I had every intention of wearing my black shoes with this dress. After all, I didn't want to bring six pairs of shoes on a ten day cruise. The day before we left though, I went to the department store with my mom (who is a shoe-a-holic). Naturally, she stopped in the shoe clearance section. On the rack, I saw this cute little brown dress sandal which I thought would go perfectly with my brown formal. Of course, I laughed thinking that there is no way it would be available in a 5.5. Cute shoes never are. I picked it up and looked at the size. 5.5!!!! I was in shock. I tried it on. It fit well. It was on sale for $30.00. At this point, I decided it was a sign from heaven that I was meant to have these shoes and take them on the cruise. They were great and luckily, they were thin so as not to take up too much room.