Got the shoes!
Posted
Thursday, December 20, 2007 12:07 AM
So I may have gotten a little carried away. I got my jewelry and my shoes picked out already! We somewhat have a date, but it's dependent on whether or not the venue we want is available during that time. Most venues here in the OC only make reservations up to a year in advance. We're shooting for June 2009, so we've got about six months left until we can book.
I wasn't planning to get jewelry (will do in the next post) or shoes now. I was planning on waiting about 6 months before the wedding to start looking, but things happened...
Black Friday and Cyber Monday. We would scour for some really great deals and were willing to get out of bed or stay up all night to grab some really great deals. Nothing really appealed to us for Friday though.
I had not heard about Cyber Monday until this year. I didn't see too many great deals though. Then FI sent me a link to a forum that posted about a great sale on shoes to which you can apply a price guarantee if the online store offered it.
Example: I find some great shoes I love at www.endless.com. I find these great shoes somewhere else for cheaper, and they have my size. So what do I do? I buy the shoes at www.endless.com and then call them up and tell them I want to do a price guarantee. I tell them I found the same shoes, available in my size, selling for less at another website. They confirm, and I get refunded the difference + 110% the difference back after my shoes ship to me. Hope that made sense.
Zappos.com does a 110% price guarantee. Shoes.com has a 115% price guarantee. etc...
Anyways...I love love love shoes! There were so many to choose from! There were a lot that I would never look at unless they were on sale. And there they were. I had passed them up a couple of times. And then I couldn't decided between two pairs. So I ended up buying both of them because they were on sale, and because the return policy was very lenient and flexible.
I got both shoes at below retail and sale prices! I think I know which one I want to wear for my wedding, and I think I'm just going to keep them both because I ended up getting such a great deal!
So here they are:
Charles David Cristal: I think these are the ones I'm going to wear! They are a little funky, a little bold, but so cute; they match my personality style. They definitely make a statement. They are super comfortable and sooo cute. Pictures don't do it justice. They make me feel like a princess! These were still selling at retail, and I got them for such a great price. It is my treasure find!
and Charles David Tingle: These are so cute! Very classy and elegant looking. And they sparkle!!! Cristal also sparkles, but these really do make you 'Tingle.' I am the type of person to build an outfit around her shoes; I'm going to find the perfect outfit for these babies.
Any early great finds for you ladies???