Kim goes Platinum

 

 

Kim Kardashian has a new look. Check out the new hair.  I think she has had that color before.  She  is a trend setter, regardless of what people say about her.  It all started with a sex tape but she has risen far above that.  She just needs to keep it classy.   Love the fur!

What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

Disclosure is the Key!

Have you ever thought about a disclosure policy for your blog? I had not, but I have seen similar things or manifestos on other blogs. I think it is a good thing. Check out mine! There is a link to it in my blogroll in the sidebar.

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What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

The Purple Shoes

I saw these shoes at my local Steinmart and they screamed at me to buy them.  Why?  Purple!  I thought they were beautiful and they are a great brand. Bandolino.  I have been buying Bandolino shoes my whole life!  I tried them on in the store and they fit well.  This was about mid fall...in November.  I totally forgot about them until today.  I have a fashion event I am attending this week and I am trying to put together my outfit down to the shoes.  I just remembered I bought them. 

That also means that I have 2 days to wear them around the house and break them in.  They are suede with just a little faux crocodile trim.  In my wardrobe, purple goes with any color.  Any!  I can wear these shoes with any dress I have.  They will be the contrast. Most def!  I just hope that the weather will be good this week. I won't wear suede in the rain! 

Most likely people wear suede in the winter only.  Not me!  I wear suede shoes all year.  Plus: “I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.”  Alice Walker, The Color Purple.



What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

Back with a Bang: Madonna!!!

Wow!  Hey!  It has been a minute but sometimes life gets in the way.  Back with a bang!  Me and Madonna! Madonna has always been a favorite of mine!  The original bad girl!  I have loved her music since the 80's. She has a new CD out.  Check it out!  It's great!  She is great.  She is well up there in age now and still looks great.  She has maintained.  You can tell she has had some work done but who in Hollywood hasn't? I heard a recent interview with her and she was talking about the stressors of motherhood..having a teen daughter in college.  Glad to know she is a real mom dealing with SOME of the normal things the rest of us do. Go Madonna!  You still have it.  Her new Cd is Rebel Heart.

  

What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

Long Toe Nails are a Fail!

I was out about a week or so ago and saw a distant acquaintance with sandals on.  From a distance everything looked good.  Toes were polished and the sandals were cute.  As I got closer to say hello in passing I looked at her toes and was most unpleasantly surprised!  OMG! Her toe nails were very long and hung over her shoes.  They were painted and even decorated.  After  seeing  that I wondered how she wore closed-in shoes all winter!!!  How did all of that fit into shoes or pumps!  She often wears very high heels! All I could think of is that was a serious FAIL! 

OMG!  Really???  If your toe nails look like something that could scoop up a fish from the river, please do something about that.  Polish and decorations cannot make that pretty up close! 

What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

The Fall Heels! High VS Low

For the past year I have been unable to wear my really high heels.  They just don't feel as comfortable as they used to.  Am I getting older?  Is that the issue?  Not too sure or is it just a time when I feel unstable on those higher heels.  Now slightly lower heels are much more comfortable.  I am thinking I will go with those for now.  Maybe!  The awful thing is that I have a closet full of heels.  Most of them high. So I have a closet full of shoes that I mostly just look at now.  Sad!   I really think that of you do not wear the high heels for a while you get out of practice teetering in them and being comfortable. I have gotten out of practice!   I am going to have to change that.  I have so many beautiful shoes that I need to be wearing.  They cost lots of money.  So.  I will be donning some of them when the fall really gets here.  Most of my higher heels do go with all my winter styles.  So higher heels, I will be heading your way soon.  For now its still flip flops and sandals during these lazy days of summer.

What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

Working in a NEW Pair of Shoes

Last week I wore these shoes to work for the very first time!  It was a struggle.  Very cute and I got them on sale at my local Steinmart.  They are cork and painted to boot with a little sparkle.  I love them and I think they will eventually get broken in but they were hurting after the first hour.  When I got back to my desk and was going to be there for awhile I slipped them off and put on the flip flops.   I love these for summer.  They will go with many things since they are on the neutral side.  Happy summer!  Do you have all your summer shoes lined up?  I have several other pairs I have not pulled out of the closet yet!  So more to come.

What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond

Steadier Shoes

Sometimes life throws us for a loop and we become dependent upon the wrong things.  Things that only make us feel good for the moment.  In those moments of brief bliss we feel great but when we come down reality hits us like a ton of bricks and the world can come crashing down.  At times total control is lost and friends and family will need to step in to help us make the change that we cannot make ourselves.  It is the change that can save our life.  It seems that our lifestyles today make us more prone to making the wrong choices when it comes to dependency upon alcohol or drugs.  Luckily there are places that can provide a place for us to rest, get help and eventually find our way back.  Back to steadier shoes.  Back to better choices and a life without dependency.

If you or a loved one needs healing and recovery, consider Orange County Alcohol Rehab.  It is a private facility staffed with licensed therapists and counselors,  located in California.  It actually bridges the gap between primary care and independent care treatment centers.  In regards to care, the staff there realizes that one mode of treatment will not work for everyone, so they offer several modalities  of treatment to meet the varied needs of the clients in the program.  As you progress in treatment you walk through three different phases that range from stabling and centering to self awareness to re-entry into the community. 

Orange County Alcohol Rehab  offers comprehensive services.  Not only to they offer alcohol and drug treatment but also food addition treatments also.  Interventions, employee assistance programs and even alternative sentencing are offered.  That is great. That will save someone from jail time and get them into immediate treatment.  Coaching and relapse prevention are also offered. I know that coaching and relapse prevention will be a life long thing for those recovering from addition.  They live one day at a time and fight their battle daily.

While  you are at Orange County Alcohol Rehab you will have all your basic needs taken care of so patients are able to focus just on themselves and getting better.  You will be housed in a beautiful home in a private or semiprivate room complete with 24 hour on site managers, gym, laundry facilities and free transportation to AA meetings.  Those are just a few of the services provided.  Consider this facility.  It offers structured, individual, continual care that will allow progression from active drug use to reintegration into mainstream society.  With successful outcomes, steadier shoes will follow.

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

Whiz, Amber and Baby Makes Three

You know, I have a teen and I try to keep up with what is  happening in her world.  That is a way that we can stay connected.  I know all about the generation gap that my parents and I had. When I was still single and thinking about a family I vowed to try to keep that gap at bay with my own children.  I think I have done that for the majority of the time.  I keep up with the shows the kids are watching on tv, the music, fashions.  I think that any good parent has to in order to keep the bad things that draw young people in away.

For the most part when it comes to music that has been easy.  I am a fan of all sorts of music.  The explicit rap...not so much. Well at Christmas time, my child told me she wanted me to take her to the  coliseum so that she could by concert tickets to see Whiz.  Well, he was one person I had not heard of.  My daughter is apparently a big fan of him and Amber.  Since then I have of course investigated and found out all about him.  She even has a poster of him on her wall.  Well, can we say enough tattoos? 

Well, after hearing that my child followed them both on twitter, I then  had to find out who Amber was.  Well joy to them both.  They just had a new baby! 

Amber Rose has said that she and Wiz Khalifa fell for each other hard and fast, and that's been evident over the past couple of years. The pair officially began dating in 2011, and since then, they've been inseparable. They got engaged last spring, sharing the moment with fans on Twitter, and they welcomed their first child, Sebastian Thomaz, into the world Thursday — but it's been a memorable ride throughout.

Congratulations to Whiz and Amber.  I still only know the surface things but the fact that they are a family unit goes a long way with me.



What do women want? Shoes! ~~Mimi Pond