Weddingbee Blog

Honestly, for most wedding purchases and selections, I haven’t had any “THE One” feelings. I got pretty excited when I finally found our venue, but even that didn’t move me to tears…just utter joy that the long venue search had finally borne us some fruit! I guess I’m just a picky, practical, unsentimental lime.

But then…I got that feeling, twice, over shoes of all things. That which no one, except maybe the photographer and my bridesmaids, will see or care about on the day of. That which really should not have taken me as long as it did to select. That which when others agonize over it, I get impatient and say, “It doesn’t matter! Just buy anything that you are comfortable in.”

I first bought these simply because of their height and because they were dressier wedges that weren’t cork or espadrilles (I’m fine with those materials for casual summer wear, but nothing about my wedding says “cork” or “strawlike ropey stuff”). They were a bit pricey, very high (4″+ heels), and not quite right. I had plenty of time, so I returned them.

More recently, I found THE One (Or is it THE One? Or is it THE Pair? Whatevs).

(currently on sale at Nordstrom, for those interested.)

Then I tried them on with my dress for my mom. She pointed out the dress looked much better with just an inch and a half more of height because it’s so bottom heavy. I hate to admit it, but mom, you were right. Plus the low heel would require some sticky icky alterations to the complicatedly draped skirt of my gown. Thus started the third go-round.

I now do most of my shoe shopping online since sites like zappos.com, shoebuy.com, and Piperlime usually offer free shipping both ways and have generous time frames for returns. I found these on Piperlime:

The formula for perfection: Dot cutouts, the color “pool” (same name as all my papercrafts’ paper), 3.5″ heel allowing me to avoid expensive hemming, comfy once I put some new footpetals in, same heel height as my alternate flip flops, re-wearable after the wedding, not too formal/stuffy, and fun!

Oh, but I’m getting married on the grass, in the shade. If I sink, I sink. A little soap and water will fix up the patent leather in no time.