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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

Loafers? Loafers!

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My boyfriend brought a new pair of loafers home today. Loafers are somehow special, they are shoes for old men, yet I’m not sure if I should think of them as fashionable nonetheless. Just like we do with velvet slippers. At first I thought only Hugh Heffner was allowed to wear those embroidered shoes that are not meant for running, not for walking in a park, nor for actually wear them to work. But I was wrong; they look so good with shorts for example.

Well anyway, the loafer. They had a comeback in 2009 in the womenswear section, though I don’t quite know about menswear. C. Benjamin from guyism.com said “every man, old or young, should have a pair of loafers in his repertoire.“ Actually, after having a look at some folks on the preppy side I think so too!

Fight mental aging!

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Today, I saw some girls wearing shorts, a fine panty hose and flats. That’s when I thought of me having gotten old… It wasn’t that the first thing that came to my mind was how utterly cute the shorts were or how their hair does were made really well and really nice. No, I found me thinking about how cold it must be in those light clothes without it even being cold outside!

First thing I did when I reached home? Abandoning my winter coat in a plastic bag to bring it to the cleaners tomorrow first thing in the morning, to then put it eventually into the depths of my closet. After that was done I opened a bottle of wine, ruminating about tomorrow’s pick in terms of my outfit. Well that felt nice! I should definitely go out shopping some time soon though to get more spring clothes!