May You Have Irish Luck Today

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

I am started the day with my  Celtic Woman CD. When I get to work I will be listening to my Celtic Pandora station. Yep! My coworkers will love that!  Not! No matter. They need the culture. I saw  Celtic Woman perform on PBS several years ago and I was blown away. They were fantastic!     They did 2 of songs that are also on my Lord of the Dance CD. You know how I love all things Celtic!  

Thinking of doing some Irish dancing tonight? Make sure you have the correct shoes. All available at Corrs Irish Shoes.

James Roy Highland Ghillie: $40

Fully-padded in-sock, and extra double padding

under the ball of the foot area. It has a soft and

durable leather upper leather upper and a full black

suede sole.

Irish Hard Shoes: $155

The 'Champion' Split-Sole Hard Shoe is for dancers

of high proficiency and is an advanced dancers

shoe. Latex padding throughout, adjustable straps,

heel counter to help protect against blisters,

breathable inside lining, and the softest, most

flexible, yet durable, leather.

Irish Soft Shoes: Split Sole Ghillie: $55

Performance ghillie has a gloss version black leather

upper and comes complete with double padding at

the ball of the foot, padded in-socks for extra

comfort, and elasticized side loops at the ankle.

Irish Dance Sneakers : $135

Soft and flexible upper and split-sole design of a

dance sneaker with elements of its hard shoes.

Michael Flatley and Celtic Tiger

Michael Flatley's Shoes!

Irish Drinking Toast

When we drink, we get drunk.
When we get drunk, we fall asleep.
When we fall asleep, we commit no sin.
When we commit no sin, we go to heaven.
So, let's all get drunk, and go to heaven!

Irish Blessing

May you always have work for your hands to do.
May your pockets hold always a coin or two.
May the sun shine bright on your windowpane.
May the rainbow be certain to follow each rain.
May the hand of a friend always be near you.
And may God fill your heart with gladness to cheer
you.

Irish Curse

May those who love us love us.
And those that don't love us,
May God turn their hearts.
And if He doesn't turn their hearts,
May he turn their ankles,
So we'll know them by their limping.

What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

Spring Shoe Assessment

Spring is here and I have been looking in the closet seeing what I have to match the clothes I have. With it being spring I am just about ready to move all the dark clothes to the back side of the closet and move the spring and summer up front.   Well, upon looking at my shoes I now realize that it may be time to go shoe shopping. The shoes I wore all last spring and summer are just about worn out.  The support is gone and some are missing design items .They really are worn.  I think now is time to go shoe shopping.  Serious shoe shopping.  All my shoes....well not all....need replacement.  The vast majority of my shoes are all heels. I still have a lot of those heels which will wear well this spring and summer but I think I am going for diversity. I think I will be buying some lower heels and wedges.  I might even have to break down and buy flats.  I have not had a pair of dress flats in my closet for at least 10 years.   I am excited.  Shoes!  Shopping!  What can be better! I find now that shopping on the weekdays are better.  I can avoid the crowds (which I hate)  and the selection is better because the trucks are unloaded during the week.  First choice on the styles.  My size is a bigger size, so most of the time only one or two pairs will come.  So I need to get there first.  Shopping is on the agenda for this Friday.  I am planning to go after cleaning and doing some laundry.  Gotta get those mundane things done first.  Shoes always does a mind and a body good.  Especially the body. If the shoes do not fit, it will be a terrible day! 

  

What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

My Shoes, Not My Own

Well, my daughter has finally reached the age where my shoes are not my own.  On several occasions recently I have been in my closet looking for my shoes and they are no where to be found.  On a whim I ask my daughter has she seen them.  She has!  They are in her closet because she has worn them.  Trust me, she has many shoes of her own but now she is starting to wear a few of mine.  Not so good.

My shoes are sacred and while I have given her a few pairs that have been  over the top as far as the heel height, that does not mean that my shoes are now for her to wear any time she wants.  Well, she is a young teen and just being so.  I guess I should cherish this.  As she grows into a young women and mature adult, the days of her raiding my shoe closet is really short lived.  Time.  It can be so fleeting.

