Something I’m really bad about on this blog is checking comments that Wordpress thinks are spam, and then approving them when they’re not.  Seriously, I’m truly horrible at this.  So it wasn’t until this morning that I caught a comment made by my future brother-in-law a few weeks ago regarding the bridesmaid’s shoes.  It’s a simple, matter of fact comment, but it was exactly what I needed to see how simple it all was:

Hmmm.  Why not?  The idea of the whole bridal party in Chucks was something that I loved early on when we decided to do it for the guys, but never really entertained.  I don’t know why, but I didn’t think anyone else would go for it.  But then I saw the comment and it clicked that maybe this might be acceptable.  As it were, I was planning on telling the girls to get flip flops or simple sandals.  If we do this, I can pick up the Chucks in bulk and my girls won’t have to worry about shoes (or their feet hurting all night).  Easy peasy.  Plus there are all these pictures to confirm just how cute the sneakers with a dress look is:

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But I’m nervous.  You all didn’t see the look on my mom’s face when I pulled out the purple Chucks that the groomsmen would be wearing.  And I broached the topic of Chucks with dresses to two of my bridesmaids who both responded with “You’re the bride, you can do whatever you want…” which I think translates to “You’re effing crazy.”

The flip side to this is that if Ritchie and all the guys are in Chucks, and so are all the girls, that means that I’d be donning Chucks myself.  Which is actually perfect because I have yet to find a decent shoe to wear at the wedding.  I have awesome purple heels that I wore for our engagement shoot, but they make me taller than Ritchie and he is not a fan of that.  Plus I can barely walk in them.  Face it, I was born to be a Chucks bride.  Plus, it brings me back to this picture I’m completely obsessed with:

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In which that lovely bride is sporting a color I recognize as “Dewberry” that is available only as a custom on the web site.  It’s something I’ve lusted after, but never felt the need to pony up for.  After brainstorming a bit with Ritchie regarding colors and slip ons vs. sneakers, I came up with a collage of Chucks for the wedding:

This is awesome for so many reasons.  I kind of love the hodge podge of mix and match colors.  Two shades of grey, two shades of purple…kind of like all the different shades in our wedding party.  Plus, both Ritchie and my shoes would be custom, which means that we can get our wedding dates printed on the back.  Kind of cool, right?

They’re a perfect pair!

So I’m completely torn.  I love this idea.  And I am the bride and can do whatever I want.  But, I don’t necessarily want my friends and family to think I’m crazy and go all judgey judge on our wedding.  And I can hear my mom until the end of time saying “This is my daughter- she wore SNEAKERS to her wedding!!!”

What would you do?  How do you feel about a whole wedding party in Chucks?  Would you hate wearing sneakers to a wedding?