The Shoe Wars - I still may win but the chances are slim

So needless to say my fiance and I have drastically different views on wedding shoe attire for both men and women.

For women he is a supporter of the tradtitonal ivory or white bridal shoe.

[photo Dyeable Shoe Company]

While I have fallen in love with the trend of the colored wedding shoe.



And to quote him "Its ridiculous!". And he is not too pleased at the thought of seeing me with colored shoes the whole day. But I don't care. Baby wants colored shoes, and Baby is going to get colored shoes.

But because of the colored shoes I had to concede to the "Gators". (I inwardly cringe right now.) I don't like Gators and never will. They just evoke images of Huggie Bear to me. But he swears that nothing is more comfortable or finishes off an outfit better than Gators. I was adamant at first that he had to have a more traditional shoe for the wedding but because of the colored shoes and to be fair, I had to back down on it. So now its a Gator wedding.

One for You and One for ME!

Okay, so I said that I was not going to be a bride dictator and demand that my bridesmaids wear the same dresses. I have two bridesmaids that are as different as night and day. One is classic the other trendy, one is understated the other flashy, one is tall and willowy the other extremely petite with curves. I want them to look and feel great in the dress they wear, and I highly doubt that will be accomplished in forcing them to wear the same thing. In fact I think its Mission impossible to find a dress that would look fantastic on both of them.

So I was going to designate a designer and say to them choose what looks best as long as its chocolate brown. I was leaning towards J Crew since I love their classic flirty styles and figured that maybe they could get another wear out of them.

Until I saw the bridesmaid dresses from Priscilla of Boston and I fell in love!!!

I totally wanted to change my mind and have them each wear one of these lovely creations. [photos courtesy of The Knot]

Darn it I was lusting after them myself. In fact I was lusting so hard that when I drove by the shop this weekend and I saw the beatiful papaya dress with the ruffles in the window I told my fiance that we had to go in and try it on. So we went in with him being very uncomfortable since in his words "he was entering an inner sanctum of women" and tried on both the ruffled concoction and the strapless dress with pockets. Needless to say they were both AWESOME! And I decided on the spot to get the ruffled dress for myself to wear to my friend's wedding in May. And I am putting the strapless number on the short list for my rehearsal dinner. And to top it all off I get a 15% discount for having bought my wedding dress there and being a preferred customer. Can we say YEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!

What else I love about the dresses is the fabric. Its a cotton which is perfect for spring/summer weddings/functions and so appropriate for daytime. They offer their cotton dresses in a range of lovely colors, which includes brown, but was disappointed that there was no soft pink. The papaya pictured here was the closest thing ;-(

So I am going to let my bridesmaids still choose the dress of their choosing from PB as long as its cotton (and maybe chiffon - another choice for a daytime summer wedding), tea length, and its chocolate brown.

But would it be odd to have worn one of your bridesmaid dresses to a friend's wedding earlier in the year? What do you think?

Break from Blogging - A break from Wedding stuff

Yes I took a break from blogging and I took a semi-break from wedding planning. After my stint of wedding dress shopping and my growing daily obsession with all the blogs (which I still battle with), I realized I am not focusing on what's important: my relationship with my sweetie.

Sometimes we get so obsessed with the destination that we do not enjoy the journey. So now I am trying my best to pace myself. As my girlfriend reminded me, savor your engagement, ask for help, you don't have to do it all at once, and at the end of the day all that matters is you and your fiance/husband and the love you share.

And darn it I have 13.5 months to go!!