Deciding on the Backyard Wedding Bridal Shoes

Here are our conundrums with picking bridal shoes for the backyard wedding: first of all, we have to worry about the bride navigating in a long dress over grass and dirt. Second, she's never been one for high heels. Third, no matter how good they look, we want to minimize the worry that the bride (who is likely to be too wrapped up in everything going on to think much about her feet) will trip and fall on her big day!

Personally, I'm thinking that a nice shiny pair of flats will do the trick. Or, possibly, wedges; but I think that's stretching it a bit. Of course, the final decision is up to her, and we'll all just have to wait and see what direction she eventually decides to go in.

On a related note, I hope that the guests realize that they should make smart shoe choices. We did mention that it was going to be a backyard wedding, but you never know if people think about things like this... luckily, they're all close enough to us that we'll probably discuss it with them at some point. But maybe we should have some extra shoes on hand just in case someone gets a poorly chosen stiletto heel mired in the dirt.

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