Wednesday, February 27, 2019
Ab's IshShoes: Pair 47- From Mexico to Mardi Gras
Ab's IshShoes: Pair 47- From Mexico to Mardi Gras: I bought these in May of 2017 because I needed travel shoes. I think these are perfect airport boots, comfortable to walk in, easy on and o...
Pair 47- From Mexico to Mardi Gras
I bought these in May of 2017 because I needed travel shoes. I think these are perfect airport boots, comfortable to walk in, easy on and off and I will wear them with anything to do anything.
Climbing a pyramid.
Climbing a pyramid.
I don't have a picture of the wedding outfit black, cold shoulder lace sun dress and boots on the beach I think it was debatable as to whether or not that was normal behavior. On the way to the wedding I stopped to look at a cute, floppy, beachy hat. I tried it on and I thought it was darling but I asked my husband what he thought...he said "I think it's a point away from a witch costume". OK then, I suppose sometimes I need to be reeled in a little. :)
They were my wear all of the time, with everything, go to, fall back on, sometimes summer boots but Mardi Gras 2018 pretty well finished them off. I believe they first got soaked at the NYX parade (this years is tonight) and stayed soaked all week the insides started to peel out.
Wear- One millllllliiionnnnn (kidding, I have no idea but they did not live very long... they may still be around somewhere)
Recent Wear- NA
Purchased- May 20th 2017
Cost $19.99 (on Amazon Smile)
Comfort 8 (made by Soda)
Pair #47
Tuesday, February 26, 2019
Pair 46.0 & 46.5- Muse Shoes
Today I am going to live vicariously through the excitement of vacations past. If 2019 wasn't winning in it's quest to crush me I might be headed to New Orleans for Mardi Gras (a favorite thing). As life would have it I still can't breathe very well, my 19 year old kitty cat needs me to feed her or she doesn't eat enough to sustain herself and my friends had other plans (not that I am normally above traveling on my own).
In 2015 I finally had the opportunity to scratch "Go to Mardi Gras" off of my bucket list and what I learned in a few days was that a few days is not enough, once is not enough and in the days before I headed to NOLA, there was a parade with an all female crew, that gives out hand decorated shoes and there was a parade with an all female crew that gives out hand decorated purses. In both cases only to a lucky few.
In 2016 I missed it again. I just did not have the time. I missed Muses (shoe girls) and NYX (purse girls) for a second year.
In 2017 I had a week off and I got there in time to see part of the NYX parade. A sweet local girl gave me an eye glass case that she caught. I was so excited...because I am basically a really old 4 year old and it was cool. The next day I prepped all day (like I was going to prom) for the Muses parade then I was off to see the Muses and hope one of them saw me! .
I lugged my "costume" 1200 miles. My husband asked me why, for the time and money, I did not just make a shoe...well that's not the point! (although I may do that this week)
Someone on the first vehicle to go by in the parade took a picture of me!!! I thought that was a good sign but he may have been the last person to see me at all. I really worked for a shoe and one flew past my head but it was not for me. In the end I did get a shoe...with the help of a refrigerator sized man that kept standing in front of me...really the Muses could not see me to decide for themselves if it was my year. He handed me that shoe and I was sort of ummm nuh ah kind of stuttering happy. YAY!!!
Her name is Trixie and she is beautiful :)
Coincidentally she looks like she could be related to my homemade, hand bedazzled shirt :)
Trixie among other parade toys... including the awesome eye glass case from the sweet local girl.
My BF donated a hat to my outfit. I painted it then I had to wear it on the plane because it did not fit in my carry on luggage and I think the paint was still a little wet.
I did not think I had a picture of the outfit! I found one. Yay (again)! The parade theme was Doctor Seuss, I did not know that in advance.
(heads up ummmm when people hate you, delete and block you on FB photos they took and tagged you in go bye bye too, so save them as you get them if you want them because you never know)
In 2018 some friends took me to Mardi Gras for the whole week. It was an awesome situation with such nice people and I did ALL of the parades! (All of the big ones, that happen the last week, that I knew about)
I got a crazy amount of stuff that week because... well most people have the good sense to get out of the rain but I do not and it rained a lot. Torrential down pours, dumping water out of my shoes and ringing out my socks did not slow me down and when you are one of the only die hard crazy people at a parades ...well...you get stuff. My boots were wet for a week, therefore so were my feet. I tried to blow dry the boots but they never got completely dry and they would immediately get wet again. I had plastic bags around my feet, I ruined the shoes, and I don't know how a week worth of little damp feet didn't make them sick. lol
Day 1- I got 3 purses at the NYX parade! It was pouring and I was happy. Wet shoes for the rest of the week...worth it.