What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

Shoes in Every Language!

• Dutch: Schoenen
• Greek: Παπούτσια
• Italian: Pattini
• Russian: Ботинки
• Portuguese: Sapatas
• Korean: 단화
• German: Schuhe
• Japanese: 靴
• Spanish: Zapatos
• French: Chaussures
• Chinese: 鞋子
• English: Shoes 

What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

Velvet Shoes

Velvet Shoes Let us walk in the white snow           In a soundless space; With footsteps quiet and slow,           At a tranquil pace,           Under veils of white lace. I shall go shod in silk,           And you in wool, White as white cow's milk,           More beautiful           Than the breast of a gull. We shall walk through the still town           In a windless peace; We shall step upon white down,           Upon silver fleece,           Upon softer than these. We shall walk in velvet shoes:           Wherever we go Silence will fall like dews           On white silence below.           We shall walk in the snow. Elinor Wylie

What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

How True Is This??

So Very True!

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

Cupcake Shoes!

These adorable, fashionable cupcakes are featured in the new cookbook from Karen Tack and Alan Richardson, Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh My!. The book was just released last week and also includes fun dessert ideas for pound cakes, cheesecakes, and cookie bars. 

Each of the recipes featured in Cupcakes, Cookies & Pie, Oh My! are made with everyday baking goods that you can find at an ordinary grocery chain store. 

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

My FaceBook Page

I have a new page on FaceBook that I have just set up.  Please visit it and "LIKE" it.  Thanks!  Here is the link:  
http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Secret-Life-of-Shoes/105562132905961

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

Shoe Thoughts!

I had the blues because I had no shoes

until upon the street,

I met a man

who had no feet.

*Ancient Persian Saying

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

New Shoes

It really is time for me to get new shoes. I have been very good the last 2-3 years and have been trying not to buy any and just wear out the ones I have. All 69 pairs. I have worn out quite a few. Still quite a few are left. Now all the basic colors like black and brown need to be replaced. I have literally been throwing worn out shoes in the trash. I now need to do a new inventory and see how many I have now. My intervention has been working!

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~~

Footus Acheius!

These are what I have on today. They are comfortable, but somehow are not quite so comfortable after the 2nd hour. They are very high. The back wooden wedge REALLY elevates your heels to a new level. They look good and are great summer shoes. The 2nd hour comes in after 2 hours of steady walking. Then they are not so comfortable. My legs feel like they have really had a work out when I wear them. Would I buy them again.
I would...they are the Tahari Norwich. They are on sale now. I think I got them for about $32.00.

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

School Shoe Drama

Im mid August my nephew was visiting and my mother too him out on a $600 shopping spree like he did not have any parents to buy him school clothes. No problem with that. But, if you do for one grandchild like that you have to do the same for the other and that was not done. When we were all out together, I suggested that she go ahead and get dirty Fila her school shoes. That request was refused. My mother said that she would get them later. Well, there is no time like the present in my book. You have the purse strings open for one grandchild, they need to be open for the other.

Well, of course later never came. She never did get her anythign for school at all and never suggested we go out to get anything for her. School is now in session. I knew that my mother would do that as my nephew is her favorite and she shows him all sorts of extra attention that she never turns to my child's way. dirty Fila felt bad. I spoke to her and told her not to worry. I would be able to get all of her school things and all the shoes she wanted as well. To begin the school year she wanted two pairs of Sperry Topsiders. I got her both. These are the ones.

She got these and all was right in the world again for her. Me? I still believe it was wrong for my mother not to do for one grandchild as she has for another.

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

Wellie Hater!

My mother is a wellie hater. I was talking about boots that I really like and the fact that it hasd just begun to drizzle outside. My mother informed me that she absolutely hates my rain boots. She hates the cowboy boots as well, but she REALLY hates my rainboots. I informed her that regardless, I loved them or I would not have bought them and that I would be wearing them regardless of what she thought! Can we say FIGHT! Hating my shoes is fighting words.

