NoShoeBloPoMo (Dear God, What IS this Acronym?)
Posted by Moose on November 6th, 2007. Filed under: Daily Happiness.My first word was “shoes.” I’m not even employing the ever-popular Blog Reality Edit for the sake of this post. I have two rather amused parents who can verify this episode in my young, mewling life: I pointed to my feet, opened my mouth (as yet untried in the formation of English speech), shouted “SHUZ!”, and haven’t shut up since.
My love for patent leather mary-janes has matured, insofar as the heels have gotten taller and I no longer wear them with lace-trimmed ankle socks. But I’m as relentlessly enamored of shoes as I was when I still struggled with the concept of putting food into my mouth rather than throwing it directly onto the carpet. (Yeah, THAT’S no longer a problem. These days, I’m more likely to get down on the floor to retrieve an errant bit of cheese.)
So when I learned about NoBloShoeMo (THERE’S the acronym), I realized that my all-consuming lust had an outlet. One that didn’t involve buying MORE shoes, and believe you me, I could fill up far more than 30 days with the toe cozies currently languishing in my closet. Though, if I recorded what I actually put on my feet each day, it would be 15 days of this and 15 days of this.
Lovelies like these only get trotted out once a month for three hours when I go out to dinner. Behold today’s entry:
I only paid $12 for them. Which makes me wriggle with glee every time I pull them off the shelf. And sound like a tool every time I wear them, because when someone compliments me on my embroidered feet, the first thing out of my mouth is “THEY ONLY COST $12!” – a form of bargain basement Tourettes that can only be cured with the careful application of these.
Yes, I think a pair of patent leather Christian Louboutins is just the ticket. Do you think my health insurance will cover that?
Join us. Join us at the venerable cult of shoes. And revel in the abundant display and appreciation of that which separates us from the monkeys.
(It’s true. It has nothing to do with evolution. Have you ever seen a monkey in high heels? That’s what I thought.)
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November 7th, 2007 at 7:20 am
Should I not be wearing lacey ankle socks at age 38? I thought they were back.
November 7th, 2007 at 8:26 am
Those are adorable! And only twelve dollars! I think I’d wear them every freaking day. I love them.
November 7th, 2007 at 9:49 am
OMG, “Blog Reality Edit” … I might have to steal that, cause Elise screams at me every time I do it and she should at least be screaming about something specific.
November 7th, 2007 at 10:14 am
Health insurance should totally cover shoes, because if I don’t have these $900 black Lanvin boots, I might just die.
Seriously.
November 7th, 2007 at 10:17 am
Those are so cute! And $12! I would brag, too. And gloat. But I really, really wish I hadn’t looked at the Louboutins, because not only are they exceedingly pretty, but now I’m hopelessly in love with the Jimmy Choo twist sandal on that website. So – will the cult help with the health insurance forms?
November 7th, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Okay now I didn’t know that we didn’t have to wear them. I’m such a dork. I think I do actually have 30 pairs of shoes. I’m going to go camera happy tonight in my closet
November 7th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
I’ve been trying to so hard to only snap pictures of shoes I’m wearing that actual day, which is an exercise in variety in and of itself, and good for mixing it up a bit. I’m the same way; I usually only wear three or four, or ten during any given month, but oh, the collection, it goes so much deeper. (Those green slides (are they technically slides?) are lovely.)
November 7th, 2007 at 2:24 pm
What do you mean, I was “rather amused” that your first word was “Shuz!” I was mortified! Your first word was supposed to be “Mama!”
November 7th, 2007 at 10:40 pm
All Adither: I think you can wear lacy socks at ANY age.
Superblondgirl: I admit, they do make me a bit giddy.
Krisis: My mother has a habit of calling me to say “THAT NEVER HAPPENED.” She’ll probably deny this too.
Jamie: I feel the exact same way. About Chloe, Bottega Veneta and Manolos.
Sunny: There’s a racket here somewhere, I can smell it.
Jhianna: Yeah. I’m not entirely sure on the rules myself. But I would seriously only be able to post two pictures all month if I stuck to what I actually wear.
Kerianne: I’m starting to wear more of my shoes out of pure, unadulterated guilt.
Mom: SEE. Denying things again.
November 8th, 2007 at 10:15 am
Hi! Just found you on Flickr. Love the shoes. And $12?! I’d be yelling that too!
November 9th, 2007 at 10:24 am
OK, when I move to SF in February, you really must take me shoe shopping. After three years of living in New York, then Europe, then New York again where I’ve had to walk EVERYWHERE, my stellar collection of stilettos has slowly depleted. And not working in Lucky anymore will be I’ll be living in a fashionally-oblivious abyss. Help! But yay for heels re-immersion! Yay for having a car, meaning I can wear cute shoes again! Maybe you should be a Personal Shoe Shopper. That would be a fun job, no?
November 9th, 2007 at 7:07 pm
I love these shoes. I WANT these shoes.
I have nothing to wear them with but it does not matter