Fat feet in dress shoes

[sarienbarry]

I just spent all morning shopping and I HATE IT!!! Nothing reinforces your abnormality like trying on clothes and for me - shoes. I am going to be in my sister's wedding on November 13th. I already have a dress, but she wants us all to wear silver shoes. I have seriously gone to 9 shoe stores today, including 2 specialty wide stores. My problem is that my feet swell so bad with fluid retention and they are fat and wide to begin with, that I can't cram my toes in to any style shoe. I buy men's shoes for regular wear in a sneaker or a hiking boot. But unless there is a specialty store where drag queens can by heels, I am at a loss! I ordered a pair of shoes online in a double wide and the toes didn't fit. If I cut off my pinky toe, everything would work, but I would still have the fat puff rolling over the top of the shoe. Just wanted to vent a little frustration. I found a pair of flats, ballet style shoes in silver but they cost me $75 and I just want to die for spending that much on a pair of shoes that I will probably only wear once. Anyone have puffy feet like me that knows of a good place to buy shoes?