It's Wedding Season - The Real Tall

It’s wedding season! You know that around these parts we tend to preach reusing and recycling our wardrobes as often as possible but one item we struggle to re-wear is dresses as a wedding guest. I don’t know if it is because it’s typically more formal, its photographed, or what, but we always want a new one! This doesn’t always mean we can just go out and blow the big bucks on a new dress which brings me to this pink one. This dress came in 8 colors, pink being my last choice. Guess which one went on clearance? You bet, the pink one.

So I bought it. I don’t know if I am completely contradicting myself here after saying only buy things that spark joy, that make you feel like your best self, etc. But y’all sometimes the budget friendly option wins. And in this case it worked in my favor. I got so many compliments on this dress (well mainly my look as a whole due to my shoes), and at the end of the day I am finally okay with the fact that it was pink.

I wanted to elaborate a little bit on a story some of you may have read on our Instagram stories a few weeks ago. I went to a close family friends wedding a few weeks back with my parents which is where I wore this pink dress. We road tripped up in the morning, enjoyed the lovely ceremony, checked in to our hotel and got ready to turn it up at the reception. Cue us arriving at the cocktail party and bumping into the lovely photographer.

This man approached my mom and I (while we were in the middle of a conversation) with some of the other guests and first starts chatting with my mom, which I didn’t catch and by the time I tuned in he looks at me and says “Why are you wearing heels?” I can’t tell you how off guard this caught me. Thankfully my gut reaction in this scene was to respond kindly with “Because they make my outfit, don’t you think?”

Now here I am going to share the shoes with you so you can see how stinking cute they are. I first purchased these heels in nude a few years back and they are the FIRST pair of high heels I felt confident in, in my life. So much so that I bought them in black and then after Jenilee sent me this multi floral pattern I knew they would be mine too. She got them for me for my birthday this year and I was over the moon. If I were to paraphrase it I would see these are the shoes that made me feel high.

Now I won’t give full credit to the shoes because this was also mixed in with my sister, my mom, and all of you helping me get here. But the point is 27 years into my life-I got there. And in one second this stranger (Who was being PAID to be at the wedding) broke it down. Now he proceeded to say that we intimidate him. My mom kindly and in my opinion sadly responded with why do you say that? You’re making me feel self conscience now about my body and something that I can’t control. So you’re telling me that just by me standing here in my presence i am intimidating you? At this point this man was just blubbering on trying to find different words.

Eventually under my breath I muttered eat it shorty and walked away. Now that isn’t my finest moment but sometimes when someone is so rude and hurtful you just can’t help but say your peace and walk away. We shared this story with a few other guests who were equally as appalled and it turns out he had made some other comments to other guests that were equally as out of line.

After posting the bare bone details of this story on our Instagram I cannot tell you how many messages we received with kind words, messages, and some other similar stories in response. It was honestly incredible. And also sad that so many others have been shamed for wearing heels as well. But all in all we want to say to you -wear the heels. Wear the confidence. And be the best version of you that you can possibly be!