At least not so far.. Although I am waiting in hopes that today I will get Base Passes =D! I thought of a story that I find humorous and up lifting... and as I am sick for the second day in a row and am rather restless and down trodden, I need something to lift my spirits.
The Wedding Rings
When Brandon and I got married in May 2010, 5 months after having our daughter, we were broke! We used Income Tax Refund to buy a few bottles of wine, Flowers, a few decorations, my Maid of Honor's dress, his dress shirt, and ingredients for food. Everything else was borrowed or made (like the invitations and my dress) from things we already owned. So before the wedding when we went to pick out our rings (and no I didn't have an engagement ring but I'll tell that story another time) I knew our budget was straining even with the few things we had already bought. So I chose Wal-mart, good old home of the rollbacks. We found their cheapest wedding bands (starting at $35 and climbing to $95) and chose from them. I convinced Brandon to get titanium so as to not easily damage it and I chose a silver plated band with a heart CZ in the middle. I wanted his ring engraved with 'All I Want Is You' it was the song I would walk down the aisle to and was kind of our song an the words were exactly how I felt. He wanted to engrave mine also but said he couldn't think of anything good enough (which was kind of a sweet thing to say I thought) so I told him not to worry these rings wouldn't last forever and he could do it next time. We knew these rings probably wouldn't hold up to the test of time but we couldn't afford more and they were good enough for the time.
Fast forwarding to November my ring was looking worse for wear with a ton of scratches. I didn't mind though, it still fit and didn't turn my finger green so I was satisfied. To me the ring wasn't about showing off how amazing it was it was about showing that I'd found an amazing man to spend the rest of my life with! Then it happened... I lost the ring... no I didn't only lose it I threw it away! You see... I decided I would make my daughter an amazing cake for her first birthday... all from scratch! I hadn't allowed sugar before this so I was wanting to put some extra love in it. I decided I wanted to use fondant so after a lot of research and practice the morning of her party I made the fondant. Fondant is very messy and sticky to make! So I set my ring on the edge of my foil away from where I would work and asked my husband not to let me forget it. It's not his fault... we both have CRS (Can't Remember S***)... but when I got the fondant all on the cake and everything was ready I wadded up the foil threw it in the full trash can and asked my husband to pull the trash. He did so and took it to our apartment's dumpster. My ring was in that wadded up piece of foil... but I didn't realize this until the next morning when I woke up my hand feeling strangely naked.
Well we could barely afford food at this time so getting a new ring was very low priority. I tried wearing some of my costume jewelery I owned in it's place, but of course had a green finger in a matter of days so I gave up that notion. Then in early March we got income taxes again and after paying off his car had money to spare. He insisted the first thing we buy was me a new ring. So we went and I picked out a new ring, that was slightly more expensive. Although to be honest it's a sweetheart ring. I love it though with both are birthstones and names inscribed beside each. I asked while ordering if he wanted it engraved and he said no he still hadn't thought of anything and he seemed disappointed but I told him that he was just over thinking it but not to worry, I didn't need engraved words to know that he loved me. They told us it would be due in on April 14th. We were both a bit disappointed that he would be leaving before it came in. Weeks passed and it was almost forgotten in the shadow of his looming departure. I drove up north, daughter in tow, to see him off and to visit family for a couple of weeks. When I returned the ring was ready. I picked it up and slipped it on my finger before leaving the store. I took off my ring that night to shower setting it on the bathroom counter among my other belongings... and no this time I didn't lose it... instead as I set it down I saw on the inside of the band... words... Always & Forever. My husband over 700 miles away had just given me a heart-stuttering gift. He finally had found the words... and they were simple but perfect!
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