A Family Tradition

This weekend Jon and I purchased our wedding bands.  We had been to look and try on twice before - once at the jeweler that Jon bought my engagement ring, which is a family owned and run jeweler who specialized in estate jewelry, custom creations and carries all the exclusive name brands you could think of and one time at Smyth - "Where Maryland Gets Engaged".  Even though Smyth is "preferred jeweler of the Baltimore Ravens" and is a HUGE warehouse, for some reason I didn't feel like we were in a giant warehouse. I was able to look beyond the fact that there was Raven's jewelry ALL over the store because it seemed like everyone in Jon's family had purchased something or another from Smyth.  I felt like I could trust them as a jeweler. 

We made our selections, one thing is for sure- I know what I like - I picked out the same ring 3 times. I guess I should feel confident that I will still like it when it actually arrives.  Jon picked his ring out and it is always an event when the jeweler measures his fingers - this time we got "Wait till I tell the girl in the back she needs to get me a quote for a size 13 ring - she is going to think its for a football player."  Sorry to disappoint you, girl in the back, its just my fiance with monster hands, which I happen to love because my hands, who aren't exactly dainty, feel so nice and petite in there. 

Once we got the quotes and decided to make them ours, we went to the computer and the salesman put Jon's information into the computer.  He typed in J. Roby and asked if his address was on Clearwater Lane - Jon said, "no, Sagewood court, but I think I know who is on Clearwater Lane."  The salesman turned the computer screen so that we could see and there were 2 pages of Robys in the computer system.  I was right! Almost everyone in his family has purchased something or another from Smyth - even his grandparents!  And now that we are in the system I hope our wedding bands are just the first of many gifts I will recieve from Smyth....eh hmm cough, diamond earrings, cough, cough ;)