The Great Shoe Debate (Posted January 20)

I am a shoe girl. I know there are many girls out there who say they are "shoe girls", but I really am. Shoes are my thing. They're kind of my trademark. I have 130+ pairs, most of them heels. On any given day, my coworkers will stop me just to see which shoes I'm wearing. At one point (before I was able to upgrade my closet) I was storing boxes of shoes in my oven. I mean, I don't cook, so why not make use of that extra storage space?

So obviously I am taking my wedding shoe hunt VERY seriously. Almost as seriously as the dress hunt. There are so many lovely pairs of shoes out there. As I head through Neimans or Nordstrom, they literally scream at me to take them home. Often, I oblige. But lately I have been on a mission. The mission to find THE perfect wedding shoes.

Here is my dilemna: My fiance is about 5'6" with shoes on. I am about 5'4" without shoes on. (I'm sure you see where this is going.) I had basically buried the idea of wearing heels in my wedding, not because my fiance opposes the idea, but because I don't want to look like some Amazon woman standing at the altar. (But I also don't want to feel like some short, dumpy girl waddling down the aisle. ok, fine. I'm not dumpy, but heels just have a way of making a girl feel graceful and ellongated!)Thus began my search for the perfect flat. I've searched high and low, near and far, here and there. And with every flat I find, a piece of my heart cries. Not because the shoes are lovely. But because my hearts yurns for me to wear heels. Many girls feel like their bride ensemble isn't complete until the put on a veil. I fear my ensemble won't be complete until I put on a pair of fabulous heels.

So now my biggest wedding problem is this: Do I wear the flats (I've found a couple of pairs that are cute) and ensure that I won't tower over my groom? Or do I go for the 3 1/4 heels (nothing compared to the 4+ I usually wear) that make my heart sing?I know what my fiance would say. He's all for hearing my heart sing. I guess I could always squat a little in the pictures...