Sunshine on a Cloudy Day...

Today is a little gloomy and the sky is intermittently spitting bits of snow on my doorstep.... good thing I am flying home to AZ today! I am going home to look at wedding venues and although I will be logging a ton of miles traveling all around the Valley of the Sun, I am SO looking forward to the sunshine!!! Oh, and seeing my family. Love you guys, hehe. Hoping from 30+ temperatures to 70+ temperatures has me obsessed with bright colors even more than before (that post here) and the new Toms collection seems to be reading my color-crazed mind!

I love the new "Eliana" ballet flats! At first the pictures didn't look so great, but they actually look adorable on the foot and this blue suede color is amazing:
 

I also love the classic style in this multicolor floral print. Check out the adorable lining:

How do you feel about Toms? Enthused about them or over them? And what do you think of the new ballet flats? Have a great week, everyone!

Sole-Searching: Blue Suede Shoes

Between the vibrant-color-hold-over from summer and the color-blocking trend that has been prominently featured in magazine fall trend previews (though are they really previews at this point? Isn't it already fall?), cobalt blue currently has a big place in color real estate of the fashion world. I was just browsing through the shoe section of the Accessories archive on style.com (don't go there unless you want to inexplicably lose 3 hrs of your day!) for fall wardrobe inspiration and couldn't help but be drawn to the bold color on so many styles of shoes. Here are a few of my favorites:

Pierre Hardy. I feel like I see this heel everywhere and yet I can't help but notice something new about it every time I see it! It's like the shoe of a chic superhero!

 

Christian Louboutin. The man of the red sole can do no wrong. I love that it is nonchalantly super-stylish and my ankles thank him for the generous cut-out...well, they would if I could buy these ;) 

 

Pollini. The emphasized stitches, over-sized tassel (love!) and brick-of-a-heel make this an unforgettable shoe even if the color was boring instead of this bright hue. I spotted this in last month's Harper's Bazaar and stared for a while, which sparked the search.

Don't want to take out a second mortgage to satisfy your cobalt craving? No worries-- I found this adorable cut-out shootie at Payless! That's right, $59 for this Lela Rose for Payless pair of adorableness!

Will you be wearing cobalt kicks this fall? Or will you be wearing bright blue in your clothing or saving it for smaller accessories instead?