a tale of three shoes

so, when i first got engaged....i was absolutely determined that i wanted louboutins for my wedding.



specifically.....these viva lola's. SO. PRETTY.



but the thing about my beloved christian....he makes tall shoes. which i normally LOOOOOOVE.....but i'm also a tall girl. so i had to worry about making sure my heels weren't too tall for my dress, and my guy....who put a 4 inch limit on me, so we'd be eye level. he also wasn't thrilled about me spending $600 on shoes....but i'm a shoe girl, so he'd have let me.

hello vonda....i love you =) (vonda's my dress....not my alter ego). see....she's plenty long with 3 1/2 inch heels on....which is what i took to the shop when we picked her up and brough her home.

sadly....the 4 inch lola's were out....and then they sold out anyways.

enter....kate spade.

this is the clarice. i LOVED these shoes...the pink is gorgeous, and the little front knot is super cute. and at $300....half the price of the loubs!

but i was a bad bad girl, and put off ordering them.

and then the ONE place i found them in pink.....sold out. le sigh.

back to the drawing board....and kinda freaking out cuz i'm 2 1/2 months away from the big day....and i CANNOT wear ugly white shoes.

CANNOT.

so, after my brush with tragic destiny and the loss of clarice...i started looking more. googling "pink satin shoes".

and a man named stuart saved me.

these are mr. weitzman's gigi. i love the pleating on the front...and the heels seem to be about right. the site i ordered them from says they are 4 inches...but there's no way. and everywhere else says 3 1/2.

the best part? they were $150. and will be on my doorstep tomorrow or thursday! and since mom's dress will arrive today....i plan to take it to the parents house, and visit vonda with my new kicks.

the color is a little darker than i had originally thought i wanted...but i love the look of them. and no one's gonna really see them.