Day 2- Muses. I made a friend that was hanging out near where I was watching parades. We did the "where are you from originally" thing and 15 minutes later decided we may actually be kin :). She got a Shoe!!! It was as much fun to see her get a shoe as it is to get a shoe.
Parade float.
As the parade ended and I watched my chances at a shoe roll away...and debated running around the block to catch a few floats coming up the other side then a kind soul handed me a shoe. Apparently I looked sad and it was more fun to make me smile than to put a shoe on the piano. I call her Charity. Isn't she beautiful?!? (That's rhetorical)
Home with all of her friends and the reigning shoe, hanging out on her stand in the back ground. The Blue purse on the little table is my favorite form NYX. Believe it or not we donated about 75 lbs of stuff to charities but I still needed and extra suitcase to get home.
I am not sure if I like these or the Jimmy Choos better...no it's these... definitely these.
In 2015 I finally had the opportunity to scratch "Go to Mardi Gras" off of my bucket list and what I learned in a few days was that a few days is not enough, once is not enough and in the days before I headed to NOLA, there was a parade with an all female crew, that gives out hand decorated shoes and there was a parade with an all female crew that gives out hand decorated purses. In both cases only to a lucky few.
In 2016 I missed it again. I just did not have the time. I missed Muses (shoe girls) and NYX (purse girls) for a second year.
In 2017 I had a week off and I got there in time to see part of the NYX parade. A sweet local girl gave me an eye glass case that she caught. I was so excited...because I am basically a really old 4 year old and it was cool. The next day I prepped all day (like I was going to prom) for the Muses parade then I was off to see the Muses and hope one of them saw me! .
I lugged my "costume" 1200 miles. My husband asked me why, for the time and money, I did not just make a shoe...well that's not the point! (although I may do that this week)
Someone on the first vehicle to go by in the parade took a picture of me!!! I thought that was a good sign but he may have been the last person to see me at all. I really worked for a shoe and one flew past my head but it was not for me. In the end I did get a shoe...with the help of a refrigerator sized man that kept standing in front of me...really the Muses could not see me to decide for themselves if it was my year. He handed me that shoe and I was sort of ummm nuh ah kind of stuttering happy. YAY!!!
Her name is Trixie and she is beautiful :)
Coincidentally she looks like she could be related to my homemade, hand bedazzled shirt :)
Trixie among other parade toys... including the awesome eye glass case from the sweet local girl.
My BF donated a hat to my outfit. I painted it then I had to wear it on the plane because it did not fit in my carry on luggage and I think the paint was still a little wet.
I did not think I had a picture of the outfit! I found one. Yay (again)! The parade theme was Doctor Seuss, I did not know that in advance.
(heads up ummmm when people hate you, delete and block you on FB photos they took and tagged you in go bye bye too, so save them as you get them if you want them because you never know)
In 2018 some friends took me to Mardi Gras for the whole week. It was an awesome situation with such nice people and I did ALL of the parades! (All of the big ones, that happen the last week, that I knew about)
I got a crazy amount of stuff that week because... well most people have the good sense to get out of the rain but I do not and it rained a lot. Torrential down pours, dumping water out of my shoes and ringing out my socks did not slow me down and when you are one of the only die hard crazy people at a parades ...well...you get stuff. My boots were wet for a week, therefore so were my feet. I tried to blow dry the boots but they never got completely dry and they would immediately get wet again. I had plastic bags around my feet, I ruined the shoes, and I don't know how a week worth of little damp feet didn't make them sick. lol
Day 1- I got 3 purses at the NYX parade! It was pouring and I was happy. Wet shoes for the rest of the week...worth it.
Day 2- Muses. I made a friend that was hanging out near where I was watching parades. We did the "where are you from originally" thing and 15 minutes later decided we may actually be kin :). She got a Shoe!!! It was as much fun to see her get a shoe as it is to get a shoe.
Parade float.
As the parade ended and I watched my chances at a shoe roll away...and debated running around the block to catch a few floats coming up the other side then a kind soul handed me a shoe. Apparently I looked sad and it was more fun to make me smile than to put a shoe on the piano. I call her Charity. Isn't she beautiful?!? (That's rhetorical)
Home with all of her friends and the reigning shoe, hanging out on her stand in the back ground. The Blue purse on the little table is my favorite form NYX. Believe it or not we donated about 75 lbs of stuff to charities but I still needed and extra suitcase to get home.
I am not sure if I like these or the Jimmy Choos better...no it's these... definitely these.
I missed a free Bahamas trip that would have helped with with my seasonal misery. I even wondered if it might have helped my breathing issue and now I am about to miss Mardi Gras (that is just joy) but my breathing would not permit the hard work that is parading (lol) and my beautiful little girl kitty "George" (as in "I will name him George, and I will hug him, and pet him, and squeeeeeze him") is 19 years old and not feeling well. She needs me so even if the stars had aligned so that I could have gone I could not leave her. She is worth it ...even if she takes me down with her.
