Steve Madden Spring Picks

I don't let myself wander to the Steve Madden website often, but it has been a while so I decided to take a peak and see what was in the works for Spring. Here are a few that caught my eye:

CHIEEFF in Coral Suede
$89.95
The perfect simple & cute spring/summer wedge!

TASSAL in Cognac Leather
$69.95
One of my favorite colors in shoes because it goes with everything.

IROQUOIS in Cognac Leather
$179.95
These wild little things caught my eye pretty quickly... if only I had the money laying around!

RIOTTT in Pink Multi

$99.95
I love this eye catching color combination.

And of course the sale/clearance section:

My MADIEEs in Stone Leather!

ONLY $59.99
This shoe in the Cognac Leather has been a wardrobe staple of mine, and you can currently get them for nearly a THIRD of the original price in the Stone Leather. Jump on it!

TEXXIE in Cognac Leather
$64.95
Also on sale from an original $159.95, this was another one of my top picks back when I bought my pair of MADIEEs, with just a little extra detail on the side.

It might be safe to say that I want any shoe that's available in Cognac Leather- it's just such a great color that goes so well with black, patterns, or just about anything else you can mix up. Are you dying to have any of these or any other Steve Maddens this season? Or is there another pair of shoes out there making your mouth water?

If you just can't resist, use the code SMFREESHIP on any purchase over $75 to get free shipping from SteveMadden.com!

Hello MADIEE...

Welcome to the family!

Steve Madden- MADIEE (Cognac)

I LOVE these Steve Maddens. They're still just a little tight so I've been gladly wearing them around to stretch them out a bit. I even learned how to polish shoes today just for them! (Yeah, ok, not hard but I had never done it before. I guess I don't own a lot of leather shoes.) Now I just need to stop even looking at boots. I'm definitely set for a while, but it's so hard to not look! Particularly hard when you have some how ended up on what seems like every shoe-related mailing list on the world wide web.

And I'll leave you with a picture of the gorgeously crisp Chicago day we had yesterday in between rain showers:

Hurry!

Through midnight tomorrow, you can use the code "FALL30" on Steve Madden online orders and get 30% off your entire order. I personally will be using this to get THESE little babies:

It does exclude clearance and a few other styles (including a pair I was going to get, but in the end I think I like the MADIEE's better) so be sure to double check when you enter the code at check out.

If you miss the cut off for that code, I believe you can still use the code "SMFREESHIP" to get free shipping on your order, but this unfortunately also excludes clearance and can't be combined with the 30% off code. All clearance shoes are currently only $19.99, and if you wear a women's size 10 it's your lucky day because I've noticed a lot of the cuter styles are only available in that size now!

They have a lot of cute boots in stock now, a lot with a definite cowboy boot influence without necessarily having the full blown western look. Here are some of my current picks in the store:

The PAMMYY seems simple enough but also comes in some wild prints.

The classic Oxford look in a wedge.

The HAIIKU. I believe I posted about this one before, but it's currently on sale for $79.95 from $129.95!

The CHEEEKY comes in your choice of two velvet floral prints or cognac leather.

What's New with Steve Madden

It occurred to me that since I've more or less been living in sandals and my beloved Dolce Vita knock off wedges from Target, I haven't so much as taken a glimpse at any Steve Madden lately. This is good for my wallet, of course, but I was curious to see what was new.

(I think truth be told I may have been a little scared off by the fact that I keep making myself try on a pair I got last year that is more or less way too tall for me to do even the slightest amount of walking in. We're talking "could wear them out to dinner" and that's about it. I'm being more careful with letting the skyscrapers catch my eyes these days!)

I popped on over to the website, and there are definitely some noticeable trends making their way through the collection. Here are a few of the new styles...

One trend that can be easily spotted is the use of a lot of blue and purple:

Color blocking:

Thicker heels:

The sequin trend:

And again, the leopard print:

You can also currently get 30% off on the "Sneak Peek" section... so be sure to check those out and get them while they're on sale if anything catches your eye!

Are any of these new trends specifically appealing to you?

Steve Madden Sale

Steve Madden is having a big ol' sale on Boots that includes some other shoes as well, and since I have no money for shoe buying, I figured I should at least try to encourage the rest of you not to miss out on some of these fabulous shoes!

STEVEMADDEN.COM


CARLSEN

BONANZA
Ok ok, maybe these aren't on sale. I still wish I had them!


ELEVAATE

***Update: Did not post this at first because I thought the code expired, but you can currently use the code WINTER25 at checkout to get 25% a purchase of $75 or more and free shipping! If spending $125 or more, use WINTER30 and get 30% and free shipping!

