or nightmares are, and I'm sure that if you are currently planning your wedding, or have in the past, that you have had one.  I have had at least three of them so far while planning our wedding, but that's not what this post is about.

This post is actually about the wedding dream that FI had last night.

I hopped in the shower this morning before FI was completely out of bed, and when he came into the bathroom, he was laughing hysterically.  So, before I could ask why he was laughing so hard, he says to me, "Did you hear me laughing last night in my sleep? I just remembered the hilarious dream I had last night about the wedding."

Here is his dream. I will analyze it for you later.

FI and I were getting married at a church, and we were standing at the altar, waiting to recite our vows.  The ring bearer walked down the aisle with our rings, handed them to the best man, and then said, "I hate this suit. Why do I have to wear it?" so FI said, "You don't have to if you don't want to, but there's nothing else for you to wear right now." So, the ring bearer ripped his suit off, superhero style, smeared war paint all over his face and chest, and started running around the church, jumping off the altar and the pews, before barraging his way through the double doors at the other end of the aisle, and jumping off the stairs to the lawn in front of the church.  Everyone in the church was laughing, including FI, who at that point was laughing so hard, he was rolling down the steps from the altar, and down the aisle.

FI actually woke up laughing, and I didn't hear him. But, apparently, he went right back to sleep after that and didn't remember until he woke up for good this morning.

Now, here's where this gets really funny.  First, FI and I are not getting married in a church, and neither of us practice any religion. Secondly, we aren't having a ring bearer, so I don't even know who the little kid in the dream was, and neither does FI.  Third, I have no idea where the war paint and superhero thing came from, although we did watch Survivor last night before bed. Not sure if that's related.

So, while us brides out there seem to have wedding nightmares about there being no chairs or the wedding dress being ruined, our grooms are dreaming about superhero ring bearers.  Have you had any crazy dreams or nightmares? Has your FI?

The Bling

So, as a reminder, this is my engagement ring:

Engagement Ring / Personal Picture *Again, please ignore the foot

Now, my engagement ring was ordered from Blue Nile, and was not a custom design.  When you order "standard" engagement rings from chain stores or popular companies, they are likely to have a matching wedding band. And, luckily for me, this one has one too!  Since I love to be matchy-matchy, here is the wedding band that matches my ring:

Image via Blue Nile / Engraved Micropave Platinum Diamond Ring

Gorgeous! I cannot wait to try it on and wear it permanently!

Before ordering my ring, however, we started looking at rings for FI.  FI's ring, has been a bit more of a trouble.  I used to sell jewelry from one of those home-sale companies a few years ago, so I took out my ring sizer, and got the measurements - size 10.5.  I found a plain band, also from Blue Nile, as FI did not want something too ornate, and wanted something similar to his dad's ring, just not in yellow gold.  So, we ordered this ring, knowing that Blue Nile allows returns if it doesn't work out:

Image via Blue Nile / Comfort Fit 3mm Platinum Wedding Band *Yes, I know this is the women's band. They don't have the men's listed anymore.

FI tried this on, and it was way too big, to the point where if he put his hand with his fingers down, it slid right off.  Turns out, that FI had Chinese food for lunch that day, and so his hands were swollen from the sodium.  So, lesson learned - don't eat Chinese food around the time you have your finger sized for a wedding band.  

Also, I thought that the band was a little too thin for his hand, and made it look to dainty. So, we compared the thickness of that band with a few of my right-hand rings, and determined that his ring would look better if it was at least a 5mm.

I contacted Blue Nile and they accepted the return - seriously, they are awesome. We ordered another ring for FI to try on, this time in a size 10, since that is what my ring sizer said was his size sans Chinese food.

We got this in the mail the next day, literally:

Image via Blue Nile / Comfort Fit 5mm White Gold Wedding Band

This ring width was so much better, but the size was still too big.  So, FI remembered, conveniently, that Blue Nile had sent a plastic ring sizer with my engagement ring, so he went and found that, and figured out that he could go with either a 9 or a 9.5.  Now that we had his ACTUAL ring size, we could order this ring in the size he needed.  Problem: this ring was being discontinued, and all sizes other than 10's were special order, adding a couple of hundred dollars onto the cost.

So, we haven't ordered his wedding band yet, and are still trying to figure out what to do.  Since we have so much time, we're hoping that Blue Nile comes out with some new styles that won't end up costing us an arm and a leg to have made, i.e.: special order and extra costs.

Has anyone else ordered from Blue Nile? Did your engagement ring come with a matching wedding band? If not, how did you decide on what you wanted?