Today after squeezing uncomfortably into nearly any pair I pulled out of my shoe rack I bit the bullet and went shoe shopping.
I got 3 pairs - two pairs of fancy flip flops and a pair of slip on wedge style ones.
Don't get me wrong, they're all really cute...but...
I miss all my shoes. And while I used to love shoe shopping, buying practical preggo shoes in a gigantic size is just not my idea of a good time.
| Maybe I'll just buy giant godzilla slippers and call it a day, these look cozy. |
0. Get over yourself and just accept this is not as much fun as shoe shopping before getting pregnant
1. Quit kidding yourself and just go up a size, or a size and a half. I was literally in the store boxes flying everywhere and laughing out loud one or two times at least at the fact I am now apparently a size 10. TEN. OMG.
2. Even if that size and a half is a little big, if you still have a couple months to go, buy them anyways vs. the ones that pretty much fit and are only one size up
3. Try LOTS of different brands - I went to DSW and found some brands worked better than others and I didn't need W width so much as I needed the right brand/style in a size (and a half, GULP) up
4. Skip everything with buckles, basically if doesn't slide on/off easily you'll want to avoid it
5. Ventilation is your friend - lots of cute perforated leather styles out there right now
6. Dressy flip flops are your friend
7. Wedges work better than a heel if you still want some height - just imagine yo preggo self breaking off a heel...dangerous!
The brands I landed on were Aldo, Crown Vintage and Sketchers (Go Walk shoes). For all those who said being pregnant in summertime sucks, I say no way! My next stop is Old Navy for $2
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| Aldo Flips and Crown Vintage Stretchy Wedges |
Ultimately this is payback I think. I had a preggers friend who I once joked with about her amazing shoe collection. I said I'd happily take her shoes off her hands if her feet never returned to their pre-pregnancy size. Today I had a friend make me the same offer...and you know, I told her once baby is 6 months old if they weren't fitting still, she was welcome to them!