Steve Madden: Peace, Love, and Bedding?

Those of you who have been around a while know I have what is a probably a slightly unhealthy obsession with Steve Madden shoes. (Well, unhealthy on my bank account anyways...) Steve Madden goes beyond shoes with handbags, accessories, and even some apparel, but it was recently brought to my attention (Thanks Mandy!) that the company also makes BEDDING. I've also mentioned my slight obsession with interior decorating and/or my bed before, so this REALLY excited me.


I think the bedding definitely follows the overall theme you can see throughout Madden shoes, with a fun, young, and slightly sophisticated style. The picture of the bedding above (From SteveMadden.com) actually is really similar to the bedding I have in my room at my parents' house now. Below are some of the other styles offered at Bed Bath & Beyond. Some of them are a little "younger" than others, but overall I really like the line, which is also extended to some bathroom decor.

Pop on over to one of the links above to check it out for yourself!

Vegas Recap: Part Two

So, now we're on to Friday night. I'm hoping that by breaking this up I can keep these recaps not TOO overwhelmingly large.

After we went back to the room to get ready/nap (In Steven's case... two naps), we met back up with Joe and Brian at The Hard Rock. Dinner was at NOBU... and let me tell you, absolutely delicious. A little more on that at Wonderland Kitchen. Here are outfit pictures for the night. Steve Madden Merriees got some play time in, but these shoes are NOT made for walking. My ankle is still scabbed from the skin they rubbed off.




After dinner we wandered around the Hard Rock for a bit, while Joe and Brian still refused to tell us what they had planned for the night. Whatever it was, it was at Caesar's, so we headed over there, where the most epic statue molestation photo shoot ever took place. Yes, my father almost got us asked to leave for CLIMBING ON CAESAR by a security guard who came running over... "SIR! SIR! YOU HAVE TO GET DOWN! YOU CAN'T DO THAT!" Oops! From here on out we basically took obscene pictures with any statue we could find. I'll have some more of those later once I get them from Shelley.






Then the Shadow Lounge, and let me tell you... strippers behind shades are way better than those just out in the open! It was actually pretty cool. Lots of pictures taken there too.



And then, FINALLY, the secret was revealed- VIP at PURE night club! We got to walk right in past a line of girls dressed like hookers waiting to get in (There's a difference between dressing up and looking like a stripper, ladies). Then we were taken to a booth on the roof of Caesar's, where we had our own little escort "T" who told us if anyone was pissing us off, to let him know and he'd take care of it. He also got all serious and said, "OK, here are the rules..." and as we get ready to brace ourselves for a lecture, out comes "It's fine if you want to dance on the couches, just please take your heels off first." I'm ALL for that. Shoes off? Couch dancing? DON'T MIND IF I DO.




Now, cue the endless (and frequent) redbull and vodka's. Ouch. Note the picture where I've got two in my hand at once? No wonder I had such a GREAT hangover the next day. We'll let the pictures take it from here. See ya soon for Part Three!

Hope you're enjoying these pictures... my liver worked really hard to make them happen. ;-)

Playing Dress Up!

And here are the pictures of the new dresses! Just realized I left my camera charger at home over spring break so the camera JUST lasted long enough to get these pictures (Yes- spaciest person EVER award definitely goes to me. Particularly because my mom had to mail my camera back to me, and I just now realized two weeks later I forgot the charger, too). The one of the coral Delias dress isn't that great, but the camera died, so it had to suffice!!!

The shoes I'm wearing in all of these pictures are my Steve Madden Fiesstaas. Still haven't had anywhere to wear them out to, because they're so darn tall that I've been waiting for a good occasion that also won't require much walking.

Dress 1: Forever 21 Splattered Paint Strapless with a tie in the back. This was the one I bought in Chicago over Spring Break a few weeks ago. I may, however, add some kind of halter straps to it, because I hate constantly worrying about keeping strapless dresses up! We'll see.

Dress 2: Delias "Jess Knot Dress"... and these sunglasses are also the Jennifer Sunglasses I ordered from Delias as well.

Dress 3: Delias "Sharona Knit Dress" in Coral. This is the one that I think I'm going to add a liner to (the bottom half anyways) if I ever get my sewing machine fixed. Hopefully taking that in next weekend when I go home for my birthday with the family.

Also- Owl/Cosmo Painting giveaway still going on (here).

and

New Red Velvet Cake Recipe up at Wonderland Kitchen!


Hope everyone is having a good weekend- the weather here is GORGEOUS! Actually hit 81 earlier today!!!