This is George (on a better day) the tiny little kitty that rescued me...in a Pet Smart.
In celebration of my lost winter sanity retreats I may turn up the heat, find a palm tree and waves to play on the computer, sit in a bathing suit, on top of a pile of beads from Mardi Gras past, drinking a hurricane (and if I survive that a strawberry daiquiri) while decorating an old shoe and petting the cat.
Wears 0 (not intended for wearing)
Purchased/Received- February 2017 and February 2018
Cost... It depends do I count airfare and costume supplies???
Comfort N/A
Pair #46a &46.5
Tuesday, February 19, 2019
Pair 45- Indoor Outdoor Slipper Boots???
I'm not sure if these are intended for indoor or outdoor use... or if they even actually fit me.
I feel wobbly in them.
My friend bought them (once upon a time) and they did not work for her so she sold them to me at a discount.
Sixteen (ish) years later I decided they were perfect with my onesie Grumpy Cat PJ's that I wore to "Pajama Game Night"...though no one wore actual pajamas... except me and I'm not 100% sure my onesie is PJ's... maybe it's a costume that I sleep in.
Look how Fluffy they are...
They were made for Grumpy cat PJ's...
They remind me of my cat!
Her name is George...
She is a little Grumpy too.
The Boots
The Outfit
Kitty Kitty
I love Steve Madden... and Kitties.
Wear 4 or 5
Recent Wear- February 9th 2019
Purchased- Circa January 2003
Cost 20 ish
Comfort 6-7
Pair #45
Thursday, February 14, 2019
Pair 44- For the Love of God
They say "Privileged" on the inside bottom...privileged to get out in tact or privileged not to have to wear them again.
I could not even leave them on my feet long enough to get a picture when I came home because OMG! They are officially a shelf decoration, they hurt up me all the way up to the bottom of my rib cage. I was walking like a toddler with under developed legs, wearing moms high heels.
Since I did not get a good picture I found a stock photo on the internet in a different color so you can see how truly cute they are but OMG!
The actual boot does not hurt the actual foot so I am not sure how this works out but just OUUUUCH no joke all the way up to my rib cage.
I think I bought them last year. I was out shopping and I was so proud when I walked out of the store without 2 pairs of boots I liked then I came home...and had to find them online... and ended up buying 3 pairs instead of 2. So much for proud. If I am not mistaken these were the 3rd. I shall refer to them as "For the Love of God".
Wear #2
Recent Wear- February 14th 2019
Purchased- Circa January 2018
Cost 40???
Comfort Ummm 5 AND like Negative 4.6
Pair #44
Tuesday, February 12, 2019
Pair 43-The Furry Orange Boots
Gold meh.
Colorful meh.
Coming from China meh.
Cheap, odd shade of orange, half calf, faux fur, smelled like unidentifiable chemicals , ordered on ebay (from a seller with 98.7% feedback), coming from China (eventually), with what appear to be 80's gold fashion earrings hanging on them AND we have a WINNER!
(Wear One) I walked into a party wearing these boots and the photographer turned around and took a picture of my feet because well look at them. There was also a flat tire incident in the 5 degree weather on the way to that party. (which is why there are tire changing boots in the trunk).
(Wear 2) I wore them to work a couple of years later...
(Wear 3) ...And February 2019 I wore them to work and it snowed and the car door froze shut... soooo... there was a bar near by... anyway it snowballed from there, one thing let to another, daddy had to come get me (yes I am 45) and the boots self destructed. :(
Imma fix-em 😆
Colorful meh.
Coming from China meh.
Cheap, odd shade of orange, half calf, faux fur, smelled like unidentifiable chemicals , ordered on ebay (from a seller with 98.7% feedback), coming from China (eventually), with what appear to be 80's gold fashion earrings hanging on them AND we have a WINNER!
(Wear One) I walked into a party wearing these boots and the photographer turned around and took a picture of my feet because well look at them. There was also a flat tire incident in the 5 degree weather on the way to that party. (which is why there are tire changing boots in the trunk).
(Wear 2) I wore them to work a couple of years later...
(Wear 3) ...And February 2019 I wore them to work and it snowed and the car door froze shut... soooo... there was a bar near by... anyway it snowballed from there, one thing let to another, daddy had to come get me (yes I am 45) and the boots self destructed. :(
Imma fix-em 😆
Wear #3
Recent Wear- February 1st
Purchased/Received- January 2014
Cost 1 Dollar + 19.99 Shipping
Comfort 7
Pair #43
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