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shoes, funky and cute shoes…

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 06:31:58 +0000

I’m always on the search for the new shoe in my life… Well, this Spring, wedges and platforms are still the rage, and since they are so comfy, I decided I needed another pair. Here is what I found on eBay…
Cute huh?

Shoe OCD strikes again…

admin — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 18:10:17 +0000

After having to return my wonderfully comfortable and stylish Harley Davidson boots [mfg. defect!] to Zappos.com, I have been fruitlessly ‘trying’ to find a nice, sharp looking pair of flat knee-high black boots for wearing with my skinny jean leggings and skirts. BUT I’m petite, actually HAVE a calf-muscle [thank you cycling and yoga] and so hard to find something that will zip up! I have almost given up. So… to placate my need for new footwear, I have found these crazy ass shoes on eBay:

The crazy thing is though that as I ‘trolled’ through the boots and shoes at my favorite online footwear store [www.endless.com] I came across these Sam Edelman platform booties on the right. At more than FIVE TIMES the price I paid on eBay!!!

Now the shoes that I bought are knock-offs [uh duh!] and come directly from the factory, BUT the reviews on eBay about the shoes and seller were very favorable. Let’s hope that eBay comes through and that these killer platforms live up to my expectations… If not, at least I didn’t spend $350 on them LOL!

I want…

admin — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:08:22 +0000

These faboo, sexy as hell shoes:

Nine West - Bronagh

Yummy… and they make me 5″ taller! Woo Hoo… I don’t have them yet, but give me time LOL ;D
They will be mine. Oh yes, they will be mine!

i think that i may be OCD…

admin — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 23:07:33 +0000

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 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!

vice shmice!

admin — Fri, 08 May 2009 23:09:38 +0000

I have given up many vices in my bid to lose weight and get myself healthy… Potatoes [my kryptonite!], rice, pasta, breads, dairy, chocolate, alchyhol and of course the biggest one of all – sugar.

Well, lately seems as if I replaced one major vice for another -> sugar for shoes. LOL!
So, not surprisingly when I stopped by Richmond Centre to pick up some tea from the health food store, I just had to stop by Aldo Shoes and picked up these spring/ summer sandals today – so cute! and I can show off my wicked cool, pewter metallic pedicure too – bonus =)

I also want these from Steve Madden shoes… so cute! and YES! very high… I love the platform. They are surprisingly comfortable and make me at least 5′4″ on a good hair day =)

I love shoes…

no new shoes for me…

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:35:36 +0000

Oh poo!

I didn’t get the job. I’m really really disappointed and more than a little shocked [as are most of the people in my office, who know me and my work, and of course, T].

It really sucks that my employers HR policy of ‘trying’ to hire from within wasn’t followed and an ‘outside’ applicant was hired instead. Yes, I could grieve the situation considering my workplace is a unionbased workforce, but really in the grand scheme of things, it would make my potential working situation worse and more uncomfortable than it may be worth. So… for now I plug along in my current position.

and sadly say goodbye to my Nico boots… I love you Nico boots, but for now, I must deny you the pleasure of being worn on my feet.

In other news… I’ve lost 8.5lbs in 2 weeks on my medically supervised diet! Yay for me! But today I have a nasty, hormone induced migraine and missed my weigh-in. Tomorrow I’ll go weigh in and hopefully will hit my mini-goal of 10lbs. My butt is shrinking, my belly is smaller and now I need to start toning up…

Anyhoo… I’m back to bed with my ice-pack [for my head] and heating pad [for my tummy] and will check in with you peeps in a day or so. Have a good one!

I covet…

admin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 19:00:59 +0000

These Fluevog shoes and boots…

and

Maybe if I get the new job I’ll splurge and buy one of these yummy yummy shoes… afterall, I can’t be wearing crocs at City Hall now can I? A perfectly rationale justification for new shoes I think [insert evil laugh here!]

I find out tomorrow about the job… and then will decide if new shoes are warranted. Wish me luck people. I WANT those boots!!