Weddingbee Blog

Last Friday, I took advantage of the amazing weather and took a walk along Montana Ave. during lunch. I stopped by The Montclair Collection to look at bridesmaid dresses (good reviews, good customer service despite the fact I dropped in without an appointment while they were helping quite a few other ladies. But you definitely pay bridal salon prices it seems from the bridesmaid dress tags, at least).

I peeked my head into a new store, The Twelfth Step for Shoe Addicts (very cute boutique, by the way), where I found THESE:

[Malole Georgette pumps. Images via footlux.com.]

They met all my criteria for wedding shoes–approx. 3.5″ high, wedges or other heel that won’t sink into grass, not too causal, not too formal, unique somehow, classic in shape. Unfortunately, they only come in black, and the price tag was way beyond my budget ($362 + 8.25% sales tax…GULP).

But but but…I truly <3 eyelet, especially non-floral eyelet, despite my usual all-things-girly-and-fussy-hating attitude. Once upon a time, I even considered eyelet in my wedding a la an old MS Weddings spread even though it was inappropriate for the overall look and feel we’re trying to achieve. Anyway, these look funny here, but the cut of the shoe is great. They look amazing on and are surprisingly comfy for the height of the heel.

But then, an image of [cheaper] white eyelet shoes popped up in the back of my visual memory. These reminded me of *something* I had come across before somewhere. I got home and scoured the sites from which I get my usual shoe “window” shopping fix. Eureka! WHITE eyelet! Same non-floral eyelet! $49.95! Free shipping promotion! Whew, now I’m out of breath. I rarely get this excited (four exclamation marks in a row’s worth)over anything.

[Report 'Power' via nordstrom.com.]

The only downside, the heel is *only* 2 inches high. This means my true shortness will be more evident, I will have to hem my dress (which has a complicatedly draped skirt) a bit more than I anticipated, and if I have to change to my backup shoes I may have a highwater hemline. Review to come on the shoes when I receive them in a few days.