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Still on shoes

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Now that spring is here, it’s time to put away the boots – and look for some new shoes. Remember what I told you last time about women and shoes? Exactly! And that’s why I don’t have a guilty conscience when I go shopping new shoes, hehe. I already saw very cool high heels – although it’s a little early to wear those; I guess I will have to wait until summer. But it doesn’t have to be high heels, of course; there are also really great sneakers I thought about buying when I saw them in the store.

Well, I still haven’t decided – that’s the problem when there’s such a great variety. But of course I prefer this kind of „problem“ over any other real problem… The keyword here is “first world problems”, don’t you think?

Genetic shopping

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I think there are two things no woman can have enough: shoes and purses for women. I don’t know what it is – maybe it is in our genes; something that must lie on the x-chromosome…

I’m really not an addicitve person – but when it comes to those before mentioned objects I am like every other woman I know. You just can’t have enough shoes – there’s boots, high heels and so many more for every occasion. And it’s the same with handbags: I mean after all, they have to fit all your different outfits and styles.

So maybe this is an explanation: every piece of clothing more we have means at least one pair of shoes and two handbags more that we need. Hehe, but maybe this is more an excuse than an explanation…

Choose wise!

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At the moment I am having difficulties finding the right shoes. I got some very nice summer shoes (from Fred Perry, just to give one example) and I got my super-warm and comfy winter boots. But I feel like I’m missing shoes for the time between winter and summer (some used to call it spring…).

I do own warmer shoes for this transition period indeed – but unfortunatley it proved that they have a very bad quality; and although they are not very old, they already look totally ripped up… Well, at least they weren’t too expensive. But it’s annoying nevertheless. Because now when I go out I always have to decide: looking sexy and be cold – or not freezing, but in change looking a little clumsy…

Rejoice!

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Winter is coming. Although many people are getting sad that now the shorter, darker days begin again, there’s also a reason to rejoice: You can wear beautiful boots again.

Of course you can also wear boots in summer, but sometimes it get’s a little hot inside, don’t you think? So that’s why winter is the ideal season to go boot-shopping. I’m always joking with my girlfriends, saying: „Well, let’s visiting a boot camp!“ And don’t worry: That kind of powershopping we’re doing there is at least as exhausting as a real boot camp! ;-)

So, as you can imagine: I am looking forward to winter! But not just because of shopping reasons. I also like lots of snow, Christmas, hot chocolate and all those things you only do in winter…

Painless pleasure

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Oh, how I envy all those boys and girls wandering around the city in flip-flops when it’s so hot outside! I would love to do it, too – but my problem is, I just can’t wear them. Not because my feet are ugly or something like that (I personally adore my feet), but because I got problems with that small rod between your toes: It rubs and rubs, my toes get red and in the end eventually start to bleed. (That were some great beach-holidays by the way, with hurting and bleeding toes, believe me…)

But what to do? Well, because of all that stuff I prefer wearing flat sandals: They may be more expensive than flip-flops, but normally also are much prettier and – in my case – better to wear.

And so my feet can enjoy summerdays too and I no longer have to envy other people.

shoes, shoes, shoes

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Even though I do have more shoes than enough (yes I admit that much) I still have a look at the “shoes women” section of Office, F-Troupe, Tommy Hilfiger, Esprit, Zara, etc. really (like in r-e-a-l-l-y) often. I actually even find something every time I visit the websites! This might be because I search through a lot of them though. Well anyway, that’s the reason why I thought of selling some of those older “lovely treasures” at the flea market.

But regardless of how much of more space I’d like to have by selling them (to fit all my new purchases in the shelf) they are my lovely treasures still so it is actually hard to part with them to begin with. On top of that people at flea markets like to haggle about the price. I do that myself when I set my eyes on something but we are talking about my shoes, my treasures here! ; )

shoe addiction

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I really like buying shoes! Well, I might like shopping in general after all event hough I didn’t like it that much… Well, I might not really the actual act of shopping itself but the feeling of being over the moon when unwrapping your achievements (rather prey than anything) of the day.

Some cosmetics here, some accessories there are really nice to buy but shoes are somewhat special. Shoes are even more fun to unwrap and even more fun to buy! You don’t have to undress and change as much as you would have to do when buying clothes and the effect of having nice, comfortable, high quality shoes is always astonishing. The shoes women wear really make the outfit no matter what simple clothes they are combined to.

new shoes

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After a night out in high heels it happens quite often that once I reach home my feet are hurting and some blisters are saying hello. Especially when wearing new shoes this is a reoccurring, somehow regular problem. As I know what will happen beforehand though, I usually prepare a few things in advance:

Don’t wear your brand new shoes for a whole night out for the first time! Try to wear them only for a little while every day the week before so that your shoes can accustom to your feet and so that your feet get used to the shape of the shoe.

Try feet deodorant or baby powder to keep your feet dry. Blisters are more likely to occur when having warm and moist feet.

If you noticed specific areas in your shoe that don’t seem to soften up try applying some thin blister cushions.  It is a like a thin padded sticker that makes it more comfortable to wear the shoe. This works quite well for me. Or try to bend and therefore soften the leather with your hands. This works better when the leather is a bit damp. You could even wear your shoes at home with damp socks for a while. Let the shoes dry overnight. They should fit perfectly now.

If there are still some areas that hurt, try rubbing a candle on the area that keep hurting you in the shoe! This may sound it a bit strange but this makes that area smoother. Vaseline might work as well but I am always going for the candle, as it is somehow dryer.

If all this still doesn’t work and you got blisters anyway, throw your shoes away and buy better ones! J

help!

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When I was in Paris (it’s already been quite a while) I saw a pair of really cool shoes… but I can’t remember the brand! Arghh this is driving me nuts!! I know exactly what they look like. If anybody can figure out what kind of shoes I mean and perhaps knows from which brand they are, please let me know!! I’m so sad that I didn’t buy them when I had the chance. I knew it wouldn’t be wise to decide coming back to the shop another day! I’ll just buy everything I see now ;)

Well anyway, the description: it is a kind of sneaker but not your regular Sneaker by Nike or Adidas. It’s a goes up to the ankle and is a bit padded where you’d usually have the laces. Instead on this shoe are a few Velcro fasteners that seem to go across each other at some points. It comes in different colours. I saw it in completely black though. Any ideas about the name??

fake leather shoes

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I’m often asked why I would wear leather shoes, obviously made of animals, even though I don’t eat meat. It is quite logical to be asked this question, yet I think living a vegetarian or a vegan life is much about where you personally draw the line. I’m not really fond of fake leather shoes, as I didn’t find comfortable ones for ages. Plus, I usually get quite smelly feet and that quite fast accompanied by blisters.

As I live a vegetarian life out of conviction though of course I tried vegetarian shoes (there is a lovely shop in Brighton) and I was surprisingly really happy with them. The shop doesn’t offer a wide range of different styles but the quality is really good. As for my work I’m usually wearing a court shoe all day long. The vegetarian shoe shop only offers one pair so I still wear my regular leather shoes once in a while. Anyway, it’s a great idea to invest a bit more in creating good quality fake leather shoes even though nothing compares to the feel and look of leather shoes and bags (yet).

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