This week I’m going to move away from my series on wedding watching (don’t worry, I’ll have the next two weddings ready to indulge you with you soon!), and share with you something I realized I was passionate about in my own wedding.

My shoes.

I’m not sure if it was from watching Father of the Bride as a kid, or attending my cousin’s wedding where she wore red Dorothy shoes with her dress, but I never really knew that brides wore pretty white shoes under their dresses – I had this belief that brides wore a pair of fun, crazy shoes, because no one can see the shoes anyway!

The theme for my wedding was green, white, and brown. When I shared with the bridal store sales assistant my desire to have green shoes, she stared at me as if I was on crack. “Ok”, i thought – “maybe green shoes will look bad. I’d better wear white.” Happy that I’d chosen to do white shoes, the assistant whisked them away to have them dyed to be completely matching to my dress.

Four months later I found myself pining for green shoes, and frustrated with myself for letting a salesperson change my dream for non-matchy matchy shoes. But finding green shoes that weren’t too high, weren’t too expensive, and were the perfect shade of green was a bit of a challenge. $100 was the absolute max, though my preference was to spend $60 or less.

So enter my quest (gotta love free shipping and returns!):

Shoe 1:

The color for this shoe was perfect, but I wasn't a fan of the jewels on the front and that style of heel-back never fits my foot properly. The height was also a bit too much. At $42.94 (DSW), they were a good deal, but I ended up returning them.

Shoe 2:

At just $39.99 (DSW), this was a pretty cheap shoe, and the color looked right. One of my friends quickly vetoed it though, saying it wasn't very wedding like (and I don't like cork, so I didn't complain).

Shoe 3:

This shoe was super cute. It wasn't fully green though, so I ended up scratching it from my list. $46 from Zappos.

Shoe 4:

I liked these ones but wasn't a fan of the flower embellishment, (figured I might be able to remove it though). It was $76 from Zappos.

Shoe 5:

This shoe was cute too. I liked the color variation on it and it didn't seem too high. It was on the higher end of my price point, at $89 from Zappos.

So what did I end up going with then?

These ones! I picked them up from Endless.com for $75 and while they were more than I wanted to spend on shoes, they were the perfect height (about 1 inch), were super fun to dance in, were *green* and I *still* wear them. Yay! (Photo by LauraKayPhoto.com)

What’s your thoughts on non-traditional bridal shoes? Will you be wearing white, or something with a surprise factor?