Weddingbee Blog

Our apartment is beginning to fill with items for our wedding. Now don’t worry; we aren’t at Hoarders level yet. I am in no danger of getting crushed by a falling stack of programs in the living room or swallowed by a sea of washi tape hidden behind the pantry door. However, there are favor cards in the desk. There are invitation samples on the bookshelf. There is a sparkly hair clip in the medicine cabinet. And there are three new shoe boxes in my closet. That’s right. I have purchased three pairs of shoes for one occasion.

(And I almost bought another pair today. PSA: Nordstrom Rack at the Howard Hughes Center in Los Angeles has two pairs of white satin Jimmy Choo pumps for $49.99. Size 38.5/8.5 and 41/11.)

The shoe hoard

Let’s open these babies up for a closer look.

Left to right: Kate Spade “Ollie,” Boutique 9 “Karyl,” Charles by Charles David “Finch”

It was never my intention to buy more than one pair of shoes for my wedding—especially since I love my original pair so much! They are blush-colored patent peep-toes. They fit our wedding style and my personal style. But I jumped the gun: I bought the Boutique 9 shoes before I bought my wedding dress. It didn’t occur to me back in May that the dress that I would buy in July would be a sample dress cut for someone who was 5’10″ or so. I am a smidge over 5’7″ without shoes. The Boutique 9 heels are 3.25″ tall. Whoops.

The too-high (???) heels

I bought my second pair of shoes at the Charles David store at the Beverly Center. I immediately spotted the huge SALE sign in the window. Shortly thereafter, I saw these light sage green patent flats (the website lists them as taupe, but they are the greenest taupe that I have ever seen). They match our wedding colors. They were 50% off. I scooped them up and practically skipped out of the store. Maybe flats were the answer! It’s not a long walk from the Wynn to the Venetian, but I want to avoid blisters. After all, I want to be a beaming bride, not a grimacing one. Plus I need to remember our home reception in Wisconsin in February: won’t flats be nicer on the snow and ice?

The comfy flats

Fresh off of my flats high (har har!), I stumbled upon my third pair of shoes at Neiman Marcus. As indicated above, I am a sucker for deals. I bought these metallic gold and pearl flats for 70% off. They are going to look great with my dress that I will wear both to the courthouse (marriage license!) and to our rehearsal dinner. They also look great at book club; I clearly wasn’t able to save these in the box! I even wore them to the Los Angeles bee meet-up, which Miss Warbler organized.

The shoes I was unable to save until January

OK, Miss Mole, so what’s the problem? It seems like the Charles David flats are the best fit for the wedding day, right? Well, I discovered at my first alterations appointment that I have lost so much weight that my dress now lays flatter on me—and thus seems longer. So much longer, in fact, that my dress now needs a hem. I need to make a decision on which shoes I wear before I go in for my next appointment.

I’m turning to you guys for help. Help me decide which shoes to wear! I’d really appreciate your votes.

• Wear the blush patent heels: they are so cute and classy!
• Wear the sage patent flats: they are so cute and comfy!
• Wear both: the heels for the ceremony and the flats for the receptions! Who cares if your dress hem gets dirty anyway?

How did you find your wedding shoes—or pairs of wedding shoes?