G's 30th Birthday Shoe Party

We threw G a shoe party! How fun is that? Who is totally jealous? The fabulous girls at ShoeFly (16 & U) provided the wine (and even champagne) and the hostesses with the mostess (S, T & N) were allowed to bring in chips and salsa (G's favorite) and cupcakes for the birthday girl! Seriously, does life get any better than girlfriends, shoes, wine, champagne and cupcakes? Just a little bit better, they also have the cutest (not to mention affordable) accessories too! I HEART ShoeFly and the girls who work there and birthday shoe parties and finally having someone to be 30 with me (well, ok for the next 3 weeks anyway).

While I very sadly did not get any shoes, lots of other girls did. G and N both got these adorable pumps that are also super sexy and comfortable! Tons of the shoes and ShoeFly are comfortable! Oh wait! And I almost forgot we got a discount too! Ok seriously...shoes, wine, discount, I'm pretty sure I have a new Mecca, move over DSW! OH AND, as if it could get better...ShoeFly is stumbling distance from my apartment!

ahhhh, pretty shoes in my comfort zone...I love my life!

Blast from the Past

Remember when you were in the 3rd grade and your mom made you wear a dress with smocking on the top and scratchy wool tights and you hated it becuase you just wanted to wear your "play clothes" (remember when you had play clothes?) so you could play soccer with the boys at recess? Well this weekend I was so excited to see the wool tights just like I wore in 3rd grade in grown up sizes! I snatched them up and was even more thrilled to find that they have improved from back then and are now soft and comfortable and stay up! Yay! When I put them on with my cordoroy skirt I felt like I was transported back to the 3rd grade, I felt so fun! And the best part is I didn't have to look like I was in the 3rd grade becuase I put on my fun sassy boots and a cute top and there you go, I looked casual and hip and I was warm too! I feel I have found my inner child or something all with a pair of wool tights! I almost want to go find a Polly Flenders dress, some Buster Brown shoes and go couples skating at SkateLand with Chad Lomax!

My Perfect Turkey Day Outfit

I am in LOVE with this new trendy, casual, but dressy enough cute look! It is the perfect Thanksgiving wear...short-ish skirt, sweater, tights and fuzzy boots! So cute, so sleek, so warm and fuzzy and yet not your usual jeans. I want to live in in. I want fun fuzzy boots for every outfit and sweaters to match them all and tights in all different patterns! And the best part, it is cute on everyone! I mean, maybe not your grandma, but pretty much anyone else, big small, young, mature. Last weekend I saw a little girl about 4 years old sporting my new favorite look and just wanted to squeeze the cuteness right out of her (which is saying alot for me, cuz usually I don't want much to do with 4 year olds)! And, dare I say it, this trend is even comfortable! Enjoy it while it lasts! I hope it it here to stay cuz I am already planning a x-mas version of the outfit as we speak!

Happy Turkey Day and more importantly, even happier day after Thanksgiving super sales shopping day!

I Spy with My Little Eye

This morning on my way to work I experienced a rollercoaster of emotions, pain, relief, horror, delight, you name it, I felt it all in the matter of a half hour.

My day began around 4am when I woke up with a terrible migrain (not the pain I speak of above) so by the time 8am rolled around, I had been up twice taking medicine and trying all of my home remidies. Meaning that when I finally got out of bed for good I was already exhausted and had little energy to put into my outfit. So I threw on some solid basics and some cute flats I rarely wear. As I stepped onto the street I was reminded why I rarely wear these adorable flats...they Kill (emotion = pain)! This helped me make up my mind to take the bus instead of walking (well that and the fact that the migraine was already making me a half hour late). I painfully limped the 2 blocks to the bus stop and dug around in my bag for an extra pair of shoes or anything I might find in there to help my already sore feet (yes, my bag is so big that I might have some shoes in there and not know it, back off!). I did not find extra shoes, but did find these heel grip things I'd picked up at CVS recently. I bought them becuase I had a pair of shoes that had stretched out and I thought inserting these things might help them stay on my feet. I eagerly tore open the package and inserted the little sticky pads onto the backs of my shoes. I cautiously put my feet back in them and stood up and the heavens seemed to open up and angels sang...ahhhhhhhhhhh (emotion = relief). Not only do these neat-O little pads (which cost me like $3 (if that) keep your shoes on your feet and provide a little padding, they prevent the heels from moving around and therefore stops your shoes from making blisters on your heels! GENIOUS!

