First Wedding Purchase!

We met up with Fairy's Inc after work today and..... made the very first wedding purchase - our wedding bands!

Both of us were so excited to have made that purchase and we couldn't believe that we were so prompt and decisive with the decision, especially me! This is the one and only place we go to in search of our wedding bands.

Henry said it was rare to see me in making such a fast decision because I will always contemplate for a long time among various choices, not knowing which one is better.

Well, I guess I have to be clear what I'm really looking for to make this our dream wedding..

I was so thrilled with our purchase that I sms-ed Joo immediately cos I think she is the only one who can related to the euphoric moment! Haha!

Back at Fiary's Inc earlier, we finalised the design of my ring before moving on to Henry's. He wanted his to complement my wavy design and hence he got a 6mm-thick ring with the wavy design in the centre, without any diamond.

Finally, we went on to talk about the price and it turned out that Henry's ring cost $1,570, which is $290 more than mine even though I have added 2 diamonds! Evelyn explained that my design may appear to be more complex but it was the material used for Henry's ring that cost more - white gold, rose gold and black gold. Mine ring is only made of rose gold.

Depending on the final outcome of my ring, I may add 2 or 4 smaller diamonds (at $30 each)to it. As for Henry's, he will have complimentary engraving on the inside of his ring.

So, our total bill came up to $2,850, an amount which is still within our budget of $3,000. I tried to negotiate for $2,800 but Evelyn said she was unable to do it as the craftmanship would cost her a lot. She made a concessioin of $20 but we didn't take it in the end cos Henry was pretty satisfied with what she quoted us initially.




Our next appointment will be in mid Nov and that will also be the time when Evelyn has to keep my engagement ring with her for a month.

There is still ample of time to our ROM so the targeted date for our wedding bands to be completed will be in Feb/ Mar 2010.

Fairy's Inc (Part 2)

We went down to Fairy's Inc for our very first appointment with them! We were supposed to meet up with Sandra, the lady whom Joo recommended but she was so busy that we didn't even get a chance to say hi.

In the end, it was Evelyn who attended to us. She asked if we have any concept or requirements for our wedding bands and I told Evelyn that I want mine to integrate with my current engagement ring to become one. Immediately, she showed me a design of theirs and was able to suggest a couple of ways for mine.

It can be done in 2 ways - firstly, I can have the 2 rings stacked together. This design enables me to wear it in 2 ways. As my engagement ring is in a wavy design, my wedding band can complement it with a wave on one side and a straight on the other. So, I can either wear it with the 2 waves side by side or I could wear both rings inverted with the straight designs side by side. Ok, I don't know if I'm making any sense here without any illustrations. But never mind, because this is not what I want.

Secondly, I could have my wedding band in a 3/4 circle and it would be made complete by the diamond on my engagement ring. Both rings will criss cross at the bottom after the engagement ring is being slotted into the wedding band. I know it can be hard to visualise. All of you will get to see the final product eventually. :)

Evelyn suggested some possible designs I could have on my wedding band and I also contributed my ideas for it. Haha, somehow I feel that this is the first time I knew so clearly of what I want.

We didn't go into the design of Henry's ring because time was running out. We had no choice but to make another appointment on 15 Oct, Thursday where they will not be so busy.

After leaving Fairy's Inc, we realised we didn't ask for a quote of the wedding bands! The discussion earlier on will be in vain if the prices are too high. It will be the million-dollar question to ask on our next appointment. Meantime, we will think of the design for the groom!

Before we made our way home, we stopped by Popular bookstore to buy a ring file for all the research done. We printed and filed away all information we found on rings, bridal studios, hotels, ROM venues,guests list and HDB flat application. It will be our marriage manual for keeping and it can be used as reference for our friends in the future or even show it to our kids how much planning we went through to have them! Haha!

Fairy's Inc

There will be high possibility that we will be getting our wedding bands from Fairy's Inc. Joo and Jayven's rings were from them, that was how I came to know about this wonderful jewellery shop that can customise the rings.

That day I messaged Joo to ask for their address and I called them yesterday to make an appointment on 10 October. The date is a little far away but the designer is out of town until 2 weeks later.

I hsve already got a concept of what I want in my ring's design and I'm so excited to hear what they can do for me!