Re-Post
I have not run out of new posts, I am just posting this again because it is important. It so is important.
37 Reasons for having a shoes-off policy in your home:
1. Carpets are not easy to clean.
2. Carpets absorb dust and become breeding grounds for dust mites, causing the development of asthma and allergies.
3. If you do not have a carpet, the dust will not be absorbed and you are likely to breathe it in.
4. Shoes can leave marks on wood, PVC and marble floors.
5. Shoes can scratch wood flooring, especially if they have high heels.
6. Boots and high heeled shoes can cause wear and tear to carpets.
7. That goes for rugs as well.
8. Shoes pick up small particles of grit that cause wear and tear to carpets.
9. Shoes pick up traces of petrol fumes and industrial pollution.
10. Shoes can pick up pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals.
11. Shoes pick up traces of animal excrement.
12. Ever noticed how much chewing gum there is stuck to the streets?
13. In a square mile, there are more insects than people on the planet. How many do you think you have squashed on your shoes?
14. If you have a crawling baby, do you want him or her to be exposed to the dirt from people's shoes?
15. In rain or snow, you are less likely to get the floor wet.
16. If you live near a beach, you will bring less sand into the house.
17. If you have a crawling baby, you will do less damage if you accidently step on him or her.
18. If you get mad and kick the cat or dog, you will do less damage (apologies to animal lovers).
19. If your children play rough, they will do less damage.
20. It creates a less formal atmosphere.
21. It creates a greater sense of relaxation.
22. Your guests will become more like you by removing their shoes and will feel part of the family.
23. An oriental, Scandinavian or East European visitor will feel more at home.
24. It teaches children the importance of respecting and looking after things.
25. Psychologically, removing your shoes helps you to enter a frame of mind where you keep your everyday troubles outside your home.
26. It is more comfortable.
27. It is healthier for you feet to take your shoes off during the day.
28. Small children with growing feet should wear shoes only to the minimum.
29. If you wear high-heeled shoes, your feet badly need a break.
30. You can put your feet up on the sofa without taking your shoes off first (Dont tell me you put your feet on the sofa with shoes on?).
31. You can put your feet up on the coffee table without taking your shoes off first.
32. If you ever visit Japan, it will seem less weird.
33. If you are ever arrested and they confiscate your shoes, along with your belt and jewellery, it will seem less weird.
34. Your feet smell less if you do not wear them all day.
35. When you lovingly chastise your children, you will have a slipper to hand.
36. It was a Biblical custom (come on, did they wash their feet with shoes on?)
37. Do you really think the Saints in Glory are going to trample the sparkling, clean New Jerusalem with shoes on?
Step Sister Shoes
Deborah Porter used to have a love-hate relationship with shoe shopping. She loved the shoes, but hated the shopping. What's to hate, you ask?Full Story here
"For a while I was very embarrassed to say my size out loud," she said. Yeah, if shoe shopping meant whispering "size 11" in the ears of men who have the same occupation as Al Bundy then we'd hate it too.
Lucky for her, and the hordes of women who would've never fit into the glass slipper, Porter has developed www.step-sisters.com. Now, all women with, ahem, "ample-sized" feet, can love shoe shopping the way it was meant to be loved. And that means, not an ounce of shame.
As it stands, the Las Vegas-based Step-Sisters has been part of eCommerce for all of 30 days. The pickings are slim, but once the word spreads, beautiful, big sized shoes will be as easy to come by as size-7 Uggs were last winter.
The Web site works much the same way eBay does, sans the bartering. The listed price is the amount you will pay, no exceptions. Just like real shopping. For those consumers who live and breathe for the next time they can "talk down" the price of something, save the suaveness for Tijuana.
"The back and forth negotiating just takes away from it," Porter said. "Because then you have to wait and wonder."
And for a group of women who are used to waiting and wondering, because the chances of stores carrying their size are about 50-50, to rid of the two w's is wonderful news.
