Wedding Shoe(s)

As promised, I am sharing my wedding pics of my dress and shoes.  My hubby and I had a small wedding ceremony in May 2009 with the intention of having a vow renewal ceremony/reception a year later.  So for out first ceremony, I was on the hunt for a dress and shoes without breaking my budget considering we needed to start saving ASAP!  My dress was JCrew's Sophia gown in ivory and the shoes were JCrew's Fleur in marigold.

The dress was so comfortable and luckily the only alteration I needed was the hem. I wanted a color pop so i decided to go for the marigold-y yellow shoes with a matching bouquet. The shoes were very cute, but not as comfortable as I had hoped, they were slightly off  in fit where my arch of my foot was, but something that could have been rectified with some inserts.  I found the dress on Ebay and the shoes I scored from one of the weekly exchanges over at JCrew Aficionada's blog with a total cost of both under $100!
Fast forward eleven months (I really wanted to have the reception in May 2010, but wedding prices start to skyrocket at this point, so we opted for April instead).

I purchased this beautiful wedding gown from a wedding boutique that only sells sample dresses.  It's by Alfred Sung and the color was an ivory with a champagne undertone with a subtle floral print all over the dress.  Finding the perfect shoes were not easy! 

At first, I bought Me Too's Jeanette in Champagne on sale at Nordstrom's. Unfortunately, the champagne was a bit too dark for my dress and clashed slightly.  Then, by accident, I found THE shoes.  Christian Louboutin's Mauresmo in ivory chiffon and light champagne.

Normally, I'm used to wearing higher heeled shoes.  These shoes were maybe between 2.75 - 3 inches high.  However, they were really really comfortable!  I wore and danced in these all night!  These were my first pair of Louboutins and I am a fan!

What shoes did you wear on your wedding day?  Did you match your dress or did you wear colorful shoes?

Shoe Woes

Two weeks ago, I purchased a pair of glammed up flip-flop-esque sandals from Macys.  They met most of my shoe purchasing criteria: 1. Comfy. Check. 2. Cute. Check. 3. On sale. Check!  After I made the purchase (I even had a coupon which made the purchase even better), I changed my shoes to my new sandals.  They were Kenneth Cole Reaction's Wham Bam Glam, as seen here:

The cork footbed was definitely comfortable and very cushy and the beading looked very nice.  Unfortunately, the strap on the right foot started digging into my skin.  It left a mark resembling a bite mark from something with fangs.  If you look at my previous real life shoe pics from my earlier blog entries, you can see the marks.
I'm not ready to give up on these shoes just yet.  I may have to do some altering to the strap, maybe tape it down or something or remove a bead.  Hopefully, that'll work out.  Anyone have any suggestions?

Last Thursday, I had worn my JCrew Gladiola Dress with JCrew Lulu Peeptoe Pumps.  After wearing the pumps all day at work and most hours after work, on the way home, my feet needed a little break.  Luckily, I brought these comfy babies along:

 Kenneth Cole Reaction's Glam in Bloom in Lemon Drop.  Yup, they have the same styling as the first sandals that I mentioned, but the difference here was instead of the beading, there are some straps and a centered yellow flower.  These sandals were verrrrrrrrrrry comfortable and they didn't dig into the top of my feet!  I was able to score these on sale at Macy's website on sale!

Kenneth Cole Reaction happens to be one of my favorite shoe brands and a lot of their sandalwear they have out now have the padded footbed which to me is more comfortable than a pair of flip flops. 

Since I'm on a shoe drought this week, tomorrow I'll post the shoes I wore to my wedding and vow renewal reception!