…so of course it’s about shopping and shoes (with a hint of husky) :)
Wore my black Steve Madden Makel’s today – let me say again how much I LOVE these shoes!! This is my first time wearing the black version.
It’s another warm day today (been a glorious week weather-wise if you are not a fluffy husky) so I wanted to wear another dress. Chose a semi-work-y black (that magically doesn’t collect husky fur!!) dress. Semi-work-y means I could totally wear it shopping or to Napa as well :)
With it, I decided to wear my black strappy Makels with it for a little extra zing (versus wedges or a more conservative shoe.) Not only did I get extra cuteness but these really are comfortable. And considering they are 4+ inch heels – that’s saying something!
So if you are in the market for a cute, sexy strappy heel – seriously check out the Steve Madden Makel! They have black, a pinky-fuschia color and cobalt blue. I can attest they are all great colors in real life :) The only caveat to wearing any of them is you MUST make sure your toes are cute. Bad pedi/toes in cute shoes – not good. French pedi is best with any of these colors in my humble opinion….
Plus – black is on sale at Endless right now!! And really…who doesn’t need another cute black shoe :)
I’ll take the black/pink version in a 7.5 :)
I saw these online a couple months back and loved them. Then saw a pic of Jennifer Aniston wearing them and they are soooooooo cute! Ridiculously pricey for a pair of wedge sandals but I still covet them :)
Bottega wedge
I looked and looked to see if they ever went on sale but they seemed to sell out before any went on sale (Barney’s put them up for sale for a split second but in a different color.)
I bought these instead:
Report Signature Lucie 2 Platform Raffia Sandals
Much more reasonable :) Less than 10% of the cost of the Bottega wedges. Not all that similar *really*…but I already have a few pairs of wedges (of course not as awesome as those BVs!!) so I went with a heel instead.
Wearing them today. Pretty darn cute if I do say so myself :) Of course…she looks cuter (damnit!!)
Jennifer Aniston looking cute in the BVs
I have been wanting these for 2 years. They were not made for the US market originally but looks like TR got smarter and realized girls love pink here…oh boy….I *WILL* get these…must find good deal somehow…
True Religion - pink rainbow Joeys...
They will make friends in my closet with my sunshine and earth rainbows :)
Must find these in my size…preferably not at full retail (or my friend Helen will defriend me!)
Oh my…they lowered the price AGAIN! Says only 1 more left in stock…and even cheaper at Amazon (who owns Endless – wha?)…what’s a girl to do…
This bag really isn’t my normal style but the leather just looks so luscious and soft…makes me want to own it! :) And it’s *ONLY* $2,395 (plus tax of course) Such a bargain ;-) I’d still take my Jimmy Choo Ramona (and really the Judith Leiber cupcake as well) but this one is quite the fantasy bag…maybe deserves a trip to Stanford Shopping Center to see if Neiman’s has it so I can hold it :)
Had trouble deciding on which shoes to wear today! The reason this is funny is because I used to have no black/dark shoes to fit this category – open toe heels but not sandals/wedges. Husband would looks at my shoes and say “How can you need *another* pair of black shoes??” Well simple, there are:
Work Pumps – high (4″+)
Work pumps – low (-4″)
Pumps – dressy
Flats – casual
Flats – work dress
Wedges
Flip-Flops (don’t even count)
Strappy high heel (more of a sandal) – going out/dressy
Strappy high heel – casual/work acceptable
Peep toe pumps – dressy
Peep toe pumps – casual/work acceptable
Casual but not too casual heel to wear with capris or skirts – work
F Me Pumps (see bottom of page for these…)
There are probably more I haven’t listed. But this is your basic black shoe list (and brown shoe list if you are like me.)
So I have purchased a few pairs of shoes this year to try and fill out some of these categories. And after doing so – I found myself debating WHICH pair to wear today instead of lamenting that “I had nothing to go with this outfit!” YAY!
