The Office Shoe Roundup

Well...this week has been a social awakening for me. I feel like the odd shoe out. Mainly because the others here are so uncultured. Really. I am not kidding. Ghettofab is not really speaking after I told her that popping her pimples at her desk was not appropriate. She feels my telling her that was not right. Please. The big boss has been crazy...yelling at people. He better not come to me with that. I yell back! My immediate supervisor is a puzzle. You can't quite figure her out. The only thing I know is that she wears the same pair of shoes just about daily...winter or summer. A pair of black low heeled mules. Toes out. I am tired of looking at those thing.

Today ghettofab came in socks with her flip flops. A little while ago I saw her in cheap high heels. For most of the day she has been slip sliding around in socks. The nerve of some! Cannot they wear proper clothes to the office! They are slack and tacky shoes!

What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~

Quick Trips

The church we belong to is planning a three week trip to Australia next year to sing at the music hall. Corporate funding is what the director is looking for, but even so, dirty fila and I will not be able to go. Right now so much money was needed upfront and the fees to go are at least $3400 a person. So multiply that by 2 for both of us. I could send her alone but what mother wants to send her child who is a minor all the way around the world without her. I simply do not feel safe with that. She would be in the care of others who may n ot be looking out for her the way I would expect. Plus a minor child along in a foreign trouble might be a serious heartbreaking disaster.

So I am hoping that somehow, some way that we will have the funds as we get closer to the trip. I have always wanted to go to Australia. It is on my bucket list! If we can go we will be faced with making some last minute accomodations. We will most likely have to look into some last minute flights. Luckily there is a siote out there to help us do just that! At lastminute.com I can compare over 70 international and australian flights. I can do it with ease with a few clicks of the mouse. By simply putting in my travel dates and departure and arrival cities, I can get an overview of what is available when I make my travel plans. Gone are the days of calling all around. There should be no problem finding a last minute flight with over 70 flights to review.

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What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~

Dior for Fall 2008

I just love all these shoes. I would wear most of them. For a formal affair of course...like the ballet or the symphony. Where I am I find that people really don't like to "dress" anymore. I have seen blue jeans at the ballet. What is up with that? I went to see Lord of the Dance a few months ago for the 4th time and I must say there were very few as dressed up as I was. The art gallery, a new performance of Vivaldi? Pull out the formal clothes! Dress up. We normally have very little opportunity to dress to the nines in our every day schedules.

I live to dress up. These shoes would go quite well with several evening gowns and tea length dresses that I have.

Dior giraffe printed pony

Dior gold platform sandal

Dior plateform salome pump

Dior embroidered canvas pump

Dior cutout wedge sandal

What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~

Anne Klein Strutting Shoes

I wore these shoes to work on Thursday. I have had them for about 6 months and have only worn them twice, so they are not broken in. They are more like party shoes because they are so sparkly and metallic. I love them. They go well with my blacvk skirt and silver glittery top I wear them with.

When I feel like I have no motivation to work that day...this is when these shoes come out. They generate comments from the other flip flop wearing co-workers in the office who come to work looking ANY kind of way! They are Anne Klein and are only $244 dollars. Every girl needs a pair of these!

Anne Klein New York Beloved

What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~

No White After Labor Day

When I was younger there was a rule. No White After Labor Day.....not just shoes. Nothing white. The office manager came in on yesterday in a white skirt. I had to look. She wears black and lots of black all the time. She wore a lot of black the entire summer. She has never worn this white skirt before. Now it is after Labor day and she breaks out the white?

What was she thinking? No white after labor day. I told her it was September and that she is only allowed to wear white between Easter and Labor Day. 2 other heffers in the office jumped in saying it was SHOES only. I told them NO!.....not SHOES only and before you know it, the four of us were yelling and screaming about no white after Labor Day. It got crazy. 2 were saying that I always had to say something about peoples clothes or shoes . No...I said that I only mention things that are a sure sign of little to no home training or etiquette. Well. It only gets better. Or things that should only be done in the privacy of your bathroom at home...like popping pimples.

Everyone was grossed out then. They got quiet. I yelled, "don't make me mention all the gross things that you all do at work!" No white after labor day.... look it up people! We could hear the BIG boss coming in the door and those three girls left my desk area. Most likely to scratch their armpips and dig in their noses! The nerve of some people. I AM the fashion police in the office. LIVE with it PEOPLE!

