Weddingbee Blog

I’m back! I finished the bar exam! While I won’t know if I passed until November, I’ve got a wedding to plan in the meantime, in case you forgot. I almost did.

Before I hit the ground running on a ton of half-finished DIY projects, I’ve got some other stuff to catch you guys up on.

In an earlier post, I hinted about a shoe dilemma I was having. I blogged about my Seychelle’s, and a lot of you guys agreed they are awesome. Cute, comfy, with thicker, not-too-high heels. And they’re in a killer gray shade that’s a bit unexpected and (I like to think) high-fashion-y. I liked them way more than any other shoe I’d found up to that point, but I guess I wasn’t “in love” with them. At least not the way I’m in love with my dress. Sigh.

Anyway, when I was shopping for the Seychelle’s online, I came across a pair of Steve Madden pumps in a gorgeous nude color. I had been craving nude pumps ever since I saw someone wearing some back in March. And these were only about $60! I wanted to buy them just to have them, whether or not I ended up getting married in them. But alas, they were sold out in my size in nude.

Cut to about a month later.

I’m stress-shopping with one of my study partners (and my partner in retail crime, if you know what I mean). We decide to hit up the sale at DSW to grab some summer sandals. I automatically walk to the clearance section in the back and head for the seven-and-a-halfs. I decide to do a cursory glance at the sevens as well, just in case I find something cute I can squeeze my feet into. What do I see? There in the corner in a ratty box with a rip down one side is a pair of my beloved nude Steve Maddens in a size 7! And miraculously, the sevens fit! What could be more serendipitous than that, you ask? They were on clearance. Forty percent off. And I had two coupons. I got them for $32! I think someone must have ordered them online and returned them because there is a little bit of creasing on the top of the back part.

Wanna see?

See how they’re the perfect shade of nude and how that glorious little ruffle matches the ruffles in my dress?

But I’m not sure if the nude is going to just blend in with my skin too much so that no one even notices how cute they are. And I sort of like how the edgier gray shoes balance out the flirty romantic sweetness of my dress. Here are the Seychelle’s again, for comparison’s sake.

Blerg! I don’t know what to do! Can you guys help?