The good news is: I’ve lost so much weight, my wedding rings are loose!

The bad news is: I’ve lost so much weight, my wedding rings are loose!

They are so loose, in fact, that I can pull them off without wiggling them at all. I nearly yanked them off yesterday while drying my hands in the bathroom at work. I’ve heard horror stories of this happening: my aunt once threw away her wedding ring, and a colleague of mine recently threw away a pinky ring that was sentimental to her.

My wedding ring set belonged to my grandmother, and I pair it with an anniversary band that I received as a 10-yr gift. The thought of losing either makes my stomach hollow.

I don’t have a lot in the way of non-costume jewelry, but I was looking through my jewelry box last night and remembered a gold band that my future mother-in-law gave to me before I went to China. It is a simple band with tiny, square rubies and two little diamonds. I think the last time I was able to wear it was before my oldest son was born (he’s 10-1/2). I figured, what the heck – so I tried it on, and lo & behold! It fit!

So, that’s what I’m going to wear on my left hand for a while. When I reach my goal weight, I’ll have my wedding rings & anniversary band resized. I emailed Lane last night to be sure he wouldn’t be offended if he came home and saw that I wasn’t wearing my “real” wedding ring, and he wrote back and said that he was fine with it. He joked that I could wear it on a necklace and “do the high school ring-pendant thing.” lol