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Remember how I debated about whether or not to wear these “a-tad-too-dark-blue shoes”? Many of you insisted that I find shoes that were a brighter shade, as I had mentioned wanting. But, I couldn’t do it. Look at those shoes! They had me at hello. I’ll be honest, blues were the colors in our wedding but I cared more for the style of the shoe than the actual color of the shoe. I was a bride who had discussed with our DOC if it would be OK to wear bright red shoes even if red wasn’t in our color scheme at all!

So yes, I went with the Nina Elga, in all their 4.25 inch heel and navy blue goodness.

And yes again, you did read that correctly. I went with 4.25 inch heels. The Elga has a 1/2” platform. So, I was really only hovering up about 3.75”. As I mentioned before, I’m use to wearing heels. I wear them all the time. I was a competitive figure skater for over a decade of my life, so my feet are pretty good at handling the pain. However, most all new shoes are going to hurt if they are not properly broken in.

Knowing this, I pushed myself to wear the shoes for hours every day for the last month before the wedding. At first, I only wore the shoes while sitting or standing on carpet. I was paranoid about scuffing the bottoms of the shoes. After a while, I got over it and just walked around. See the first photo above? Can you tell I had been wearing them for a month?

Of course, I didn’t have to go it alone. Mr Hot Wings got in on the shoe prepping action too. Do you dig our stay-at-home pre-wedding outfits? They’re hot, we know.

The Final Verdict: I wore these shoes from 1:30PM until 11:30PM on our wedding day with all of the standing up and picture taking. I never took them off. My feet certainly weren’t happy with me. They definitely hurt at the end. But I lasted, and I got to wear my pretties all night. They must not have hurt all that badly because I recall running out of the reception at the end of the night. So, I think that the shoe prepping worked.

Do you have big plans for prepping your feet and shoes for the big day?