Short and sexy, please

I love high heels; the higher, the better. I feel like I walk better (sexier?) in them, look better in them, and just plain overall feel better in them. But when it came to my wedding day shoes, I knew I'd have to go with something a lot shorter.

I'm 5'4", and Ryan is only 5'6" (though he'll tell you 5'7"), and in heels, I am usually taller than he is. On a normal day, this doesn't faze him, but when he asked that he be the taller of the two of us at the ceremony, what could I say? And thus my search for the perfect kitten heel began.

ShoeBuy.com is by far my favorite shoe source. Like Zappos, ShoeBuy has free shipping both ways and the site in easily navigated. However, I find that the prices are way better at ShoeBuy.

Exhibit A:

Coloriffics Desire

These are listed at $80 at Zappos, but only $75.95 at ShoeBuy! These also happen to be the shoes I lust after on a pretty regular basis.

Exhibit B:

Touch Ups Abby

These are listed as $64 at Zappos, but only $46.95 at ShoeBuy!!! I'd totally go for these, but with a 2" heel, they're still a tad too tall for me.

But I digress.

In my hunt for the perfect, kitten heeled shoe, it came to my attention that there are not many low-heeled shoes that could also be classified as "sexy". Now, my dress isn't overly tight or clingy, and I'm not going for the sexpot look overall, but there's something about a great pair of heels that just gives the outfit that certain je ne sais quoi. And I was determained to find a pair of heels that didn't look like they belonged on a 5 year old!!

After searching endlessly, I found these:

The bow, the crystles - I was sold on these by Colorful Creations!! The heel was a tad higher than I would have liked, but I ordered them nonetheless. Well, let me tell you what my size 8.5/almost 9 size foot looks like in low heels and a big old ankle strap.... not so much the look I was going for. How sad. It looked like my foot had been cut in half and, by default, so did my leg. Not a good look at all. And back they went (free of charge!)

I started purusing closed-toed shoes only because I thought maybe the strappy look was best left to towering stilletos, and came across these:

Loved them, but not for the almost $70 price tag... for white satin shoes, I really didn't want to spend more than $50. More almosts...

All from ShoeBuy and all by Coloriffics. Liked them, but didn't love them. And then one night, just as my eyes were getting fuzzy from too much computer time, I saw these by Blue Tux Shoes:

They're plain and simple, with a great blue sole. They were also $120 marked all the way down to $35 on ShoeBuy.com!! I bought them and that was that. They're comfortable, have a great low heel, and are kitten-ish enough to satisfy me. That being said, BlueTuxShoes is having a sale on them right now (ShoeBuy doesn't carry Blue Tux anymore) and these heels are only $25!!! Get them while you can... and if you're in the mood for something with a bigger heel, they have some of that, too. And everything comes with a beautiful blue sole. What a fun something blue!!

And now that you know what'll be on my little piggies all night, how about some dress??? Stay tuned!