First Gift Blog Hop

When my husband and I first started dating, we were working at a department store and in college. One day while walking around campus, there was some kind of arts and crafts sale on the mall (the very central part of the University of Arizona campus, with long wide strips of grass that is a favorite place for students to hang out).

We were joking around that the had yet to buy me anything, and sorta trailed behind me and my best friend Beth as we hopped from table to table checking out all the wares. When we got to this silver vendor, I just about drooled all over the place. I’m obsessed with silver rings, earrings, bracelets, necklaces, you find a piece of silver jewelry and it’s a guarantee I’ll love it. After I ohhed, ahhed, cried, and cooed over this one ring in particular, I hinted to my man he should get it for me.

Well, let’s just say the man flat out laughed at me and told me the only ring he would ever get me would be from a crackerjack box. (Little liar has bought me three rings, SO HA! Joke’s on you hubby!!) Needless to say, I went on to class, thinking about that damn ring, counting down the hour until I could get out of class, head to the ATM, and go pick up the beautiful silver piece.

Once I got out of class, I called the hubby to tell him I would be late meeting him because I was going to go and get the ring myself. He offered to meet me on the mall again, and when I got there he was holding out a bag of crackerjacks. After I mentally swooned, I opened it to find that not only had he bought me the ring, but he had taken the time to peel open the crackerjack bag, replace the toy with the ring he got, and reseal the bag.

To this day, I still think my hubby is the most romantic man in the whole wide world! And although I don’t wear the ring anymore, (really slimy sales woman, silver plated is not the same as silver. Thanks for turning my finger green beotch!) I do still have the ring he got me. I really do have the best husband ever!!



Although you can’t see it very well, after the ring started losing its silver plate, I began wearing it on my necklace around my neck. You can’t see it very well, but there it is. It has little offset bubbles like the picture below, only it had purple and clear crystals offsetting. Love it, just wish it had lasted a little bit longer.