Simon Weitzman

Stuart Weitzman, you mean?

Yeah, I think Simon Weitzman is a Nazi shoe hunter.

The New Orleans corset, at $300 and change, is the single most expensive item I've ever owned (though still, I'm positive, at least a hundred less than a comparable corset at Dark Garden would be), but it's incredibly well-made and if childbearing doesn't throw my torso completely out of whack it should last approximately forever, or at least until I look really sad and stupid and attempting-to-recapture-lost-youthly-pathetic wearing it, at which time I can sell it on eBay or whatnot and probably get my entire investment back, plus interest.

Other than that, the vast bulk of my clothing hovers costwise in the teens-30s, with a few vintage items in the 50s or above. And shoes. Which I mostly buy for cheap, but usually for cheap at Nordstrom Rack, which means $30-50 shoes that are actually $90-150 shoes at heart, and are as long-lasting and as gentle and loving to the feet as their pricier brethren. The last super-cheap pair of shoes I bought at a big shoe warehouse, I actually had to throw away after one day and hobble home barefoot, they were so cruel. I will never, ever do that to my feet again.

BWAH! Oh, that's me, Hec. That is ME (when his father gets home and I can run and hide for an hour).

I have narrow heels, high arches, and the ball of my foot is rather wide, so pointy toed shoes are out. Also a lot of the shoes that fit most of my foot are loose at the heel. Add to that my right foot is smaller than my left by just enough that if the shoes fit on my right foot they end up rubbing blisters on my left.

damned thing is heavy when empty. Full of stuff?

That's what I don't like about Coach. The leather is so sturdy that they are very heavy.

You'd think I'd know his name after giving him $500! *doh*

Oh....on the $100-plus clothing, I'm not even considering the Victorian stuff I have that I use for reenactments. Most of that stuff was over $100 in materials alone. I have a mourning dress, day dress, work dress, ball gown, and capelet. As well as various underthings, gloves and bonnets. None of those was over $100, tho.

It is very true; the thick leather that makes Coach durable makes it heavy. On the other hand, the things I can do to microfiber shouldn't happen to a bag from Target. (Which they do, regularly.)

Damn. I need a new purse. Although not in shocking pink.

Cindy has a new tag, and I am back in Ann Arbor.

Time to get a Master's.

But first, lunch. My little sister packed it for me.

The only cheap shoes that I still love to wear are Aerosoles. Love love love those squishy flexible soles, although now I have to put gel heel cups in them.