Friday Fantasy Shoe Day: Steve Madden- NOT related to Joel or Benji

At least I don't think he is.

I thought to myself, "Self, I feel like a spotlight" and although neither me or myself could remember if I spotlighted Steve Madden yet, I said what the heck! Why not?!

Onward:

I don't know much, but I know I love you. That line is courtesy of Aaron Neville...if you don't know who Aaron Neville is you're seriously missing out. He has the most unique voice ever, I loves it. If you recall a famous scene on Sesame Street with Ernie and a black guy with a weird earring singing to, "I Don't Want to Live on the Moon", that my friends is Aaron Neville. I'm totally looking for the video on YouTube and I will put it up for you to enjoy all weekend!

Back to the shoe, Palapa, I love this basket weave on the side, this shoe is SO great for summer but it has the class of going with really nice church clothes as well, yay for style and function! I love the details of the leather weaving and the classic brown. I would wear this shoe all summer long! Except for that it's $129.95 yowza!Mmmm, nothing says "summer lovin'" like patent orange! "Darian" comes in an array of colors I of course picked the orange because you can wear this with almost anything. Crisp white button down with a dark denim pencil skirt! Meow! Khaki skirt and a trendy floral top. The shoes are the statement, and a great one if you ask me! $109.95

I picked this next one, "Cerona", mostly because I saw a shoe almost exactly like it at Payless, and this would be a great style to get for cheaper. It has all the elements of a great summer shoe, fun colors the wedge, yay. At Steve Madden you can get it in a lot of different colors, at Payless you can only get it in a color that looks pretty similar to this one. It's up to you, one is around $20 and this one is $79.95 in (almost) any color your heart desires.

I really loved the beading of this shoes. It's really fun and I love the vibe of it, it's classic with the trend of super flat summers and has this beading that you don't see in a lot of shoes. It's unique and me gusta. "Batikk" is $89.95.

Did I ever tell you the story about when I was a kid trying on shoes at Kmart (hey we all have to start somewhere) and I had my favorite pair of transparent teal sparkle jellies and I left them in an aisle while I went over to another aisle to try on shoes and someone stole them? I was so devastated but what made it worse is that my mom was really mad at me for doing it in the first place so I didn't really get to morn properly. I was so sad, they were perfectly worn in and they had so much more life left in them. Anyway, when I saw these shoes all those feelings came rushing back. I heart Jellies. At least the ones that fit well and don't give you a blister. "Jellied" is only $19.95 and comes in a lot of colors as well. The also have them at Old Navy but I think they are the same price...if it was me I would buy the Steve Madden, yes I do like to have name brand if the price is right.

I like classic, I will always return to a classic, it's great to have fun bright shoes but at the end of the day you don't always need/want a statement shoe. This shoe would be amazing with everything all year long. You can wear this grocery shopping to dress yourself up a bit without going overboard, it's like a feel good shoe. But you can easily wear this to church and with anything else. I like function, and so does my husband "Bleekerr" is $79.95 and comes in a lot of colors including this great purple which I almost showcased but this cognac is so classic I couldn't pass it up.

I only put this up b/c it totally reminded me of the Dharma Initiative sign on Lost, am I right?

This is on sale for 69.95 her name is Laveda and this is a classic look that will never go out of style. I love everything about this shoe, especially that it's on sale! Helloooo.

Love this belt people, if you wore this (or something like it) and were able to rocked it out, MAJOR props. I would have mad respect for you. $38

If you wore this your kids would have mad respect for you. Your kids would love this belt, you can just wear a long shirt and then when they get testy in line just lift your shirt up a bit and have them, "Find all the yellow ones" or, "count all of them" Your kids will love this belt $48. (Editors Note: make sure you are wearing another undershirt tucked in because your child(ren) will more than likely lift your shirt up to amazing heights you never thought possible)

Well that was a dose of good fun! BTW I totally found that Aaron Neville video singing with Ernie, prepare to have your mind blown! Happy Weekend!