Formal Introduction

I thought you should meet my shoes.

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My Christmas shoes.

I'm not sure where or if I'm going anywhere for New Year's Eve but I can assure you that these babies will be on my feet no matter what happens.

Hopefully I will go somewhere interesting before New Year's Day. If that happens, I will do an outfit post.  If not...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Thanks for hanging in there with me:)

I am so grateful that God thinks enough of me to wake me up and breathe life into me every morning. While I run around this place making a complete mess of things, he just laughs at me and grants me another day.  I don't take that for granted.

I pray for your safety, health and prosperty in The New Year!

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Don't You Hate One Sided Relationships?

I  present to you God's Not So

 Favorite Shoes!

I've been meaning to do this post for months now and just haven't gotten around to it. I pulled all of my "pretty" shoes that I love but somehow they don't  have love for  me!  I am pretty sure I bought each one of these shoes with the impulse to wear them to death but they had other plans apparently. For some reason the aesthetics of these beautiful creatures don't mix with my feet chemistry!

These studded suede booties are fabulous. I remember when I saw them in the store. I literally gasped! But it took me years to learn that stilettos are not healthy for all of this jelly! I  can NOT balance in them! I've developed an affection for platform heels over the years.

Those black patent leather wedges by Steve Madden literally have NEVER been worn. EVER. They are entirely too high and we all know that I am top heavy. Honey, I am leaning so far over when I put these on, you would swear that  I am about to kneel in prayer and pray to the East or something. Not a good look!

The purple ones are just too big for some reason and they flop. The crazy thing is that I vividly recall prancing around in the shoe store making sure they fit!

Now those Leopard Jessica Simpson Heels, I can tolerate. They are totally worth the pain. Plus they have the longest threshold before the big toe starts to throb. I am good in these heels for about 4 hours before I start thinking unclean thoughts:)

I recently read an interview where Victoria Beckham says that most of her shoes hurt her feet but she sucks it up. Me...not so much. Maybe it's the fact that my heels have a little more weight to carry than Victoria. I do know when to let it go though. I draw the line at wobbling in painful shoes. I hate seeing women not able to wear heels correctly! If I can't handle any heel, please believe that I will abort the mission!

Just because I can't handle the pain doesn't mean you can't. If you are interested in buying any of these....send me an email and let's work it out. I'm not willing to give up the Red Marc Jacobs or the Leopard shoes. Everything else is up for grabs! Most shoes have only been worn 2 times if at all and most come with the original box.

P.S....Kyla over at Blue Collar Catwalk has a similar deal going on over there:)

By the way, I wear sizes US 8 and US size 8.5

Ok, wait...I don't think I can give up the Blue/green/Aqua..whatever the hell color...Booties. They make me happy just looking at them. Maybe I'll just wear them to bed or places where I only have to walk 5 steps. It's your fault though...everybody kept leaving comments saying how fab they are. I had already set up an ebay account to sell them and everything but I can't let them go. Everything else...yes...except the Red Marc Jacobs and the Leopards! LOL. I need treatment.

God Would Approve

This post is strictly for "oooohing and aaaahing" purposes. All shoes found at Nordstrom.com.

Do I have any of these? No. Would I like a pair? Sure. Will I get them? No. Do I love them? YES YES YES!

As, Miranda from The Devil Wears Prada would say..."THAT'S ALL."

Proceed with your day:)

I Am Good! Part 2)

This was a busy weekend. There was my friend's wedding and my future mother in law's birthday. There was a common theme among both of them...I helped style both of them. Well, I sort of did...keep reading.

Let me start by saying that the older I get, I realize that I can do more than just teach ungrateful high students how to understand Romeo and Juliet...I actually like personal shopping for others and I enjoy the creative side of weddings.
First, my future mom n' law...aka "Mrs. Ball State University".

She turned the big 5-0 this weekend and looked fabulous doing so. A few months ago...well, alot of months ago, she had me tag along while she went shopping.

I encouraged her to enjoy the splendid treasures of Club Tar-Jay (Target) and she came out with a few cute pieces.

We found this beautiful Isaac Mizrahi Shirtdress under thirty bucks and she finally wore it on her birthday. She paired it with same strappy sandals and this bad azz blue/turquoise (never been that good with naming colors) handbag. Of course, I had something to do with forcing her hand to buy the purse.

Doesn't she look fab! Granted the handbag cost more than the dress but that's the beauty of fashion...to mix and match!

Whenever she gets tired of this look, she could have the sleeves taken off by a tailor, pop the collar tall and wide and throw on yellow accessories...BAM! A whole new outfit!

Also this weekend, a friend of mine got married. You may recall me saving the day by finding her wedding shoes for $40 at Nordstrom's. Well, the big day arrived and she looked FABULOUS in my creation (lol at "my creation).

