Ok, loyal readers:  here’s a totally non-library, non-book, non-child related question for you:  what shoes would look good with this dress? 

I’ve been lusting after this dress for a while – when it first appeared in the Garnet Hill catalog in the spring I thought, “That’s the dress I need to wear to E—- ‘s wedding.”  E—– being, of course, Jim’s younger sister who will be getting married in a couple of weeks.  But I couldn’t afford the dress at full price, and then it disappeared from the Garnet Hill website altogether, which only made me want it more, of course.  And then, magically, the dress reappeared on the GH website when their big summer sale started – in the color I wanted (the grey crysanthemum) and in my size.  And it looks pretty good on, too.  Yay.

But here’s the dilemma:  I went shopping for shoes to match on Saturday, and realized two things.  1)  I don’t know the first thing about shoes, especially dressy shoes, and 2)  I have the ability to totally frustrate shoe salespeople with my strict limitations (no shoe that shows much of my feet, the shoe has to come in a wide size, no spiky heels, etc. etc. etc.).

So please help!  What shoe would look good with this dress, to wear to my sister-in-law’s wedding?  Important detail to note – the reception is outdoors, in a garden.

And just in case the link to the GH website stops working (if the dress sells out, for instance), here is the photo (click on image to enlarge):