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Shoes-Day!

Well friends, I have some potentially horrible news.

Like really terrible.

{Before you start to worry, please note I’m exaggerating}

But this news is really just, well, sad. 

My feet are swelling Surprised smile

And you know what swollen feet mean?  Really uncomfortable shoes-day.  Sigh.  All my beloved shoes are starting to hurt my feet just a wee bit.  [Let’s be real..all my shoes always hurt a little, but this is like end-of-day-walking-around-a-city-for-10-miles-in-4”-heels discomfort).  Yeah.  Bummer.

I think it hit home yesterday when I donned a new pair of shoes to work.

Aug 15 2011

In the outfit is a loose cami from NY&Co along with a gold blazer also from NY&Co, which is paired with a Gap jean pencil skirt (non-maternity and fully buttoned..woohoo for small victories! Thumbs up ).

The shoes are Jones New York purchased from DSW.com at for $69.95 (down from $89, and I had an add’l $10 GC).  I quite like the shoes and their slightly shimmery gold color and lattice-like cut-outs, but sadly, they do pinch my (swollen) feet a bit.  Sigh.

Here they are up close (via DSW and below):

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So there you have it:  Tragedy Tuesday Shoes-Day.  Oh whatever will I do if my feet don’t go back to normal size.  Massive blog giveaway for size 7.5 shoes???

What do you do with shoes you love, but don’t quite fit anymore?

Are you a fan of the jean pencil skirt?

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Shoes-Day!

For the last two holidays (well Zach’s Birthday and then Valentine’s Day), I’ve bought him shoes.  Perhaps I’m starting to morph my wants into his wants.  What do you think?

So this Shoes-Day is a little different.  I’ll highlight a pair of shoes, but what I really need is some help figuring out what to wear for a wedding I have next week in Kauai!

This week we’re highlighting Gianni Bini gold sandals, circa 2006 from Dillards in Florida:

Gold strappy sandals

I purchased these for a NYE party and they’ve turned out to be a fairly trusty go-to shoe for fancier events, weddings, etc.  However, they are also a bit ho-hum.

Below are some dress/shoe combinations that I can potentially wear for the wedding.  Keep in mind that it’s at a lovely restaurant right on the water on a Friday evening. 

(And excuse the horrid lighting that is in my bedroom.  As well as the post-work scruffiness…meep!)

Option 1

Option 2

Option 3

Option 4

Option 5

These are a close-up of the 3 pairs of shoes shown above:

Okay, so please help me out…which Option?

Or, scratch them all, go shopping this weekend and buy something completely different?

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