Infinity...

I don't know if many of you use Pinterest, but awhile back I pinned this ring onto "Products I Love". Imagine my surprise on Christmas morning when I pulled a small box out of my Christmas stocking and found this in there. Brian had seen it, went to the store and tried to describe it to them and sat through ring after ring until he found the one that he remembered seeing on Pinterest. I LOVE it. I was so surprised. I had no idea that he was going to get me anything like this.

One of the things I love about it is that it's called an Infinity band and I love what it represents. I never used to think that I would like jewelry, but it takes on a whole different meaning when it comes as a surprise and something that is picked out by someone who loves me.

He got the ring at Zales and I went in one day right after Christmas to get it sized and they wanted to charge me $40. I was pretty surprised since we purchased the ring there and honestly I have never heard of a place that charges extra to size a ring when you already spend money at their store to buy it. The man who was helping me was pretty rude and if you watch Storage Wars, he looked just like Barry. I said to him, "I have the receipt, my husband bought it here. You still charge $40?" He said yes. I said, "If I would have been here when he bought it and we had it sized right away, would you still charge for it?" He said, "Just return it right now and I'll take it back." I wasn't even asking rudely. I was truly surprised that I would be charged for it and I was just trying to understand if it was because it was a separate transaction. He said it in such a rude and condescending way that I left, quite offended, with my ring in tow. I couldn't believe that he was so rude. I called and talked to the manager and told her how rude he was and that instead of explaining their policy to me he just told me to return it and that I'd rather pay $40 to someone who is nice to me than someone who isn't. Long story short: they resized it for free and neither of us will ever buy something from Zales again. It's hard to convey his tone of voice and his mannerisms with writing, but it was very offensive to me.

Brian and I actually discussed, for quite awhile, whether or not we should return it and just go find something else at a different store, but I just couldn't let go of it because of the effort he put into surprising me. That is what means the most...that it's from him and that he did it all by himself.

I finally get it back tomorrow...they've had it for a couple of weeks and I can't wait to finally wear it. :)