Hurting Feet and a SHOE-volution

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, under any curcumstances, be a heel. EVER.

OK, hang on. We all just got the "I want to see some of these heels you speak of RIGHT NOW"  itch, didn't we? Let's take a little peek at the girliest pair I could find to appease us:

 

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Ignore the fact that the wearer could possibly go up a half-size or so, and instead look at the flowers and be filled with ooey-gooey thoughts of springtime. Will it ever be here? Will this be the year I miraculously acquire a green thumb? Also ignore the fact that the wearer may or may not teeter as she walks, because HOLYOMG these look treacherous.

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 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 loved it. (In reality, my dogs were barkin' up a storm, but I stood taller! My legs looked longer! They clicked as I dragged my tired feet from one sight to another!)

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 Olsen 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.

  

Anybody else out there rock some gladiators on their wedding day? Or do you rock gladiators every other day of your life because they are the best shoe style known to modern man? And if you agree with the majority of my friends and think gladiators are the fugliest shoe style known to man...did you at least find a bargain shoe and rock it out post-wedding? It's a real shame that most people don't wear their wedding shoes after the big day, agreed?

  

  

Stay thrifty,
Hollie

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Comments

[Nicole {Niche White}]

I am in the same boat - I used to wear heels NO. MATTER. WHAT. Somewhere along the line, though, I got old...and fat...and my ankles got tired. (add to this tons of ballet en pointe when I was younger) Now I find myself in "commuter flats" that I never change out of, or rooting through the closet in search of something with a low-ish, sturdy heel. I hate being 30.

We won't even talk about how much shorter and squater I look in flats. :/ So obviously, Gladiator sandals just don't work on me... but they look like you and I am loving these blue ones! Both for their fashion flair and their awesome sale price. Sometimes you have to buy the shoes first and buy the outfit around them...ya know?

[lizzie]

i absolutely LOVE your shoes. LOVE THEM. i cannot stand in heels for even a minute, let alone walk in them. a lot of my family has grown permanent damage in their feet because of heels and i won't partake, not even a little bit. your shoes f*cking rock.

[Sarah @ HereComesTheBlog]

I'm sure they would be incredibly difficult to be in for more than 5 minutes, but those top shoes are AH-DORABLE. It'd be worth a shot :) Great picks!

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