Outfit = simple one. Pair of Seven For All Mankind A pocket jeans – (sparkly butt to go w/my new Edward Cullen poster ;) )
7's sparkle :)
Plus white lace tank top under a gray J. Crew cashmere short-sleeved cardigan. Now which shoe…
Steve Madden Makel - black
or
Guess Nevel - pewter
I wanted an open-toe shoe so as not to wreck my pedicure! Plus it is summer. I love them both and both went with the my outfit…
So after walking around the house while I finished getting ready I chose the Steve Maddens as they were a bit more summery/open. And good thing I didn’t walk out of the house with 1 of each on like I *almost* did!! Because then I would have to take this lunch break to go buy a matching pair of shoes at the mall instead of write this :)
And of course explain once again to my husband why I needed *another* pair of black shoes…silly boys…
Like these (that I WILL have someday!)
Christian Louboutin Very Prive Peep-Toe Pumps - Suede
Oh…and these from the 2009 Fall Collection:
HOT!!!!!!! But I want the burgundy/black combo please :)
They arrived! And are HOT! Awesome thing about endless.com and zappos.com – they ship overnight so it’s *almost* instant gratification :)
Cannot wait to wear them!
Cuh-Ute!!
Two for the show, Three to get ready, Now go, cat, go….(imagine that with a cool, young Elvis singing it!)
Who knew cobalt blue was THE color for the summer and fall?? Apparently many others – just not ME! I failed in learning this information earlier. Fashion fail (flogging may commence.) So I pulled the trigger.
They are *very* versatile – will go splendidly with black, brown, gray (the new black for fall) plus various other non-neutrals. And really…I will look HOT in them! :)
You can do anything but lay off of my blue suede shoes...
I really should eat outside at lunch…and not e-shop :) This is what happens when the weather doesn’t cooperate!
I went to bed last night in a bad mood. And sure seemed to have woken up in an even worse one. I woke up at 5:00am due to Storm needing to go out. Apparently he got a hold of something yesterday that did not agree with his tummy :( After that I was awake. But I just did not want to go out for a doggie walk yet so I climbed back into bed. This is actually very strange for me. Normally, once I’m awake – I’m up. But I just wanted to be under the covers. Plus it was still basically dark out and all wet and misty and cold – typical NorCal coast summer. Blech.
When I finally dragged myself out of bed, I took the buds on a beach walk. This always puts me in a better mood. Any walk with the buds usually does. But notsomuch today. Was pretty darn cute when Angelus waded out into the harbor and a seal popped up about 3 feet away from him and jumped up and out of the water. He was totally playing with Angelus! Very cute. Angelus wanted to go in after him! Luckily he was on leash. I would have loved to get a picture of this but it was so misty and wet out, no way I was taking my iPhone out of my pocket.
Getting ready for work I was determined to try and improve my mood so I piled on the pink. Just call me Andie today…And I just got my bracelet back yesterday from being repaired. So I have my pink bracelet back too!
But the day is still sucking. Not entirely sure why my mood is horrible. Lots of stuff racing through my head but that’s normal. Really is unlike me to stay down. Even when I am in a bad mood – I can box it up and away to be happy about other things going on around me. But today seems immune to that.
As I type this, I am eating my lunch so hopefully that will help my mood? But since it’s not macaroni and cheese or a cheeseburger with fries – seems unlikely. But the reduced fat Filet of Sole frozen entree from Trader Joe’s is pretty tasty – I’ll give it that (for what it is…it’s no City Hall mac&cheese…) I’ll be hungry in an hour or so (190 calories? Yeah, starving in an hour!) but that’s pretty much the case no matter what I eat. One of the girls that works here saw my lunch and said “that’s a small-sized lunch” and giggled as she made her big bowl of noodles and Chinese food. Yeah…thanks….
I didn’t even want to window e-shop while I ate. I should probably be checked for a fever or a tumor…:) I did see these beauties thanks to @shoesmitten on twitter – HOT! I SO need these:
Christian Louboutin Candy Lace & Patent Spike Pump - HOT!
…well, “need” might be the wrong word…but DESIRE, COVET and the ever popular DROOLING OVER all seem to work ;)
Ok, done eating. Sometimes think just writing out (like in a diary when you were a kid!) can help. We’ll see! Back to work…