Now I could see if I were wearing rain boots on sunny days.....now that is an idea...on sunny days and looking crazy! Say something then. But not just because y9ou don't like them and I have been wearing them for two years. The nerve. Some peopel just don't have good taste. I will be earing my rain boots and cowboy boots for many years to come! She had better watch out! She might get a pair of rain boots for her birthday! See how she likes those wellies..I mean apples!

Here are my offensive shoes!

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

Almost Time for School Shoes

dirty Fila informed me today what shoes she wants for school. She wants a new pair of Sperry topsiders and a pair of some special sort of Adidas shoes. I can't recall the type, but she can. What I do recall about them is the price...about $70. The Sperry's will be about $60. I have already priced those. This is the shoe she wants but I noticed some other new styles that were just as nice or nicer for fall. She may not end up with these.

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

Keen Footwear-Hybrid Life

I have just bought a pair of Keens. Why? Just because they are a little different. They are all about standing: up, out and for something. Shoes with a vision. I will be doing some ruigged walking and hiking when I go on vacation in a few weeks so some different shoes than what I already have were needed. My Keen Footwear is the Hood River II shoe. These shoes are a cross of water shoe, part sandal and part Crock.

The traction on them is great! They are made with a wet traction technology called Aqua Stop that gives the Keen Hood River II has serious grip even on slick surfaces. Because of the open air design drainage when in or near water is no problem. The webbing under the strap also helps with drainage. It is a very comfortable shoe that I can wear just about all day. Here they are.

As soon as I can get my camera I will post me in them. I have started wearing them today to break them in before the trip. Nothing is worst than a bad pair of shoes on a trip. Trust me I know first hand....I will never forget those horrible pair of Nine West Bad Bad Shoes that ripped up my heels. Going on a trip? Break the shoes in first!

You can get a pair like mine/these here. It has been 6 hours now and they are the most comfortable shoe I have ever had on. They are fantastic! Several styles to choose from.

These are some men styles!

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

Sleek Golden Shoes

The shoes are said to be made of up-to-680g pure gold by an Italian designer in Wuhu, Anhui Province under the invitation from World Gold Council. Price? Most likely priceless. I would not think it would be very comfortable. Does gold give like leather? No. They make a showy statement!

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

My Summer Sandals

I took a look around in my closet and realized that the only shoes I owned for 2 inches and higher and heeled. I have no flats at all of any kind. I had a pair of old flip flops that I had about 4 years ago. I threw them out and decided to go shopping over the past 2 weeks for flat shoes. Not so much nice flats for summer dressing but really casual. All my shoes are dress heels. All my sandals are dress sandals with 2-3 in heels. Heels do not work for long distance walking. I have had to walk far distances lately and those heels are not working.

I have even taken to walking in the flats and then changing into the heels once I arrive at my destination. My flats fit into a large purse or my briefcase and noone knows the wiser. I still strut in with the best, highest shoes on! Bam! Heels are in the house!

So what have I purchased? Well, I guess I will start with the Uggs. These I love and they are my very first pair of Uggs. I have seen several pairs of the boots around in the winter but they are pink or purple. Can't buy those. These are very comfortable and they go just about with anything casual.

The next pair of shoes I got were on a whim. I was at Target with my child dirty Fila and she wanted a pair of flip flops. I am not to keen on flip flops for anyone but I did get her a pair. As we were leaving the aisle I spotted these and was struck by the "flip flop cuteness" of them. Well they screamed buy me. The rhinestone dressed them up so much that they make casual things almost dressy! I have worn them quite a bit now and they are a bit dingy. I think I will be getting another pair. This is really a fashion must have for summer. A big "yeeeessss" for the embellished glam flip flop!

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

These Shoes are $300

I have seen this before but it has been a very long time ago. Fun ny, but it has a few cuss words. Enjoy!

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

Shoes Again!

Thanks to the shoe gods who raise all heels and keepme supplied in leather and snake skin shoes! I can wear them again. Heels, that is. I sprained my ankle awhile ago and was doomed to break down and get a pair of crocks. I am finally able to wear my high heels again. My ankle is no longer wobbly!

Today for church I was able to wear my black Anne Kleins. Here are my pretties!

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