Shoes-Day Tuesday! Gold sandal repeat

Hey there…

So this weekend when I met up with my friend Shayla this weekend, I quickly slipped on my new leopard pony print pumps and snapped a pic for Shoes-Day, but the whole look just didn’t go, so I’m giving you a sandal repeat instead:

This is a somewhat casual outfit I wore to work on Monday, which included a Gap denim pencil skirt, yellow 3/4 sleeve top, covered by an Express blue striped 3/4 sleeve knit blazer.  I find that throwing a blazer over denim automatically spruces it enough to be considered business casual.  The shoes are a lattice cut out open toe by Jones New York in a shimmery taupe-gold.

You can see where I wore them last on this post.

I like the versatility of the color of these sandals, but the comfort is lacking a wee bit.  Not in the height, but rather the fit around the toes.  They work fine for a day at the office, but certainly would be rough if I was walking a ton.

Have you been able to break out the sandals where you live?

How do you spruce up your denim?

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

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.

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! ).

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):

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?