High Heels and Swollen Feet

If you know me at all you know that I love a good pair of heels. I like them tall and in funky styles! I have giraffe printed heels, red heels, snake skin black heels…you name it I have them or want them desperately! I always look for the perfect outfit to match the shoes!

I will wear heels to go to a high school football game, out to dinner, or just out and about. Until now. Last Friday we had the annual KBBC Rose Banquet. I was already having a hard time finding a dress to cover the baby bump that is quickly growing. I am now having to change my shoes before the outfit theory. It’s find the outfit to fit the belly and then the shoes. Now to find shoes to match the dress…

I put on what I thought was my most comfortable pair of heels to go with the black dress that I selected from my closet. So, I grabbed my wedding shoes. Now, keep in mind that they are not your “typical” wedding shoes. I had to stick with the theme of the wedding and I didn’t want a pair of shoes that were your “ordinary” white wedding shoes. So it was black and ivory heels. Perfect. They were so comfortable on the wedding day. My feet didn’t hurt a bit. I wore those suckers all day long and never had a problem and I didn’t even break them in! (Although, it was very tempting to wear them before the wedding.)

So off to the banquet I went. Pictures started at 6:00 so that meant I needed to be at the location at 5:30. (I had to make sure everything was ready to go.) Now, let me tell you it was at 5:31 that my feet started to hurt and it was only the beginning of the banquet. How I made it through clean up until 10:30 that night…who knows. But, I was in some major pain. Swollen feet and blisters. Not fun!

Will I keep wearing them during the upcoming football season? Who knows? But, I am thinking I might become a cute flats girl for the time being. I just can’t imagine myself walking down the hills at the football stadium with a big belly and high heels. But, then again…it is always Beauty before Pain!