Shoe shopping

So here's today's actual post... I've got some actual time tonight since J is working until 6 am (been happening far too often lately as far as I'm concerned...) so I've got some time on my hands. I can't believe it's almost Friday again. Seriously, where does the week go? L has all next week off for March Break... I can't believe she's almost 3/4s of the way through her first school year. It barely feels like it just started, and yet she's grown up so much in that time.

I've been frustrated with all my UFO's lately so I've started a tiny design today in an attempt to keep me stitching (I wasn't able to stitch at all yesterday because I just couldn't bring myself to pick it up) so I'm working on a Mill Hill design of a snowflake. It's only got three thread colours and three types of beads, so I should be done it tonight or tomorrow. I'm hoping that gives me enough of a boost that I can go back to the Beaver without dreading it.

I took L for a mommy/daughter walk today to surprise J and G with an Ice Capp & Smoothie from Timmy's. It also gave me a chance to test out my new rain boots. I picked up some Hunter boots last weekend since my last two pairs of rain boots have holes in them. I was devastated with one pair, as they were Tokidoki boots (designer and very expensive!) but the other was just annoying. My biggest problem with rain boots is, I walk everywhere, always have and so my calf muscles are big comparatively to most women. Most rain boots just don't fit, no matter what I do. But I love my new pair. They have a wider upper leg than most and fit beautifully. It would have been nice to have a prettier colour than dark gray, but I'm still not complaining. Hopefully this pair lasts for a while.

The funny thing is, when I was a teenager, my mother used to fret because all my friends were guys. People used to call us "Sam and the Boys" (lol, that would make a great band name!) since it was always me and at least 5 - 6 guy friends, never any girls than me. My mom desperately wanted me to have some female friends, and to act like a girl. I hated dresses and purses, I wore black and dark colours, refusing pastels and adamently avoided pink at all costs. The funny part is, she never realized that I still had the female appreciation for shoes. I love shoe shopping. I have sworn that I need shoes of every colour of the rainbow. (I still have not achieved this goal!)

Well, when I went shopping for my boots, I found this adorable pair of low heels with rainbow butterflies. What can I say? I couldn't resist, even though the last thing I need is to add to my shoe collection. I now can't wait for spring so I can wear these shoes. Lol.

In regards to the above, I have since grown out of my female rebellion, revoking the bans on purses (I have a purse collection to rival my shoe collection) and I love wearing pastels, especially pink now. I still however will not use pink to decorate. As far as I'm concerned (and please no one take this personally) pink is a decorating colour that is reserved for and should only be used by gay men and old women. Unfortunately though, too much of my house is still random shades of pink from the 1970s. I'm slowly phasing it out, and a lot of my walls are changing to blues and greens. I love decorating with colours from nature.