Dear reader,

I have a confession to make. Although I am almost always in favor of comfortable, stylish shoes, I have a great weakness for beautiful shoes that are practically unwearable in their height or construction. Usually, I resist this weakness with ease, since I also firmly believe in taking good care of your feet with proper support, good construction, and reasonable height (which for me tops out at about 2.25/2.5 inches).

Last night, however, I gave in. Here’s what happened.

As some of you may have seen over on the forums, I’ve been searching for the perfect shoes to match a dress I just bought.

The dress is this one:

Last night, I bundled up and headed off, dress in hand, to my local DSW in the frigid weather. The goal: find a pair of gold sandals/shoes to wear with this puppy.

After trying on about half a dozen pairs, I narrowed it down to two. Both by BCBGMAXAZRIA (a brand that makes gorgeous shoes, but which often makes comfort concessions in the name of fashion that keep me from being able to wear them). It came down to a choice between a wedge and a stiletto, seen here:

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As you can clearly see, neither of these is in the slightest a comfortable shoe. However, here are several factors now forcing me to make a hard decision between these two beauties.

1. The stilettos match the gold color of the dress better than the wedges.

2. The wedges (being wedges) are slightly more comfortable than the stilettos.

3. As far as style goes in a vacuum (not trying to match a dress), I like the wedges better.

4. Neither of these shoes are likely to be worn very often, except with this dress to parties where I can do a lot of sitting down.

5. The stilettos were a mere $30. The wedges were $60.

And with those factors to consider, dear reader, what might you suggest for my predicament? 

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Ooo, do I love these BCBGMAXAZRIA Brice wedges!

Just the right combination of Bohemian and chic. Girly, without being overly so.

On sale (in several color combinations) for $168.10 at Zappos and for $150.45 at Bluefly.

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No, really! Bluefly usually has a pretty decent selection of shoes (in fact, I think it’s their MOST decent selection), and today is your lucky day, with the extra sale and all. You can get your hands, for example, on these delicious suede Casadei flats with pink leopard pony hair vamp detail, for $192, down from $400 (that’s 52% off):

Or you can get these blue patent ‘Pondesoupir’ cut-out slingbacks from the one and only Christian Louboutin, for $264 instead of the usual $550, also 52% off:

…Or these BCBG Max Azria brown zebra print pony hair ‘Elea’ moccasins, which, if I’m not entirely mistaken, were on somebody’s wish list not too long ago! (or a version thereof, anyway):

For only $108 (down from $225), I think I’m going to check them out… Happy Friday shopping, you shoelovers! 

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