Ok. . . . so most of us have ended up at DSW at some point or another. Usually for a pair of boring black pumps or something of that nature. Well. . .I went there to find a pair of nude pumps for the aforementioned bridal shower. I've been there a billion times and am always like, "Damn, I should really get some nude pumps. They are so versatile. Eh. . . whatever. They have a ton. I'll get some later." Well. . . guess what, no nude pumps that tickled my fancy this time. Bummer! How typical. So, I decided to help my Mum look for shoes. She's a super bargain hunter so she shops the discount rack. At the discount shoe warehouse. Love her! She's foreign (from New Zealand) and is so cute when it comes to labels and stuff. She's not big on fashion (but always looks great regardless) so when she finds what she thinks is a good label, she reads it all slow and asks me if it it's a good label. Imagine my surprise when she goes, in the clearance rack at DSW: "Veeeeeera Wooooo no Waaaaaannng. Oh Vera Wang. That's one of those good ones huh Pip" (She calls me Pip, a la Pippi Longstocking because my braids used to stick out as a kid). Half way across the store I heard her and went running. We wear relatively the same size in most shoes, so if she was looking at something, it would most likely be in my size too. And there they were. My beauties. Deep charcoal gray with a diamond accent. Satiny soft. Vera Wang evening shoes. I didn't get my hopes up too high because things tend to run small but I did start to internally go a little nuts. Then I slipped my foot in and about passed out. They. . .were. . .delicious. And they fit. Originally retailing for $680. They were cut down to $594.94. Then they were 80% off to give us a nice total of $119 after tax. One Hundred. . .and NINTEEN DOLLARS! I love my mother. :-)