Thursday, October 29, 2009

Searching Hi and Low

Calling all cute adorable shoes in the perfect shade of blue! Where are you? :)

Since before I even had a ring on my finger I've been searching for the perfect wedding shoe. My friend Leesa (also my co-MOH) got married last year and rocked some awesome red shoes under her wedding dress. I vowed right then and there that when I got married I would have some fabulous colored shoes on under my dress too.

And so the hunt began. I searched everywhere - DSW, Zappos, Payless, David's Bridal, several department stores and everywhere else I could think to type into my Google search engine. I found a lot of tempting shoes like these:

I was gonna dye these blue - they're David's Bridal

I found these on Zappos - but they're just not me

These are Nine West - a little casual though :(

But none of these were perfect. So I kept searching. Then I stumbled upon these on a Weddingbee thread. The poster called these the perfect blue shoe and that they were. (Oh poo...they're not on zappos anymore so unfortunately I can't show ya'll they're hotness.)

One problem though. Every time I get close to spending that much on a pair of shoes I get crazy anxiety. I know they're not even $100 but still. I don't know how Carrie did it on Sex and the City for all those years.

Then yesterday my sister and I went out shopping for Halloween makeup for her zombie costume and we stumbled upon a new store, Nordstrom Rack. I know I've seen lots of cute blue dresses on the Nordstrom website so I thought we'd stop and check it out. We've been looking for bridesmaid dresses too. Guess what I found (it's not a dress)?


The perfect blue shoe!!! And they were under $50. Yay!!!! They're Steve Madden and have a 4 1/4" heel on them. That'll making planting a big kiss on my mister just that much easier. I'll only be about 6" shorter than him instead of my usual 10".

Here's a bit more shoe porn for you guys:



Now all I have to do is wait a year to wear them. Boo. I will just have to wear them around the house all year long to break them in.

I also recently decided that I'm going to be a 2-shoe bride. I plan on rocking these at the reception.


Can you say comfortable?

How long did it take you to find the perfect shoe? Can I show my mister the shoes or do they count as part of the ensemble so I shouldn't show him since he's not allowed to see my dress until the big day? Are you changing shoes for the reception?

6 comments:

  1. I was rocking super cute Ed Hardy twisty flats in yellow under my dress (complete with super cute bow) but by the time I got to the reception the backs of my heels hurt so bad that I just wore puma socks!

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  2. Your sale find is absolutely gorgeous!!! I want them for me just to wear out! Even better that you got a great deal on them.

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  3. Love the shoes! I too want a nice colorful shoe peeking out from under the dress.

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  4. Lovely shoes! But random question- wondering did you make the html for your blog- its so cute!

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  5. I didn't make the html for my blogger. I just Google searched for blogger backgrounds and found this after going through many pages of boring ones. Thanks for the compliment!

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  6. Just found your blog through Weddingbee! Love the shoes! I am 15 inches shorter than my fiance, so I feel your pain :)

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