I can feel your frustration-- I am completing a masters program as well and we decided to wait till april of next year to get married because that is alot to do all at once-- as it is now we have finished planning- have the church/reception/band/photographer and videographer booked and I don't want to think about another thing(unless of course I have forgotten something major) especially since I am in the midst of finals-- where are you planning from? where are you getting married? This website has helped me as well-- our budget is non-existent at this point-- all my money disappears with each deposit we put down!!! but in the end we will have the best night of our lives!!! if you need to vent feel free!!!
We ordered our wedding rings tonight. They'll be ready in 10 days. We used the same jeweler we purchased our engagement ring from....he's done business w/my cousin for over a decade so we trust him.
Paul chose a relatively plain band w/detail on the edge - yellow gold. Cost $70. Mine? Well, in order to match my engagement ring, it is a relatively thin white gold w/7 princess cut diamonds across the center. Cost? $550. Sooooooooooo much more than I wanted to spend but within our budget b/c Paul's was simple & inexpensive. Paying cash - no tax.