September 26, 2005

warning: I am going to talk about shoes

So I set out today to cure my weekend bad mood, and wound up shoe shopping! Because, as everyone keeps pointing out, shoes don’t make you look fat! They make you feel less fat! And less cranky! Hooray!

I went six different places and tried on a hundred pairs of shoes (no, not really, but close). And I didn’t buy anything.

The problem is this: I am looking for a pair of flats with a pointy toe, which Clinton and Stacey swear will make my legs look longer. Do you have ANY IDEA how hard that is to find? Particularly in a season where the round-toed ballet flat is everywhere, looming on every shelf, making my ass look huge. How hard was it? Nearly impossible.

Fortunately, Nine West has this lovely pair (I want them in ‘camel’). But $70.00 seems like a lot of money for shoes I can’t run in. I don’t mean ‘run’ like ‘go jogging’, I mean ’sprint through the bookstore to catch my children before they go out into a parking lot by themselves and get run down by an SUV’. That kind of running.

There is also this pair, which are a pink ribbon fundraiser (nine percent of the purchase price goes to breast cancer research). Also $70.00, but nearly SEVEN of those dollars goes to cancer research! And they are pink! And sparkly! But I would do better to write a $70.00 check to the Komen Foundation.

In the end, I didn’t buy either pair. Because I don’t really need them, and it’s a lot of money, and they are about the least practical shoes in the world. Which is why I want them. Both pairs. Right now.

And this blazer to wear them with.

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4 Responses to “warning: I am going to talk about shoes”

1. September 26th, 2005 at 9:09 pm, adria Says:

   Check out SierraTradingPost.com for a good bargain on favorite name brand shoes.

   I have purchased most of my Earth shoes there.

2. September 27th, 2005 at 6:45 am, The June Cleaver Diaries Says:

   Thank you for being my personal shopper. I know my credit card is around here somewhere…..

3. September 27th, 2005 at 8:14 am, MamaChristy Says:

   Damn Clinton and Stacey! They can afford the clothes in NY but most of the rest of us cannot. While people end up looking good on that show, I simply cannot see spending $180 on a pleated skirt unless it will make me look like Gweneth Paltrow.

4. September 27th, 2005 at 10:09 am, M&Co. Says:

   Suz, the problem with pointy toed shoes is that my feet aren’t pointy.

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