still here, and a bit atwitter!

Oh, my dear shoe friends. How I have neglected you. I have my good intentions, but my motivation appears to be lacking. I even have photos loaded onto my computer, so I have no camera cord issues to blame. So I will pick this back up, skipping January, and starting February 1. 28 shoes in February! I can do it!

But first, I have to tell you of my great willpower that was completely rewarded by the shoe gods!

Yesterday, I met my friend Amy G for coffee, but first of course we met at the little thrift store by my house. They still have their shoe sale - all shoes $17. And what did I find on the racks? A pair of black suede Prada shooties in my size! Let me repeat: PRADA. Black suede. Shooties. IN MY SIZE. FOR $17!!!

Kittens, I cannot believe I am typing this, but: I passed them up.

You know, now that I see it in black and white, I think perhaps that was an extremely foolish decision. Amy G certainly thinks so. They weren't perfectly comfortable, and were a bit worn. I was feeling virtuous. Because I still covet gray shooties, not black ones. (still: PRADA!)

I've written about these more times than I can link, I think. I specifically covet these shoes from Naya, which is an eco-friendly offshoot of Naturalizer.
But they have been $165. There have been times I could have snagged them around $100. And there was one day they were on sale on some random website for $66, but I still couldn't do it. I've never tried them on, and the $66 were final sale, so what if they actually suck? But I still cyber stalk them. I google search them, check out ebay (there is a pair in my size for sale on ebay for $100, but in black leather), and look around for them at least every other day.

So last night, I did my google search and scanned the results and a sale notice caught my eye. I clicked on the link, and lo and behold, it took me to the Naturalizer website. These have been sold out on the Naturalizer website since before Thanksgiving! But there they were again, for $50, in two sizes, 7.5 and 9. AND, last week Naturalizer sent a coupon code for 20% off! DUDE! $40!! SCORE! Naturalizer shoes tend to run large, and so I snapped up the 7.5, though some of the reviews said these shoes ran small. It might be a bust, then, but this also might work out remarkably well. (And they only had one pair in 7.5 - after I bought my pair, that size disappeared off the website.)

My shoe denial earlier in the day rewarded me with my coveted gray shooties! Wohoo! Stay tuned and in just a few days I'll be able to tell you how it worked out.

(but still: was I totally foolish in passing up the prada shooties? Hmmm.)