I was thinking the other day about how the Mr. and I have stopped buying a lot of "things" to replace "things" with space and money. After going through all the things we haven't bought to save money I started thinking about all our friends that are getting married this summer.
I went over and over how we saved money in different places for our wedding so that we could spend in other areas. (Curious about our wedding? Check back in a few months as we near our anniversary and I will discuss the wedding in more depth.) We have wonderful parents and between them we didn't pay a dime for our wedding. Thanks Mom and Dad! The one area we could have spent big bucks but held back was our rings.
When we got engaged (a mere year after we met) the Mr. proposed to me with my great-grandmother's engagement ring. So he/we saved money on not buying some huge, expensive diamond (not that I ever would want something like that...no never...not me) and I got great history in the process.
Then when we got married (a mere 9 months after said proposal), we saved money again by having the Mr. handcraft our wedding bands out of Inconel. It is a really hard, durable metal that is used in submarines and the like and looks like platinum. Conveniently for us, the Mr. knew a guy who worked at the only foundry in the US that makes it and he was able to score us a large piece for....FREE. That's right, our wedding bands were free. (Have I mentioned that we are cheap?) They are simple and beautiful and more meaningful because the Mr. made them himself.
I am proud to be married to a guy that follows my cheapskate beliefs. I'm a lucky girl.
What do you think of our free rings? Got any cool stories about your own wedding rings?
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