Cait needed some dressier shoes so we went to DSW today. I haven’t been there for a LONG time, well over a year. I confess to having entirely too many shoes. Absolutely guilty as charged, and in my defense, let me say that shoes are an important part of any fashion equation. A woman needs at least 3 styles of each basic colored shoes: 1) casual; 2) dressy; and 3) in between. For instance, you need a pair of basic black flats, a pair of at least 3 inch heels, then something like sandals for summer and boots for winter. Oh, that’s 4, well you get the picture.
Then, there are flip flops. A category unto themselves. I don’t know how many pair I own. I live in them as soon as it’s warm enough for my feet to be outside without a coat socks. All colors live in my closet and under my bed, eagerly saying, “Pick me!” every warm morning. So imagine my horror when reading through the Employee Handbook for the new firm to find that flip flops are not allowed! Seriously? Even my beautiful silver and leather JCrew ones? How about the patterned silk Steve Maddens? Surely you cannot mean these beauties are unacceptable? I get 2 to 3 pedicures each month during the warm months and always wear matching nail polish…..my feet are not misshapen and are free of corns and calluses. I do admit they could be tanner but you know how hard it is to really tan your feet.
So, I’ve just decided to take this matter in hand and sit down with the HR woman, Lynn, and stare earnestly into her eyes and say, “Lynn we need to talk about shoes.”
Oh, and I got 2 pair and Cait got 3. And I stood for a very long time in front of a pair of stunning evening shoes wondering if putting them on a shelf in the house would pass for art. If you can’t wear them, you should be able to at least look at them when you want. Perhaps on top of the cabinet in Cait’s bathroom?
Then, we spent 4 hrs trudging through Valley Fair trying to find a denim skirt for Cait that was more than 6″ long. Apparently, such an item does not, in fact, exist. Believe me, if a young woman is wearing a skirt of such design, she is going to need some sealing wax to avoid the exposure of her neather parts. You probably can’t find that, either.
March 7, 2010 at 3:35 pm |
I love shoes too (but flip flops caused me a long-lasting, recurring injury so I don’t wear them anymore). My mother (who also loves shoes and has a walk-in closet full of them) has a daily calendar with pictures of shoes of all kinds–wearable ones and ones made strictly for artistic purposes–and I love to look at it.
Good luck with the skirt purchase.
March 8, 2010 at 5:43 pm |
We have about decided to just cut off my denim skirt. I don’t wear it anymore and it’s long enough to adjust to any length Cait might find appropriate. I even tried the web……was teased by Target only to find the item was OUT OF STOCK!