OMG, THEY'RE HERE!

When I was 16 years old my dad took our family to New York City for the first time. We did all the classic tourist sightseeing....we went to the top of the Empire State Building, did the Circle Line Tour, went to a Broadway show and went shopping down 5th Avenue.

First time in NYC

While on 5th Avenue I found myself wandering down one of the side streets, I saw a store called "Jimmy Choo." I had no idea what it was but I saw shoes in the window, and being a shoe enthusiast I decided I'd better check it out. I had no idea how much these shoes cost, but I was in love. I couldn't believe shoes so beautiful could exist and ever since I have been obsessed with Jimmy Choo. I mean, SERIOUSLY........................

JimmyChoo.com

When it came time to start thinking about wedding shoes, I knew I wanted something amazing. I knew I wanted a peep toe pump and I knew they had to be black (obviously). It never crossed my mind that I could wear designer shoes on my wedding day because how in the heck was I going to pay for that? A couple of months back my mom suggested that she would love to give me money for my birthday to put towards an amazing pair of wedding shoes! She was brilliant! I could use all my birthday money and get my first designer pair of shoes for my wedding. Unfortunately, because of my stupid car (read that story HERE) I had to spend all my birthday money on getting my car fixed. Thankfully I have an extremely generous family and when Christmas rolled around I once again had enough money to buy a pair of dream shoes! (A special thank you to my little brother for the Nordstrom gift card, my mom and step-dad, my grandma Alice, my grandma and grandpa K and my grandpa Dale for your generous monetary gifts!)

I found a shoe I loved almost instantly. I debated about whether or not it was "WOW" enough but decided that if I'm paying this much for a pair of shoes I need to be able to wear them again and love them enough to have them my entire life (and be buried in them, which I will be).

Ladies and Gentlemen, let me introduce you to the
Jimmy Choo Quiet
Black glitter fabric peep toe sandal:

Photos compliments of JimmyChoo.com

When you're on the website and you click "About this shoe" is says this:

"This product is the result of extensive research, resulting in fine details synonymous with high quality luxury."

LOVE IT!

I have been waiting patiently to get buy these bad boys, but I needed to have my mom there with me for support and excitement and because she's a snowbird and gets to live in Scottsdale in the winter I had to wait for her to come back to town. Well, last Sunday we went Nordstrom so I could buy my babies. Unfortunately, the Minneapolis Nordstrom doesn't carry this specific shoe, so I had to order them from the Chicago store. BUT, they did have the exact style in suede so I was able to try them on, make sure they fit, I loved them and could walk in the 4.7 inch heel (thank goodness my man is tall).

SUCCESS!!!!!!!!

Please excuse the extreme paleness that is my legs


SO EXCITED!


Steve, the amazing salesman who was super excited to be a part of my first designer shoe buying experience. He didn't even think it was weird we were taking pictures!

PURCHASED!!!!!

Celebratory martini at Ciao Bella.

Then I had to wait.....................................................................

Steve (my wonderful salesman) informed me it would take 5-8 business days for my shoes to arrive on my doorstep. On Wednesday, I decided it had been 3 days and I should probably check on their progress. After a lot of phone calls to Nordstrom they tracked down my package and told me "they'd be delivered tomorrow!" O-M-G! Because Thursday is J's day off, I work from open until close, so I left J with very strict instructions to NOT LEAVE THE HOUSE UNTIL THAT PACKAGE IS DELIVERED SAFELY! He did leave the house, to bring me lunch (so sweet), but was back in plenty of time to wait.......

Then, yesterday around 2:15pm I was tagged (by my fiance) in a photo on facebook:

"shoes maybe?????"

Then I had to sit at work for 4 more hours before finally getting to go home and see my dream wedding shoes in person!

Omigosh you guys! They are the most beautiful shoes I have ever seen! But, unfortunately for you, you'll have to wait until the wedding day to see them on my feet! I will say, they are perfect! J even said "they're cute."

And, finally, the icing on the cake....I get to cross another item off of my "30 Before 30" list! WAHOO!!!

8. Own a pair of ridiculously expensive shoes (preferably Louboutins, Choos or Blahniks)

Whoop! Whoop!

Have a good weekend!