My kind of porn*...

Shoes. Beautiful, expensive, possibly uncomfortable, classic black shoes. How I love thee! I must have 15 pairs of black heels. They are all mostly mid-range brands {JCrew, Banana Republic, a few department store brands} , though I have a few pairs that cost more than the average pair. Nothing that is of porn quality...until now. I've decided to use the rewedding as a handy way to justify the purchase of grade A, top quality shoe porn. 

Behold...

{all shoes from here, except #3}

Part of the justification is that since I'm going with black shoes {great with a grey dress I think}, I'll wear them a ton. Thanks to an InStyle article from a few years ago, I always divide the price by number of times I think I can wear something. It totally erases the guilt with some pieces and helps with most of the others. Now, I have more than a year until our date and I know new shoes will come and go, but these are the ones I have my eye on...in case they actually go on sale for some odd reason. That's the only issue with black evening shoes...they don't go on sale very much. Oh and the Manolo's are Carrie's shoes in SATC Movie. 

*I really would rather see shoes then naked people...

Gimme gimme!!

Melisa over at The Lil Bee has great taste AND a new house, so you can imagine all the great ideas on her blog right now. This couch that she wants to use in her den is one of them and it's now my #1 contender for use in our playroom that we're going to build out one day soon. Lil saw it and wanted to know if it could be her bed and I can't think of one good reason why not! It looks so comfy, how could I tell her no? 

Anyway, I'm sure you already read it, but if not...buzz on by The Lil Bee*. She's great!

*could NOT help myself...

Lillie and I both love dresses on her. She picks to wear them as much as possible and I love them because they're so simple. I'm lazy, what can I say? J Crew updated their website with new Spring styles yesterday and I can already tell I'm going to be very light in the wallet this season. How cute are all these?

Is this the same dress that the officiant has on? I love the dress she has on {not to mention the bride's dress!} and I've had this Marchesa saved for awhile. While I was writing the other posts about the dresses, I begin to think they might be the same. What do you think?

UPDATE**** I bought this dress on Gilt this week. So, I sure hope I love it as much in person as I do online. I guess one of our colors is now red! :)

{#1, #2 and #3}

BTW, how gorgeous is that picture? I've got some more images to post later from the same wedding. It was shot in Charleston by the super talented guys from A Bryan Photo and is on the front page of their site right now. It was a stunning ceremony and looked like a super fun reception!

These make me so happy...

{happiness...}