Virtues.....

Caring

Love

Joyfulness

Humor

Grace

Persistence

Prudence

Restraint

Silence

Tact ..... and last but not least .....

Wisdom

These are just a few of the many virtues that I have been experiencing practicing the last few months. Virtues that I thought I knew and understood, but obviously I was wrong! Each and every one of these virtues have been put to the test recently....seriously! Who on earth would think that wedding shoe shopping would be soooooo hard. Maybe it was because we are under the gun....had to find shoes in a few weeks so that the dress could actually be put into production...with the "hem to measure"! Oh I'm sorry you're not familiar with that term are you? Well, that means as the gown is made, it is hemmed to your exact measurements....which includes your shoe's heel height..... so what if you don't have your shoes picked out yet..... get them quick!

So over the past 3-4 weeks we have been looking and nothing and I truly do mean nothing has been perfect! We have scoped out designers that I have never even heard of....we have shopped every department store, boutique and on-line shop there is. To no avail.....until yesterday! Once again our tried and true dependable (and I should add .... LOVE.... ) Nordstroms came through. Maybe we were just looking for the style and color a little to early in the season, maybe we were looking right past it, who knows..... but regardless mission accomplished, shoes purchased and another "to do" checked off the list. Really I would love to know how many of you really do recognize some of the designer names we were looking at ..... and I do love shoes as much as the next woman.....but really now.....$1600 for a pair of shoes (yes, there were some we picked up and put right back down with that type of price tag!) FOB would have had a coronary ....