Day 155

A couple months back I was having a casual conversation with Tom. I was telling him how Rob and I have been wanting to have our marriage blessed in the church, but I that didn't want two different 'wedding dates'. And, unfortunately, this year our anniversary is going to fall on a Sunday. And Tom, ever the positive and optimist, said - that's NO PROBLEM.

Rob called the church and inquired, and found out that it really was no problem. So on May 1st, we met with Father Champoux to get all of our paperwork in order, and to put ourselves down for a Convalidation Ceremony at church on our second anniversary, June 15th! We both are very excited, and we want to keep it relatively small, but we want to make a bit of a to do of it at the same time. We have been tossing around ideas, and I think we've narrowed it down to the ceremony at the church, followed by a BBQ gathering over at Mom's in her backyard with a few friends and family.

Rob is a pretty easy going guy when it comes to things like this...he just rolls with the punches, just like he did with our actual wedding. But there was one thing he took a stand on. For the ceremony, he wanted me to have the anniversary band that I had wanted on our 1st anniversary, but unfortunately, we were too broke at the time to buy. He said he wanted to be able to slip something new on my finger, in commemoration of our renewed commitment to each other. I argued with him a little, said I didn't need it, etc., but he was pretty stubborn on this point.

So yesterday, I went out and got a match to my wedding band. Would you believe they had one...two years later...in stock??  And would you believe it had almost doubled in price from three years ago, when we picked them out...BUT, it was going on sale today?? What are the odds? So I made the purchase last night, and then was able to pick it up tonight after work. It will just create a sandwich of my engagement ring - wedding band on the bottom, anniversary band on the top. The only problem is that the ring is not in my size, and sending it off for sizing would take three weeks! And we don't have three weeks to wait, so Rob will be putting the ring on as best as he can, in a ceremonious way, rather than actually getting it onto my chubby little finger!