Sunday, May 23, 2010

Desperately Seeking...

...Grown up flip flops. I love my flip flops and they are great for running errands. But what do you wear when you need something dressier than a flip flop, but don't want to bust out the high heels? And have you ever seen interviews with fashion designers, they all lament the flip flop like it is the worst invention ever. Kind of embarrassing how many of us mid-America folks love them.

Let me preface this with the fact that I am picky in the extreme in my sandal selections. I am shorter than short accentuated with short legs. NOTHING that wraps around, sits next to, or gets in the general area of my ankle is allowed, which pretty much knocks out 3/4 of the cute sandal trends out there now. I also have a weird issue with thinking my feet look fat. I swear I was one of the first to have the Tory Burch Thora flip flop (you know, the ones everyone has) in white no less, the perfect summer color. I wore them around the house for days trying to convince myself that my feet looked great in them. I called in second, third, and fourth opinions but they were all the same my foot looked decidedly chunky. When I returned them the sales lady asked me if I was sure, I could see her going through her mental rolodex of clients who were waiting for this shoe in my coveted size eight. With a huge sigh of regret, I told her I was sure.


So you can see this search is difficult for me and I have exhausted my resources in Little Rock. Good thing I'm heading to Dallas this week. I'll have to squeeze in a visit to the mall where hopefully the stars will align and I will find my perfect grown up flip flop.


Here is what I have found in my online pre-shopping so far that might be acceptable. Any suggestions of grown up flip flops/sandals for short girls would be very welcome
I love these, but they are not very far off from basic flip flop land. I mean I guess I could hot glue some jewels onto my Haviannas if I really wanted to.




This is more along the lines of what I need, but I'm not paying $98 for some skinny leather covered in spangles. Thanks anyways J Crew


And last but not least, my favs. These are Dillard's brand, Gianni Bini and every time we go on store visits I find myself wandering over to the shoe dept to check them out. They break my rule of being near the ankles though so they are must try on. I hope they look wonderful!







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