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well, that’s what a few people I know are thinking right about now.  I’m pretty sure they are convinced that I’m OCD and I think I’m beginning to believe it myself… I’m obsessed with two things at the moment [well, 3 if you count counting ounces of veggies and proteins an obsession!] – shoes and spray paint.

Obsession No. 1 – Sugar for Shoes

I have posted in the past about my obsession with shoes. “I gave up Sugar for Shoes” is my new mantra and motto.  Since my Dr. B diet began, I have been severely sugar deprived. Absolutely NOTHING white in my diet is allowed except cauliflower. Woo hoo exciting… NOT! So, I blame my sugar for shoes conversion purely on the lack of sugar in my blood stream and my inability to completely shake free of it’s deliciously sweet, tasty, fattening grip.  If I had a personal logo hanging about my head/neck, it would contain the tagline below.

” She gave up Sugar for Shoes”

Nine West ICEAGE 'Shootie'

This is sad. and yes, I know it. But come on, its shoes not heroin! And ladies, you KNOW how you feel when you see a lovely pair of heels just daring you to walk away from them [or in my case, click away] and leave them on the shelf/auction. Unbought and unloved… I’m doing them a favor buying them LOL! Yes, yes… I know I’m delusional <sigh> but what can I say, I’m sugar deprived and need to fill that tasty void in my diet with tasty shoes for my feet =)

Here is my latest obsession target, spotted last night at the mall while out with my hubby.  The Nine West ICEAGE bootie. Are these not the hottest, coolest looking boot/shoes [aka 'shooties'] you’ve seen? LOVE THEM. I must have them. They must come home with me. But I’m NOT paying $225 for them. Nope… I will be patient. I will bide my time and will wait until some seller on eBay lists them, in a size 6.5 or 7 if you please, in gray and at a reasonable $100-125. Here is a pic of them. Aren’t they fun?

BONUS: The will make me 5′5″ with the platform sole and heel combined! Yay… a few extra inches never hurt anyone, especially a shorty like me!

Obsession No. 2 -  Spray art/graffiti/stencilling

Kylon H20 spray paint

Yep… The class I signed up for has started [today is Week 1] and I’m pretty much focussed on what spray inks/paints I’m buying this weekend, setting up a ’spray table’ outside so I don’t pollute my house [and bodies of those I'm living with] with fumes and toxic-junk, picking up cool found ’stencils’ and building a Art Journal/Spray Journal portfolio. I’ve stencilled and created abstract backgrounds for years… but the addition of spraypaint is new and has hugely exciting possibilities.

• I plan on taking the weekend OFF the computer and abandoning eBay for a few days.
• I plan on incorporating the graffiti/spray art in my canvas giclees and in my mixed media collages.
• I plan on creating funky backgrounds and sprayed textures that could be used as digital/hybrid media in scrapbooking, paper arts and collage. More on that later…
• I plan on spending tomorrow cleaning my house and doing all the usual domestic weekend chores so that I can spend the following 4 DAYS I have off work playing with spray paint, acrylic paint and paper in my backyard!
• Then… I plan on scanning a bunch of my experiments with spray paint and sharing them with you. Here. Sometime next week.

Well, that is my plan. Let’s just see if my obsessive personality had handle a few days NOT shoe bargin-hunting on eBay and if I can just feed one obsession at a time LOL! I am a pretty damn proficient multi-tasker so doing both are definitely within the realm of possibility, but a few days not shopping and swapping sugar for shoes is probably a good thing. Maybe I can swap sugar for spray[paint]? I think that is an excellent compromise. Yay me! and boo sugar!