I Don’t Care About Shoes

I Don’t Care About Shoes

August 2nd, 2010 @ 6:33 pm by Mrs. Knitting
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I really don’t. I probably own about 10 pairs of shoes and that includes a few pairs of heels I’ve never actually worn. I can pretty much always be found wearing a very basic pair of black flats that I wear until they are worn out (read: completely destroyed), and then I move onto the next pair. Basically, it comes down to this: if I had an extra $100 to spend on something fun, I’d never spend it on shoes.

As a result, wedding shoes haven’t been too high on my list of priorities. There has been no scouring stores or searching on every website I can think of. I also tend to skip every post on all of my favourite wedding websites about shoes. While I’ve meticulously researched pretty much every other detail about our wedding, I just can’t get excited about shoes.

So, how does a girl who doesn’t care about shoes find her some wedding shoes? Here’s how it went down.

I was shopping with one of my BMs a few weeks ago and I found a pretty pair of shoes on a nice sale. However, I decided that I was too poor to be buying wedding shoes at the moment. Fast forward to last Sunday, when I happened by that store again (Town Shoes on Bloor St.) and remembered the shoes. At that point I’d gotten my tax refund and wasn’t feeling so poor, so I bought the shoes. Done!

Here they are:

When it comes to your wedding, what’s the thing that you just don’t really care about that most people seem to care about a lot?

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27 Responses to “I Don’t Care About Shoes”

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SandraMarie_1986 (message) 1,363 posts, Bumble bee

Yeah, I love shoes but I don’t really have a budget for them so I pretty much wear out (or destroy) my flats or sandals. I have my eye on a pair, I just need to save up. They aren’t super expensive shoes, it’s just that I don’t spend that kind of money on shoes anymore so I know what you mean.

8/2/10 @ 6:51 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

These are very cute and look super comfy. Like you, I pick a pair of flats that I wear every day until they basically start falling apart. The wedding thing that everyone seems to care about that I don’t is paper (invites, menus, etc.).

8/2/10 @ 6:59 pm (reply)

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animated_librarian (message) 290 posts, Helper bee

I don’t care about favors (we’re giving to a charity instead), I don’t care about dancing/DJ (we’ll have an iPod and a cocktail hour followed by lunch). I don’t care how I get to and from the venue. I don’t need bm’s just my sister as MOH. Lastly, I don’t care about wedding cake, we’ll have a 7 cake buffet from our favorite, most awesome, dessert place.

8/2/10 @ 7:03 pm (reply)

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Miss Knitting (message) 1,072 posts, Bumble bee

@jordynrose: Comfort was definitely important to me.
@animated_librarian: That 7 cake buffet sounds amazing! Your guests are so lucky. I’m totally with you on not caring how I get to and from the wedding.

8/2/10 @ 7:09 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Snow (message) 916 posts, Busy bee

I love shoes, but I bought my wedding shoes at Target for 12 dollars. I couldn’t justify a zillion dollars (in grad school money, “a zillion” is pretty much anything over 30 bucks) for fancy shoes I’d wear once.

I felt similarly about a lot of the attire related to the wedding (dress included).

8/2/10 @ 7:11 pm (reply)

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CorgiTales (message) 9,861 posts, Bee Keeper

flowers! don’t care don’t care don’t care.

unfortunately my mom and grandma do.

8/2/10 @ 7:22 pm (reply)

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Miss Earrings (message) 2,477 posts, Buzzing bee

cute shoes! Hmm. Something I dont care about terribly is the cake (which is why we are doing it ourselves). If it is a disaster then it wont really matter

8/2/10 @ 7:23 pm (reply)

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vttp926 (message) 537 posts, Busy bee

those are so cute! where did you get them at? i would so wear those to work every day until it is too cold to wear them anymore since i love peep toes.

8/2/10 @ 8:16 pm (reply)

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Miss Starry Night (message) 422 posts, Helper bee

Same as you - SHOES! I ended up buying a pair of Badgely Mishka heels that were named the same name as our son (Xavier) so they had meaning.

Also, cake. No one remembers the cake at a wedding… blah.

8/2/10 @ 8:49 pm (reply)

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tnason (message) 140 posts, Blushing bee

I justified my expensive ($80) wedding shoes because they are the next pair of (flat) sandals that I am going to wear until I destroy. I love them. They are comfortable. And I have had to resist wearing them this summer or I would have dirtied them excessively before the wedding.

I don’t care that much about flowers. I sent my mother some inspiration pictures and let her figure it out.

I don’t care about favors, although it seems that there are going to be some.

I don’t care about transportation in the traditional sense although how we are getting to the wedding is uber cool. We are backpacking in (hopefully). All our wedding gear will meet us there. And we’re getting there a couple days before the wedding. We are leaving in my parents car though (or something).

I also don’t care about (or want to) having a big wedding.

I did care muchly about cake though. It is going to be so yummy and so us. Love.

8/2/10 @ 8:59 pm (reply)

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labrat (message) 472 posts, Helper bee

I’m right there with you on the shoes! Found mine at DSW in one trip, clearance bin for $14. =)

8/2/10 @ 9:37 pm (reply)

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Firefighter_Bride (message) 776 posts, Busy bee

I have to say Shoes are definatly not something I’m concerned about and I’ve also never found myself a “shoe lover”…infact my wedding shoes are going to be my heels that I wore to prom if I don’t happen to find a nice pair of flats in the mean time

8/2/10 @ 9:56 pm (reply)

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mermaideve (message) 526 posts, Busy bee

I care about shoes, but I don’t care about them being the ultimate girly shoes. I have plantar fasciitis and have to wear supportive shoes. I am actually wearing the sandals I wanted to get for our wedding…but since it looks like we aren’t getting married anytime soon, I snapped them up on sale and am enjoying them! This is the only pair of shoes I’ve bought in 2010.

8/2/10 @ 10:06 pm (reply)

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olioliwoo

I feel the same way about shoes and just can’t understand some of my friends owning 30+ pairs. Your shoes look really cute, comfortable, and re-wearable. Congrats on the great find!

8/2/10 @ 10:58 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Hamster (message) 4,046 posts, Honey bee

Those are super cute, and look comfortable as well

8/2/10 @ 11:07 pm (reply)

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Miss Glasses (message) 2,741 posts, Sugar bee

Whoa. I have a post just like this coming up. And one of my inspiration pictures is exactly like your shoes. Weeeeeeeiiird. Or we are both great minds.

8/3/10 @ 12:29 am (reply)

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Miss Socks (message) 1,323 posts, Bumble bee

They’re cute and they look so comfy! Score! I’m not a huge shoe person either, but I wanted to splurge on my day and get some uber cute ones!

8/3/10 @ 7:14 am (reply)

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MsTerrapin (message) 609 posts, Busy bee

For me the biggest thing I didn’t care about was the cake. I didn’t even care if we had a cake, but DH wanted one. The event coordinator at our venue asked if I brought inspiration photos for their baker to make our cake, and I said “it should look like a cake”.

8/3/10 @ 8:35 am (reply)

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Miss Starfish (message) 1,924 posts, Buzzing bee

I dont catre about shoes either, I have no clue what to do about them!

8/3/10 @ 9:12 am (reply)

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msmarathon (message) 163 posts, Blushing bee

I’m obsessed with my wedding shoes, so I can’t relate there, BUT I don’t care about flowers or paper products. Also, people have asked me “what SHADE of light pink” my wedding colors are…seriously? Isn’t light pink specific enough?