Day 25---Yellow Wedding Shoes!

LET THE JANKE WEDDING COUNTDOWN BEGIN!!!! T-MINUS 22 DAYS!!!

Here is the Bridesmaids Dress #11 and the potential Yellow Shoes I will be wearing....





Now, you might be asking yourself "Why is Ali Posting shoes that she has not worn yet? And furthermore, why is she posting "potential" shoes?" Well, my answer is that I spent ALL afternoon SEARCHING AND SEARCHING for YELLOW FREAKING SHOES to wear with this ADORABLE Bridesmaid Dress....did I mention it was #11????....AND FOUND NOTHING!

Well, except that is, for those yellow shoes that you see above. If you have not come to realize this fact yet, I am kind of a picky high heel purchaser. The heel must be the correct height. They must be comfortable. They must have potential to be worn multiple times, with multiple outfits, for multiple occasions. If they do not fit this criteria, then NO DICE!

This is what is making finding a pair of shoes for Summer's wedding so difficult. It seems (and can I get an "AMEN" if this is the case for anyone else out there) that when I am not looking for a particular pair of shoes, I seem to find 85 pairs that I MUST HAVE IMMEDIATELY. But HOWEVER, when I am searching for an exact color/style to match a particular dress, I come up empty handed. It is going to be the end of me trying to find these shoes. So, while at the Stonewood Mall today (I know, I know....I need to go to someplace OTHER than the Stonewood Mall---but I'm a Downey Girl and it's my first stop shopping place!) I went into Macy...nada. I went into Bakers....zilch. I went into Vision Shoes (I know, 1998 called, they want their ghetto homecoming shoes back....)....NOTHING! I was beginning to become very frustrated because I AM the shoe girl. And I rarely have trouble finding at least one pair that catches my eye. I reluctantly walked into Charlotte Russe and immediately SPIED this BRIGHT YELLOW PAIR. It seemed that the Stars were aligning for me....they had my size, they were marginally comfortable, they were on sale....but, for some reason I just could not seal the deal.

Here's the deal, I'm nervous about the one thing that is always my criteria---HEEL HEIGHT. That's right, me, the girl who can't find a heel high enough, is nervous about wearing too high of heels with this dress. This is Summer's big special wonderful day. She is wearing flats. Our Bridesmaids dresses are a TEENSY bit short (not too short, just in the "above the knee" genre) AND, the last thing that I want to do is go all "Pretty Woman" on the Janke's wedding day and wear some hooker heels and look like a "you know what" up in front of all their friends and family while they say their vows and declare their undying love and devotion for all who will listen. You get the point. It's Summer and Kelly's day, I want to look nice for them. I want to just be a classy bridesmaid. I don't want to be "that bridesmaid" who wore the crazy hooker heels. So now, my obsession with heel height is working against me.

I need help. Where to find yellow heels. No "cork" bottoms. Not too pale. Not too bright. JUUUUUUUUUST RIGHT. Ugh. I'm telling you, these shoes are going to be the end of me.

So now, if you're wondering why I am posting about shoes that I don't really own yet and that I did not wear today, please understand that I tried on, unsuccessfully, about 15 pairs of shoes and the last thing that I wanted to do was take off my Nikes for what seemed like the ZILLIONTH time and put on another pair of shoes to go out to dinner. So I did what any sane and normal girl would do....I wore my Nikes, gym clothes, and sweaty ponytail all day long. And I am counting the 15 pairs of shoes I tried on as the equivalent of wearing another pair of shoes. I promise, tomorrow I will do better. Until then....off to searching the World Wide Web for "YELLOW + PEEP TOE + HEELS + WEDDING".....ughhhhhhh :)