What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~

Gross Office Shoes

Today I woke up and it feels like fall. It is actually 68 degrees! It feels great. No AC will be needed in the house or the car! I wonder what Ghettofab will be wearing in the way of shoes today. She of course is a co-worker who is very obese and her shoes are a problem. She wears an actual size ten shoe but her feet are so very wide due to fat that she buys a size 11 just to get her feet to fit into any shoe. Then there is a big gap because they are too long. She wears heels...no....she brings heels to work to put on for about 2 minutes if she needs to go in front of the public. Normally she wears cheap flipflops everyday.

She shuffles along literally and I am always telling her to pick up her feet as she shuffles by my desk. Her gait is always very slow because of her size. She cannot move fast at all. Sometimes she gets on my last nerve as her hygiene and etiquette are something to be desired. Popping pimples at her desk, using dental floss at her desk, burping, farting in public. Makes me queasy to be around her too long. And you know what? She does not care..not one lick about what anyone thinks about her poor body habits. She has no intention of changing anything either. I have tried to tell her about correctness and what is and not appropriate in public situations. She likes being gross! That is all I can think.

What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~

The Odd Shoe

I began a new position about a year and a half ago and when I look at my co-workers, they see me as the odd shoe. Why I am not sure. They seem like all odd shoes to me. I believe the problem stems from exposure to the world. The people I work with have none...literally. They think the foods I eat are strange. Some have never even heard of seen things like hearts of palm, or artichokes that are fresh, or blood orange juice, or sushi or asian pears or acai or even a different type of pasta. I took left over tortellini for lunch one day and it was an amazement to them. They must have been living under rocks their WHOLE lives. They think I am the odd one, eating or drinking odd and foreign things for lunch each day.

I go into work and often ask if anyone heard about"whatever" on the news last night. They do not watch the news. They do not know what is happening locally or globally. Having a conversation is like teaching school. You have to do a lot of explaining just to have a conversation. It gets old. It has gotten old. These odd shoes might just have to get walking. Being around very unsophisticated people gets old. In some cases it is just plain ignorance. and they are happy to stay right where they are.

What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~

My New Closet

I have just moved and am so excited about my closet. It is a large walk-in closet with lots of shelves and lots of space. My shoes are so happy. I still do not have enough space for all of them to sit comfotably, but it works. See! Look at the new happy place for my shoes!

I thinkit is now time for a new inventory once I get all settled in. I got rid of many shoes that I had simply worn to death. Some have been replaced but not all.

What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~

ENZO ANGIOLINI BOOTS

I was in the mall last Saturday and saw these on sale for only $26.00. Mine are brown. Well of course I had to get them. Are they not great! Did I need them? Hell no, but they were cute, so what else could I do? I had to buy them. I cannot wait for winter and cooler weather so I can put them on!

What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~

Home Away

Sunmer time is just about over. We are in what I was told was called "Indian Summer." the last few hot and sunny days of September. But just because it is late in the season does not mean it is not time to have fun. The fun is not over just because school is back in session. For me, everyday is a great beach day. A great day to get away. I love getting away in the fall of the year. For that fall get-a-way consider using Home Away.

They have great vacation home rentals everywhere! The prices are great! I have stayed at high priced hotels that I booked myself. When I took a look at the Home Away site, I was excited about the great prices and variety of places to stay. From cabins to beach houses to condos, they have all that you would need to have a gret fall getaway! To find a great place to stay, just use the maps and select a site...could be in the states or in Europe or Carribean islands. Once you select your location, all the available cities and number of rooms available will pop up and you can select your accomodations.

You are even able to refine your search to the travel dates to be absolutely sure of availability. With 118,000 places to stay all over the world, finding a place to stay will be easy as pie! They have sites in 118 countries. There are even travel deals out there as well that start as low as $30 a night in sunny Florida. To bring us comfort and luxury without using hotels, the staff there works directly with property owners and managers. They want us to be completely satisfied, so there is even a guarantee that will ensure a great experience. So, just off the shades and get out the swimsuit. There IS time to squeeze in a other vacation before the winter is upon us. Use Home Away because it really will be your home "away," when staying on one of their properties.

What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~