On this bright sunny day I was out and about. It was a great day to be alive! (It still is). Anyway, I happened to find myself in a women’s accessories store while waiting to meet a friend for lunch. I enjoyed just looking at all the pretty and sparkly and shiny things. I witnessed a beautiful, mature woman giggling like a little girl while trying on a hat. She was with a friend who was giggling over dangling earrings.
It just blessed my heart to see these dear seniors, I’m guessing about 80 plus years old, just having a fun girlfriend day shopping and giggling.
That’s all. It was a beautiful moment on a beautiful day. Made me smile and dream. I want to plan to giggle like a little girl with my good friends when I’m an elder stateswoman.
It is said, grow old, but never grow up!
Giggling like a little girl
13 Mar 2013 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: beautiful moment, beauty, bright sunny day, dangling earrings, shiny things, style
My Dog is a Thief
20 Apr 2012 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: clothing, cocker spaniel, dirty socks, shopping, style, winter boots
I have a cute little dog. She’s a mixed breed: part poodle, part cocker spaniel. She’s skiddish, quiet, adorable. And she’s a thief.
We rescued her from the pound, so we’re not sure where she got her bad self from.
Shoes are her specialty.
Well, she is a girl, after all.
Occasionally, she steals a random shirt, jacket, or pair of jeans. These are major accomplishments for a dog that doesn’t weigh more than twenty pounds.
Her grandest theft has been the big guy’s winter boots. She has dragged them upstairs and around corners. One boot must weigh five pounds.
I used to put all my shoes, slippers, and boots up high so she couldn’t get to them.
I got tired of that. So now I just leave my footwear anywhere and everywhere. She steals a shoe here, a slipper there.
She never chews on anything. She just steals it and guards until. Eventually she gets bored with it.
When she goes outside, she usually has a piece of footwear between her jaws. She drops it outside and comes back in.
Shoes and slippers dry out. I get everything back eventually.
It’s fun to watch her think she’s being sneaky. She has hiding places, like the middle of the bed. Under my desk.
Oh yeah, she likes dirty socks, too.
No accounting for that.
Anyway, now you have a glimpse into my insane little household.
Remind me to tell you some other time about how this dog also marks her territory with bits of kibble.
Have a blessed day and a blessed weekend!
Vicki
Shoes
26 Mar 2012 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: air pillows, clothing, crooked toes, endless possibilites, fashion, style
I’d like to say some things about shoes. It is generally assumed that all women LOVE shoes. However, there are subdivisions among the shoe-lover women that I know. There are those who can walk into any store that sells shoes and find cute, adorable, fashionable shoes. They can actually try the shoe on in their size from the nice little boxes the stores keep in the back room or right in the showroom. They can buy these shoes and immediately wear them. All the while, they are oohing and aahing over “how cute is this?”. Then there are the comfort shoe creatures.
These are the women with challenged feet. They have fallen arches, bunions, corns, blisters, extra wide feet, arthritis, sensitive heels, sensitive toes, crooked toes, fungus toes. These women look for shoes that will cradle their tender little paws in softness and air pillows, not patent leather or leapard print. These women don’t look for five inch spike heels, they look for no heels. They look for treads on the bottom for traction in icy weather. They love shoes, but they love them for comfort.
I happen to have challenged feet. I happen to be friends with women who are in the first paragraph. I go to stores with them while they shop for shoes. I look around and admire. I wince, I cringe. I cannot try any of them on. I silently wonder how anyone can or would want to wear some of these monstrosities. I love my friends and envy their shoe buying abilities.
I have to shop in special stores where the prices are not friendly to the budget-challenged, as I am also. I can afford one new pair of shoes a year at a store like that. I can shop online for shoes that will accomodate my challenges, but I cannot try them on. It just doesn’t seem fair.
I am dreaming of making shoes for myself out of bubble wrap and duct tape. Imagine the endless possibilites. I could design with different size bubbles, different colors of duct tape, open toes for summer, extra layers for winter. I could even add velcro for flair and perfect fit. They could be bedazzled for special occasions. Do you think it is a trend that would catch like wildfire? Soon everyone could make their own shoes!
Psalm 40:2b “he set my feet upon a rock and gave me a firm place to stand.” Thanks, Lord, that’s what I need: a firm place to stand, not staggering on tippy stiletos. And I don’t want shoes that make my feet look like rocks.
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