Skip to main content

If I can't wear flip flops...

...I'm not going.

So, yesterday was about purses. Today is shoes.

Flip flops. The title gave it all away, I know. Sue me.

I like flip flops. As a matter of fact...when fall comes-the hardest part is having to cover my feet in socks and add heavy sneakers, or boots. Winter is the worst fucking thing...ever.

I would wear flip flops every single day if I could. Mostly because they are the most comfortable shoes known to man. And I am a creature of comfort-as you are all well aware. If it feels good...kids, I am in.
My hedonistic nature knows zero boundaries. I like comfort food. Comfortable clothes, comfortable beds and furnishings, clothes, and hats.
Comfort...I am all about it.

I never liked wearing heels, but I did love looking at them. A good Christian Louboutin will make me climax in 3.3 seconds. No. I'm not kidding.
Sexiest shoes on the planet.
That Frenchman knows how to make a shoe that can invoke the Kama Sutra.
I have a vast appreciation for shoes and the look and style of them. But wearing them is another matter altogether.
First of all-I don't have the legs for heels. Never have. I have wide calves even when I was thinner. I have always had large ham hocks for legs. Not a good feature of mine, sadly.  These days, ham hocks with lumpy cottage cheese cellulite and spider veins. Good times. An aging hooker comes to mind...
Yeah it's self deprecating. Who cares, it's my party. And it happens to be true.
Imagine a pig.
Standing upright.
In 3' heels.

It's not a pretty sight, trust me.

Considering I have average sized feet at the end of these massive legs-it looks like a two sides of beef trying to hold up two twigs on fancy shoes. Not good. I used to be able to do the heeled boots because they hid everything bad.  But heels in general have never looked right...as much as I tried to force that issue. Sigh. Shoes are so pretty.
Carrie Bradshaw is my spirit animal in all the ways except the actual wearing/buying of the Manolos.

As I age, I find that even sneakers are uncomfortable. Yes, even the pricier ones. I have a pair of 65 buck Ryka's that I rock to work out or walk...but even these strangle my feet.
I have weirdo oddly shaped feet. Super wide at the ball and super skinny at the heel. Trying to find shoes to fit me properly is not an easy task.
So, I usually like nudity to that effect.

Just topless, not bottomless. I'm not a complete foot slut.

Flip flops. God's perfect solution for ham hocks legged, oddly shaped feet women. Me.

So, I'm thinking that someone needs to design covered flip flops for fall and early winter. Not ugly rubber ones, but, like...leather, stylish, sexy, and actually comfortable ones. Like, just covering the top of your feet with like lace or fur, and a lining underneath so they are purty, and practical.
Yes, I'm serious.
I'd wear them.

And I bet I'm not the only one. There are fat women everywhere aching arches and all waiting for sexy flip flops. No...not sandals with ugly bedazzling. Walmart already has the market on those and they are ugly and uncomfortable.
I'm talking Steve Madden, Christian, and Manolo getting all up in this trend.
Charge like a buck fitty a pair and call them something clever...like fashion flips, or sexy thongs, or practical pretties.
Whatever, I don't know. I'm not good at buzzwords, but you get the point, right?



Shoe designers...hear my plea.

That's it for now.

I need to put on my flip flops and go somewhere.

Because they are fabulous.

XOXO,
Shoegal.




Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Collecting Unemployment...

...Is the new 30. So. I am an operations manager for a local company. Last week, the owner and I-in anticipation of a rise in business due to the upcoming holiday season, decided to run an employment ad. We want to hire 2 people. The procedure for this was-send a job application/resume to our page at Facebook. If you are qualified for the position, I instructed that I would send that candidate 5 follow up questions via email before we go forward in setting up a face to face interview. We got about 20 responses pretty quickly after we posted the ad. Out of the 20 I pre-screened (checked the qualifications on the app, looked at the Facebook pages if they had an open page, and made sure that the application was filled out correctly to confirm they could follow directions) I chose 10 of those 20 people to send the 5 questions to. Out of those 10...not one response. (crickets...taps mic...is this thing on???) So after this-I send reminders to each person via Facebook mess...

Anxiety...

ain't for sissies... Ooh. Two posts in one day. How, you say? How IS this possible? I have word vomit days-it is what it is. I may, or may not surprise you occasionally with more than one post-dependent on my mood, and ambition. Today, you are getting it twice. The words that every married man wants to hear... Wrong context...get yer minds out of the gutter. And now, word regurgitation. So about a year ago, my hubby started meditating. Yeah, I laughed too. My original thought was: Oh God...not this hippy dippy flake-fest. Anything but this. But, he liked it. And it really did seem to lessen his stress levels a bit. It was noticeable enough. But, I was still me. Cynical . A bitch. Then I had the heart attack. And I learned one of the factors was my anxiety. I was actually diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder after speaking with the hospital head-shrinker while being treated for my heart attack. I was leading a life of fear...to quote the lady. She was ridicu...

They Don't All...

...Wear Capes. I can appreciate the upcoming holiday for the most part. I mean, I love my son-and love my daughter. They are by far, the best reason I can think of to carry on-even when life seems long. (which isn't often, to qualify) But, Mother's Day always sparks a bit of melancholy for me. Ok so,  My mom. She's dead. Ok, ok...I am not leaving it there-relax. My mom...who I judge, a lot. Yes, even though she's gone. I still do it. I think of my skills as a mom and hers and think-OFTEN- that...my mom could have done this. She could have accomplished this. She could have been better as far as I am concerned. She left me with so much shit-as you have probably seen in my reading. My neurosis is SO deep. My anxiety, my fear, my negativity, my coldness, my jaded and misanthropic nature, my inability to connect with people, and my anger. The shit. Sometimes I look at her picture on the wall, and I don't feel sad...I feel pissed off. And then guilt becaus...