As I'm strutting up and down the street feeling as if I've found the promise land (in the form of heel grips) I look up the street to see if the bus is coming...it is not, but what was coming was a tall, thin woman in a black trench coat, black panty hose and a pair bright orange crocks (emotion = horror)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG, she was already completely noticable being a lovely, tall, thin model type woman but then she went and took crocks to a whole new level of grotesque by pairing them with her black panty hose! Ug, I can't talk about it anymore, it is too upsetting, not to mention, drug me out of my heel grip enduced euphoria!

Luckily I quickly turned away so that she didn't see the look of horror on my face and kick my butt (emotion I forgot to mention = fear). And as I turned away my eyes fell upon a girl walking from the other direction. I actually have no idea what was going on above her waist becuase I was so drawn to what was going on below the knee. This adorable girl (well I'll assume the rest of her was adorable) had on a satin wine, purple and black diamond skirt with opaque black tights and little velvet, wine colored flats (emotion = delight)! OMG SO CUTE! I just wanted to run after her, ask her to be my friend, tell her how cute she looked and find out where she got her shoes. They were so festive, they would look so good with a pair of black skinny velvet pants for the holidays! Actually I was picturing the whole outfit, black velvet skinny pants and wine colored shoes on the tall, thin model type in the crocks when the bus came and I had to move on from my fantasy.

Ah well, at least two good things came out of my bad start to my morning...I HEART heel grips and my new mission to find the velvet wine colored flats. :)

I HATE White Tennis Shoes

I'm sorry, I just do. I know there is nothing wrong with them, that they can be found in most people's closets, and that everyone thinks "hey, they're neutral", but I just despise them!

Top 10 Reasons I Hate White Tennis Shoes:

1. you draw the attention right to your feet with your glaring white, clunky tennis shoes and if you are going to draw attention to your feet you want to have on something fabulous.
2. there are so many other tennis shoe options out there now, there is no need to go for the boring white, clunky tennis shoe
3. grey, tan, olive, blue, all can serve as a neutrals, they don't need to be white for them to go with everything
4. wear them a few times and now they are no longer glaringly white, now they are just noticiably dirty, which is why you should have gone ahead and bought grey anyway
5. you look like a nurse (not offense to nurses, but if you aren't working in a hospital, do you want to look like you are?)
6. they have no character
7. they are so anticeptic
8. they're so...Run DMC or something (not that I don't love me some Run DMC, cuz I do!), so early '90's.
9. white...november...enough said
10. THEY ARE JUST NOT CUTE!

These Stilettos Are Made For Voting

And that's just what they did! These are the pretty shoes I chose to vote in today, but I don't care what shoes you wear to the polls, just put 'em on and get out there and VOTE!

Fall Back

If typing had an equivalant to whispering that is what I would be doing right now. Becuase today's offender walks among us. She is right here in my office. She is my very own intern! Clearly it is time to move on from mentoring her in politics and begin her fashion education. Because girlfriend (who is actually quite fashionable in general) is wearing a sweater, a scarf and wait for it, are you ready, yes...flip flops! NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
She's a smart girl, she's a cute girl, how in the world has she not figured it out that if it is cold enough to not only wear a sweater, but a scarf indoors, then it is too freaking cold to wear flip flops. Here's an idea...I bet if she had on appropriate foot attire for the season she would not need to wear her scarf in the office.

If I've said it once I've said it a million times. Yes, I know they are comfortable, but again, so are my leopard print fuzzy slippers, but I don't wear them to work! Comfort is not an excuse! My cute, brown, suede flats with little sequins on them are not only adorable, but comfortable and get this, appropriate for the season! It is November, I just got back from CVS and the x-mas candy was out, it is 34 degrees - all very good signs that it is no ok to wear flip flops anymore (just incase her sweater and scarf were not enough of an indicator)!

I'm sure there are people who feel I'm being very mean spirited and will say something like "well maybe she isn't cold in flip flops". Whatever! Even if she isn't cold, that is only one factor to this faux pas. It is no longer flip flop season. Everyone would agree it was inappropriate if she were walking around in linen or a sundress.

I know it is hard, we all love our flip flops, we all mourn the end of summer, sunshine and BBQs. But we must come to grips with the fact that you MUST put away them away. There time has passed. We will miss you dear flip flops, you were good to us all summer, but the time has come for us to move on, we must pay attention to our knee high boots now. All your shoes deserve to be shown a little love. Goodbye flip flops, until next summer...