These days "reception dresses" are pretty trendy - reception dresses are like your little black dress only they are white. I guess it is for the bride who wants to wear a wedding dress for her ceremony and then be a little more comfortable in a short dress for her reception. To each their own but I love my wedding dress and want to wear it all-day-long! Haha I might even wear it after the wedding....Jon will come home and I will just be hanging out in my wedding gown for fun. I have however realized that I might in fact wear 3 different pairs of shoes on my wedding day.
My wedding shoe shopping all started one day when I was bored at work - I was browsing all the major sites for shoes - Nordstrom, Piperlime, Macy's, DSW and Saks. I happened to stumble upon this pair of Jimmy Choos on the Saks website and lucky for me they were on sale for like 60% off! Oh, an they were only available in 1 size.... which just so happened to be mine. It was meant to be. I was meant to have these Jimmy Choos. I didn't even wait to have my parents buy them for me, (because you know, having Jimmy Choos for my wedding is an obviously necessity and should come out of the wedding budget) I bought them right away - it was such a rush - having a pair of Jimmy Choos was like a life goal of mine and what better way to accomplish that? On sale for 60% off, in my size and for my wedding?! It was a done deal. I couldn't wait for them to arrive....I even got a pedicure before I tried them on. Thank goodness they fit, I think I would have been heart broken if they didn't.
So Jimmy and I were meant to be...but the more I thought about it....I don't think that Jimmy and my outdoor reception are going to get along very well. Those stilettos are going to be sinking into the grass and I will be tripping all over the place, that is not going to be very elegant which is the look I am going for on my wedding day. So, it was off to the Internet to do more shoe shopping....this time I was looking for wedges that had feminine details - like ruffles. I still wanted some height because Jon is about a foot taller than me. Thanks to Allie, Kathryn and Catherine who helped me search for wedges online...I found these guys - pretty much exactly what I was looking for!
The only problem with these guys is that the ruffles are made of suede and the straps are really flimsy so I am going to need some help getting them on. I sound a bit pathetic, but last night when I was trying them on it took me about 2 minutes per foot to get them on. So, sorry in advance bridesmaids....I am going to need some help getting my "after the ceremony" shoes on.
Then, just to be safe, I am going to have a pair of reception flip flops in my arsenal just in case my feet start to hurt in the wedges. There is nothing worse than a pair of shoes ruining your dance moves. I haven't bought my reception flip flops yet...but I am thinking something like this pair of JCrew flops. I can't resist the gems...I just love sparkles :) And I guess if I don't need to make a 3rd shoe change on the wedding day I can always wear these guys on the honeymoon!
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