DAMN YOU, sara! I just bought a pair of slingbacks: [link]
Luckily I talked myself out of these. [link]
but hahah! sara is now hooked on pedicures!
It's like, in the middle of all this, I'm paranoid that you'll think I don't like poetry.
Buffy ,'Empty Places'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Kat - Feb 13, 2009 5:11:09 pm PST #6420 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Jesse - Feb 13, 2009 5:18:01 pm PST #6421 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Can't beat a pedicure.
DavidS - Feb 13, 2009 5:21:57 pm PST #6422 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And the continued supply of cheap clothes is predicated on international trade, cheap fuel, and large companies that can buy/sell/produce in bulk.
Are those things going away? I thought that was the economy of the 21st century.
Dana - Feb 13, 2009 5:46:14 pm PST #6423 of 30000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I'm watching flea's coworker on Jeopardy!
Though I already know how it ends.
Strega - Feb 13, 2009 5:54:35 pm PST #6424 of 30000
Things don't look great for at least two of those elements.
On Feb. 11 the U.S. government announced that both imports and exports had plunged in December, continuing a trend that started in July. Since that midsummer peak, goods imports and exports are down by more than 25%. Imported goods, in particular, are now down to the level last reached in 2005. On the same day, the Chinese government reported even more dramatic figures. Measured on a year-over-year basis, shipments from China to the rest of the world are down 18%, while shipments into China are down 43%.
sarameg - Feb 13, 2009 5:56:03 pm PST #6425 of 30000
I like the second pair a lot (I prefer heels if I'm spending $$. Cheap comfortable flats are easy.)
I've only had ONE pedicure since you took me last. But I liked and my latest shoes are making my feet all ooky (not flues, I should note. It's just winter feet.)
Kat - Feb 13, 2009 5:59:50 pm PST #6426 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
sara, I just kid.
My previous black flats were Born and were about $65 or $70. They had to go because of the stink. So I am happy to pay a little more for shoes that are dressier but still flats. We'll see.
I do love heels. I just don't know if I $170 love them. Plus I have a black pair of mini pumps from fluevog that I wear all the time that are similar. Hence the talking myself out of them.
sarameg - Feb 13, 2009 6:07:45 pm PST #6427 of 30000
Yeah, I know. I like the concept of pedicures. The execution? Well, I am lazy and not of the people.
The really 'spensive shoes I only buy when a) someone else is paying (the red and lavender MJs that are just so FUN because otherwise I have no excuse) or b) serious comfy workhorse shoes (mini gorgeouses or the olive pair I have) that I know I'll wear forever. The minis broke a heel at something like 7 years out, but a trip to the cobbler should fix that. In some ways, they are old-school shoes, repairable. And weird enough they aren't dated. Just odd.
I don't like all fluevogs, but the ones I've bought are long term comfy shoes.
Kat - Feb 13, 2009 6:10:00 pm PST #6428 of 30000
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
I just bid on a pair of red and lavender minis on ebay. Something cheap, I think. But I wear read regularly.
Calli - Feb 13, 2009 6:12:17 pm PST #6429 of 30000
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
both imports and exports had plunged in December,
Hmm. Isn't December a big buying month? Or do things get imported and exported before then to meet an expected rush?