First Choice

Yesterday at work I was playing with my wedding ring and noticed that it was just about time to take it in to get it cleaned.  I love taking it in to get it cleaned because it turns out so sparkly and pretty. {I believe I will send my errand boy out tomorrow to get it cleaned!}

As I was looking at it, still totally in love with it.  It made me think of when Alex and I went in to look for rings.

We had been thinking about marriage so we went out to look at rings {I wanted to pick it out... I have to wear it every day so I wanted to 100% love it}.  We stopped by the "family" jeweler {my MIL and SIL both have rings from there} and took a look.

After trying to ask me what I liked {styles; white gold, gold, silver; shape; etc} with me standing there with zero idea of what I wanted, the man who was helping us told us to look around and he would grab whatever I liked. I started in one corner of the store and immediately found a ring that I liked.  So he pulled it out.  Then I continued to walk around the store and point at others that I liked.

I tried on 4 or 5 rings that were all very similar in style but I kept coming back to that very first ring that I picked out.  We tried out a few different diamonds in the center and then found one that I liked {who knew there were so many choices?!}.  We left the store that night pretty sure we needed to look some more.  So we went back another time and tried on a few more but I still loved my first choice.

In the end, we purchased the very first ring that I liked in the store.  I still love it to this day!

The funny thing about this story is that we tend to always make decisions like that:

• When we went car shopping in November we purchased the very first car we looked at on the lot {after looking at other colors, and looking between sonatas and elantras}
• When we got Alex a suit for our wedding, it was the one we found online months before we actual purchased the suit {weirdly enough we got it at Zumiez with the E.O.P. discount!}
• When we picked our apartment, it was the first one we looked {the others were a middle and 1st floor so obviously 3rd floor won!}
• When we bought all our furniture, it was what we liked when we first went furniture shopping
• When I chose my DSLR camera, it was the first one I researched online

We know what we want and usually go with the first {and the best!} choice.