Weddingbee Blog

I love a picture of a sky-high heel as much as the next bride-to-be, but I’ve always known one thing about my potential wedding shoe decision: It would never, ever be a heel. EVER.

Now, back in the day (otherwise known as up until three years ago), I lived in heels. I even had an e-mail address that included the word “Heels.” I once spent a long weekend sightseeing in Washington D.C., and I walked every single day into the wee hours of the morning with nary a flat shoe in sight and I liked it.

And suddenly, after years of wearing heels to classes and parties and dates and study sessions alike, I met my match: GLADIATOR SANDALS.

Just like that, my life was forever changed. Gladiator sandals are absolute perfection and total comfort with anything you could possibly wear, and I wear them with EVERYTHING. Why not wear them with a wedding dress, too?

So, I did something crazy this weekend. Um, especially crazy considering I don’t even have a wedding dress.

I. BOUGHT. WEDDING. SHOES.

Behold my even-better-in-real-life dreamshoes:

Elizabeth & James E-Stint gladiator sandals, photo source

First of all let me say that even though I’m a budgeted gal through and through, I am seriously infatuated with two things: Designer clothes and the Olson twins as style icons. I guess that’s technically three things, but you get my drift.

I also happen to love everything MK+A design for their fashion lines, so how fliptastically happy was I this weekend as I perused my local Nordstrom Rack and happened upon these suede Elizabeth & James gladiators? Hello, something blue. And an even bigger hello, shoes originally priced at $255 for just $30, which I would have bought even if I wasn’t planning on wearing as part of my wedding day look.

And even though it’s cold and icy outside, I’ve been wearing the wedding sandals around the house non-stop since I bought them. Perfection! Comfort! Style! You guys, it’s like my ultimate gladiator sandal crawled out of my imagination and onto my feet.

I cannot WAIT until this wedding is over so I can wear a little piece of my big day look everywhere, and I absolutely plan to wear holes in them…it certainly wouldn’t be the first time.

Tell me hive, were you a non-heeled bride? What about rocking some sandals? Do you agree with my friends when they say gladiator sandals are the ugliest creation in history? Aren’t MK+A so stylish you can hardly stand it?!

And seriously, were you able to wear your wedding day shoes after the wedding, or did you decide to box them up and preserve them?