Old, New, Borrowed, Blue

I've never been one for the whole "Something Old, Something New...blah,blah,blah." Not for any reason in particular, but it always seemed kind of silly.

Then I got this beautiful sapphire ring and everyone started with, "Oh! You have your 'something blue,' and you'll have lots of 'something new,' what are your 'old and borrowed'?" I typically shrug it off and pretend I'm not sure when I'm among co-workers or people I don't know really well. With friends, I laugh it off as a silly tradition.

But then, as typically gets my mind running, I see blog & forum posts by brides planning out their ONBwBl (I'm tired of typing out the words) and I start wondering if it's something I want to pursue. I think, when you get right down to it, I want to ensure that any traditions that are incorporated into the wedding are ones that really speak to me and/or Ellie. So let's evaluate: I have a Blue, but what about O, N, & Bw?

New is fairly easy...most of what I'll be wearing that day is new: dress, shoes, headband, most of my jewelry, possibly underthings, etc. Most of that feels like a cop-out though since I'll only wear most of them that one day, never to be seen again. The shoes however might be able to count though since I see myself wearing them for work, or to dress up a pair of jeans or something. And 2 of my pairs of earrings will most likely be worn again since they aren't overly fancy or anything. Two down.

Old is really easy. I'm wearing a jade pendant & earrings that belonged to my Great Aunt; my friend Liz at Lush Beads, who is making my headband, is also replacing the yellow gold findings with silver.Three down.

Borrowed is where this all kind of goes to hell. I don't feel like it's borrowing if the person is no longer with us, so that excludes any jewelry from my mom or other female relatives (even if it was stuff I wanted to wear). Any female relatives that are still around are distant at best, but completely unknown for the most part. Regardless, I have more than enough jewelry/accessories: headband, 3 pairs of earrings, necklace, e-ring and my standard right-hand ring; I don't need any more bling! What else is there to borrow from someone? And who would I ask if I figured it out?

Now that it's all been written out (and when you really get down to it, this has probably been kicking around in my head for at least a little while or I wouldn't have actually written this post), it's almost a "Challenge Accepted" situation...I need to borrow something from someone to have with me in some way on my wedding.