Splendor in the Grass: Bettie’s Shoe Porn
First off, this post is probably the girliest thing I will ever post on this blog. I am not some Sex-in-the-City-watching, cosmo-swilling, shoe-obsessed writer type (Yes, I am going to go see the movie–Hey! stop looking at me like that!. I’ll have you know, I happen to hate cosmos. My drink for the year is the pear martini, ok? And I hardly ever use the phrase, “I can’t help but wonder.”). I have better things to occupy my time and my thoughts.
But these shoes, they are so pretty, so terribly impractical, so fabulously cheap–I can’t help myself. So, I apologize, in advance. I’ll try to keep this and all future outbursts to a minimum.
When I modeled these 5″ high patent platform peep-toe Maryjanesfor the hubby along with the black satin cocktail dress I picked up at the same sale, he said, “Wow, those look a little bit bondage.”
And I said, “Kinda badass, huh?”
And he said, “No, like bondage gear. Do they hurt?”
Sigh. Men.
P.S. They are surprisingly comfortable.
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May 5th, 2008 at 4:52 am
Ohh…purty!
Wear them in SF!
May 5th, 2008 at 6:38 am
I dont wear high heels but even I’m drooling!
May 5th, 2008 at 12:59 pm
“Wear them in SF!”
I plan to
If I wear the crazy-high mary-jane platforms (shoe porn pic #4), I won’t have to hem the dress I plan to wear (below). I got it marked waaaaaay down on sale, presumably because it is ridiculously long. But how lazy is it of me that I’d rather risk breaking my ankle when I could just hem a dress?
May 5th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
Dude, I would totally wear higher heels just to avoid hemming a dress. Mostly ’cause I can’t sow a bit and would end up with a hem that looked like a drunken sailor had sewn it.
PS I didn’t know you were going to SF. I’ll buy you a drink if I see ya!
May 5th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Hi Lorelie,
the sad part is, I can sew well enough to hem a skirt; I just don’t wanna. Because it’s boring.
We’ll buy each other drinks at conference, and Ann & Carrie, too!
May 6th, 2008 at 1:04 am
Know what? I would’ve done the same. I hate hemming or doing anything of sorts…too lazy and don’t know how and too cheap to pay for it. LOL
May 6th, 2008 at 2:37 pm
Pant pant. I love those black shoes. (pic #1). I would have nowhere to wear them, since I live the life of a hermit.
I will see the movie, though. I am very uptight about this major character dying business.
May 7th, 2008 at 7:48 am
I think I have only two pairs of heels, and one of them is a pair of tranny lucite heels. (Sigh. I was happy with them before I started reading DListed.)
Let’s have breakfast together at RWA. I don’t drink and I balk at the price of alcohol, but I’m always happy to feed people–and myself.
And where would you suggest to go get cute cheap shoes?
May 7th, 2008 at 7:51 am
Never mind where to get cheap cute shoes. Guess I can’t fly to LA for the sale and you’ve already grabbed the good ones.
May 7th, 2008 at 8:17 am
Eek! I hadn’t heard about that business. Now I’m worried, too.
Eh, in my size (10-11), they _all_ look a little like tranny heels
of course! for you, I’d wake up early
May 7th, 2008 at 3:39 pm
Thank goodness SF is a walking city. I know I sure couldn’t drive after four rounds.
I’ve got a friend in the Bay area with interesting tastes. She could find us somewhere wild to have those drinks, if we’re interested.
Er, whaaaa? I hadn’t heard anything about that. Though my bet’s Sam. She already had the Big C and this way they don’t have to deal with her for salary negotiations if they want to do a sequel.
May 7th, 2008 at 6:13 pm
Oh, we have to wake up early for breakfast?
May 7th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Yeah, I definitely want to get together with you, Lorelie, and Carrie. I’ll buy dinner if we go out.
May 9th, 2008 at 2:15 am
I wear high heels to avoid hemming things all the time. Plus cuz I just love heels (I have dozens of pairs of shoes). I have a pair of the most adorable shoes you ever saw–sparkly red pumps, with peek-a-boo toes and four-inch heels. Also surprisingly comfortable. Now if I just had something to wear them with…
May 9th, 2008 at 2:17 am
Oh, and, apparently nobody dies in the movie and it was just a red herring.
And Sherry, go to any mall and look for a Traffic Store. I almost always found something I liked there, and most of their shoes are under $30 at the most (I’ve bought great shoes that I wear all the time from their sales racks for as litle as $10.)
May 9th, 2008 at 8:41 am
Post pictures, December!
Oooh. I haven’t been to San Francisco since I was a kid, so I don’t know a darned thing about the city. Sounds fun.
I can’t wait to meet everyone. ANd Ann, I promise not to pester you _too_ much about those Grimspace sequels.
Is it really three months until conference?
Wait, I have 90k to write between now and then. I should _not_ be complaining about a three month wait (but I am.)