The Search was On

Tim and I are going to the Iowa City Heart Gala next Friday and since Tim is the Co-Chair of the Gala this year, I thought a new dress might be in order... yeah!  I, of course, totally procrastinated because I had no intention of taking Graham on this excursion, not to mention this is one of those semi-formal/ business casual deals were no one really knows the correct dress code.  So I finally made myself go on Saturday, I mean why not, it had snowed and was cold and I only had 6 days until the Gala, it seemed like the appropriate timing  :) 

I found a great dress at Von Maur that not only would work for the Gala, but would also work for a wedding I have to go to next month, double plus!  Here's the deal: the dress really needs cream or lime green shoes to go with it.  No problem right?  WRONG!  Apparently lime green is not an "in" color this spring and therefore lime green shoes are no where to be found and by no where I mean I checked every store that might have sold shoes in all of Iowa City and Cedar Rapids and I found one ugly pair, not in my size  :(  So I could have resorted to cream shoes, but for some reason I just don't like hate cream shoes.  They just don't do it for me at all, plus part of the allure of the dress was that green shoes would have looked awesome!

After 2 days of complete local shopping failure I resorted to the internet.  Wow, hundreds of green shoes to choose from, very few in lime green.  So here is what I ended up with:

They are not totally my favorite and I was hoping for something with a little more heal, but when you are looking at really slim pickens, I don't think these are a horrible option.  Now we just have to pray that they will be shipped to my house in time for the Gala to Friday.  Here's to having faith in the US Postal Service!