Shoes!!!!

Oh my goodness I have found the best website in all the world. It sells shoes (!!!) and, since I am a size 8 in that department, I am officially declaring that size to be average. Now, in a size 8, the most expensive shoe will set you back $79.99 (Steve Madden Richh Pump in Black Patent, see below) and the cheapest shoe will cost you a mere

$6.99 (Miss Me Biscuit Flats in Black Suede, see below). However, the shoes I want are these and though they do only cost $23.99, they are still over $20 and therefore I have to follow my rule and give them Some Serious Thought. Piffle.

Oh, and by the way, should you get it in your head that it's a good idea to break up with anyone other than face-to-face (like, for example, TEXT MESSAGE) when you are almost adults, live in the same town and are both fully capable of driving, here is what you deserve:
Stupid douchebag.

I think I may start a magazine. Everything in it will be under $20, except for one section. That section will be titled "Things to Love and Admire and Think Seriously About Before Purchasing," and that is where I will put the $117 jeans that are "a steal" because they are Paper Denim & Cloth and are on Bluefly for 40% off. Or perhaps the Gucci shoes from the same site that are also 40% off and are now an affordable (!?!?) $592. Call me cheap, but I think these would do just as nicely, and I could by this, this, this, this, this, this and this with the leftover.

Sorry. I've just been browsing a few of the glossies lately, and it seems that whenever I see some item that I like, it winds up costing WAY over $100, and frankly, my dear, that is not in the budget for multiple items of clothing. In the words of my mother (who always knows just how to put things), "Well, I may as well just not come home if I were to buy a $400 hat."

But as for something that isn't $100, (but unfortunately does fall into the over $20 category, so it does require Some Serious Thought) I think these totally rock:They're from a company called TOMS Shoes, and what's especially spiffy about them is that when you purchase a pair for $38 (yes? no?) the company gives a pair just like 'em to a [South American] kid in need. Perhaps Mama just found a gift for Mother's Day...