After looking for months for a cute and wearable sandal, I think I found it today: the Quelques Shoes de Plus suede flat wrap sandal available at No6 for $245. Now I just need to decide which color....
Runners-up in the sandal competition were:
the Quorra sandal from J.Crew $150 in mink
the Kork-Ease Ava sandal available at Urban $135
Belle by Sigerson Morrison gold twist sandal $240 at endless.com