Ring-a-ding-dings

The story of our wedding rings actually began months ago when I received an e-mail from the Knot about a trunk show in the DC area. As luck would have it the jeweler was featuring my engagement setting designer, Verragio AND offering 20% discount on purchases. (Sa-weeeet.) Since I already knew I was going to order my engagement setting's matching band, making an appointment was really a no-brainer for me. As luck would have it, they were also featuring some men's bands as well, and Mr. Hawk had the opportunity to try on some rings.

Before we arrived he was pretty insistent that he was going to get a ring with a little bling bling; however, once he started trying them on, he instantly gravitated away from diamonds and straight toward tungsten. The darker metal looked great on his skin and he was still able to get some detailing that he was looking for. (And it really didn't hurt that the metal matched his prized watch that he wears daily.) 

We placed our order that day and then kind of... forgot about them. With the busyness of the holidays and everything else on our plates, the rings were moved completely to the back burner. Other appointments took our attention and driving up to DC wasn't even on our top ten to-do list.

Recently we received a call from the jewelry to shame us into gently remind us to pick up the rings. Since we wouldn't be able to make it up anytime soon, they generously shipped them to us. So instead of the drive to DC, I just had to make a trip to the local FedEx facility.

Without further ado, the debut of our wedding bands:

Anyone else go to a trunk show to purchase your rings? What was the most important aspect in making a selection? (Metal? Style?)

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