TOMS Spring '12: Pretty Goes Granola

Point the first: don't forget to enter my Shabby Apple dress giveaway of supreme superbness!

Point the second: this is not a paid or solicited post in any way; sadly, it's merely the result of my own shopping vice hobby.

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Brussel sprouts. The Prius. Al Gore. Things that are good for you tend to be, well . . .  they're usually not the Prettiest, are they?

I've long thought this of TOMS shoes, much as I've wanted to love them for their "For each pair you buy, a unicorn gets its horn" policy (or child in need gets a pair - something like that) and Austin street cred. The ubiquitous sparkly little girl ones are darling, of course, but I just couldn't talk myself into their aggressively spartan women's wares . . .

. . . until now, that is. TOMS has taken a turn for the classic, so I'm test driving the following ballet flats:

"Alessandra" (sadly, now showing as sold out)

"Gisele"

As a long-time parishioner at the Church of (Tory) Burch, I feel a bit traitorous about this, if also pleased to have a lighter-on-the-wallet Revas alternative. I'm less likely to cry should these suffer a sandbox scuff on one of our playground runs.

Speaking of, I happened upon some shoe happiness for the wee CEO too; brace yourself for . . . TEENY TINY BOAT SHOES (apologies for the Caps Lock shouting, but you'll see what I mean):

"Chambray Bimini"

At nearly half the price of the toddler Sperry Topsiders I've been eyeing, these were an obvious choice for my mini style blogger in training. (Speaking of price, promo code "ShareToms" was working for $5 off as of this writing.)

I'll report back with our fashion findings on these once they arrive - do you think my Angel*ina Jolie Smug Earth Mummy merit badge will be included with package?