She rocked the Apple Kiwi Green shoes with her wedding dress and it matched perfectly. I was the hostess and wore the green dress from the previous post. Of course, I forced her to showcase the shoes for my own personal gratification and selfish reasons. (insert evil laugh here) She wore her own dangling gold earrings and green bangles to give it a modern/eclectic look.

I also wanted to share with you her dress that she wore to her rehearsal the day before. We went to Marshalls's (of course) to pick out a dress for her bridesmaid. T, that's what we will call her...wanted to incorporate green into every aspect of her wedding.

We grabbed this beautiful green, silky dress off the rack for under $49. The goal was for the bridesmaid to wear the dress for the weddng but somehow it never made it past T. Go figure. T claims the dress belonged on her body thus she kept it.

She rocked the dress at the wedding rehearsal with a black braided belt from Urban Outfitters, pewter heels and of course her Mantilla Wedding veil. Hey...why not...get as much wear you can out of it right?

This dress actually wasn't the exact green she needed which also contributed to the bride wearing the dress for herself. I believe the dress was made by Donna Ricco, I will check with her and update if that is not correct.

Still a cute look. Simple, classy, flattering, chic and can be worn over and over again. This is how you have a chic and affordable wedding.

You need a personal stylist? A personal shopper? Hire me! You would be helping the economy and by "economy", I mean ME!

Lastly, I wanted to share this one photo of a guest at the wedding. I had to take a picture of Ms. Tonya because she rocked her curves to death! I love it when women aren't afraid to celebrate their shape and do it with confidence. Two things drew me to this outfit...The neckline she created with the bolero and the belt! Perfect! Don't be afraid of patterns, solid colors can be boring.

I am practicing what I preach by wearing more patterns this summer:) I kind of feel like Wulona from Good Times in this dress but the colors make me happy:)

Enjoy....Oh, Don't steal my pictures. If you must reference a photo, please reference my site or link back to this post. It's the right thing to do. Plus, I have a pact with God...let's just say you don't want to go that route:)

Will Work for Shoes!

If you wonder what my wedding dress looks like now that I've ordered it but can't post a picture yet. Jjust imagine the dress you think would go with these Fabulous Slices of Holiness and you will probably be right!

I won't dare post the price of this shoe. I would be too shame to even type the numbers knowing that I survive on a teacher's salary. Put it this way, these shoes are about 8 times more than my beautiful wedding dress. Better yet, the guests at the wedding will each have to take turns taking a picture WITH the shoe because there would be no food there to feed them to cover the cost of the shoe!

But, oh...how they would make me happy on my wedding day!! And would most definitely complete the whole ensemble. Simply beautiful!

The teacher in me will send you on a little scavenger instead. The shoes are Christian Louboutin's Bouqet Platforms. I can't very well post a link to everything...that would make you lazy...and make me feel a little less guilty about having to subject you to such an astronomically priced shoes!

Do you think Marshall's has the knock-offs of these? Probably not. Back to Zappos.com I go!

What I can post is the inspiration for my dress. This is from the now defunct tv show THE GAME. I got my dress before I saw this but let's just say, this picture makes me happy.

It is not the dress...I repeat...NOT the dress but definitely in the same family:) The search is officially over. The dress is ordered and on it's way:)

THIS IS ME...FOR RIGHT NOW...

I AM... excited to get out of Texas this week...Phoenix here I come!
I WANT... to pass my test that I took a few weeks ago...I get the results tonight (YIKES)
I HAVE... watched the Sex and the City movie about 5 times in the last two weeks! I can't get enough of it!
I WISH I COULD... have those Yellow/Gray shoes by LAMB that you see:)

I HATE... when people who can NOT sing lead the choir in a song. (Because I will laugh...I know, they are singing for the LORD, right:)
I DON’T THINK... everybody looks good in Spandex (LOL)
I LOVE... my Chuck Taylors!
I DANCE... to old school videos all the time. I was a video kid. I can still do the LL COOL J I'm BAD video...and I won a challenge to do so at a recent party! (what's up Robert Family!)
I SING... the Tejano's princess Selena songs Bidi Bidi Bom and Amor Prohibido really well! I kid you not!

I NEVER...have watched one Star Wars movie...ever..don't plan on it either.
I RARELY... wear flat shoes to work.
I CRY WHEN I WATCH... ANYTHING about a child being mistreated or harmed by idiot adults...it can be the news or a movie.
I AM NOT ALWAYS... serious...people seem to think I am because I have a pensive look all the time...I am thinking people! LOL

I HATE THAT … the Bush family is associated with Texas.
I’M CONFUSED ABOUT …people who don't evolve, change, and grow for the better over time and life experiences.
I NEED … a Dr. Pepper.
I SHOULD … be checking papers but I don't want to:)

* I got this wonderful idea from My Dream Ring.