Step-Sisters doesn't accept any shoes under size 9 and goes all the way up to ... however high ultra chic shoes can be found. Yes, ultra chic.
"This isn't a garage sale," Porter said. "It really is an exchange site for couture or at least higher end designers."
That means they don't carry Highlights from Payless Shoe Source (we're guessing Star Jones wore a bigger shoe size when she was their spokesperson so you may have luck finding the right size there anyway) or Nine West, for that matter. Like the line outside of Pure, the shoes on Step-Sisters have to be on the list to get in. "If a designer isn't there that they want then they have to write us and ask (if it can be listed)," Porter said.
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
Patrick Cox Shoes!
Now that is a sexy ad for Patrick Cox! Most of his shoes are ok. Some of the cloth styles look just a little rough. I think I would buy any one of them. Elizabeth Hurley is the model for this summer for his ads. She has always had a classic look! She is beautiful.
Geisha
Sonia
Desy-Snake
Mimma
Sesta
Mindy
Seconda
Sefora
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
Shoes of Familiarity
As I sat in a long, semi-boring meeting today, I looked around and scoped out eveyones shoes. How was I able to that without putting my head under the table? We had no table. In an effort to think outside the box, the meeting facilitators made us all sit "in the round" about 3 feet away from each other, in an attempt to be informal and to make the meeting more of us sitting around and have a chat with each other! NOT!
There were 18 people in attendance and most of the shoes matched the personality of the wearer. Some shoes were decidedly odd and seemed very out of place. The breakdown was as follows:
Wingtips- 2 pairs , black and brown. These fit both the wears. Set in their ways, conservative. They never rock the boat.
Sandal thongs- 1 pair, worn by a woman who thinks she is better looking than she is, all due to "good hair."
Sperry topsider boat shoes: 2 pairs. It was a dress casual day in the office, so those preppy shoes fit in. (I was wearing one of the 2 pair.)
Man Crocs: OOOOHHHH! This was a surprise! I had to take a double take. To this date I have only seen women in my office wear those crazy plastic shoes. I have never seen a man wear them. His were taupe. He is not the earthy type so why he was wearing those, I just cannot imagine. I still think about those man crocs in amazing.
Black strappy summer sandals: There were 4 pairs of these. These ladies are just run of the mill. Nothing ever special about their dress or fashion. Black sandals go with anything so I would consider these woman safe. Predictable.
Clear plastic "foo foo" shoes. Now the lady wearing these is high end prep. Tennis club, gold, sailing. She has at least 5 cars. A convertible, and 4 different SUV's.
Old dirty filas: time for some new shoes!
New white sneakers: you just got rid of your old dirty filas!
Leather shoes: a pair of oxfords and a pair of plain leather ones. Safe, boring. These men are family men.
Cheap slides: these look very Payless to me. Enough said.
Hiking boots: Okay. The person wearing these is a freak of nature. He is the creepiest guy in the office and if you looked in the dictionary to look up serial killer, stalker, rapist, shooter...his picture would be there under each one of those words. . Everyone is freaked by him. All the women. He gives off an eerie vibe. He stares alot and does not speak. (Is that grave dirt I see on those soles?? ) Hiking boots are out of character for him. He is the nerd type, not the hiking boot type. Why was he wearing hiking boots? Who know who he was about to bury in the woods after work.
$2 walmart sandals multicolor: Now these were the absolutely worse pair of shoes I have seen! They were so cheap it was pitiful! How on earth could she wear those to work. Even walmart would be hard pressed to carry those. They were like a rainbow on white cloth! Now those fit with her. She is gaudy and garrish and has no fashion sense at all.
There were 18 people in attendance and most of the shoes matched the personality of the wearer. Some shoes were decidedly odd and seemed very out of place. The breakdown was as follows:
Wingtips- 2 pairs , black and brown. These fit both the wears. Set in their ways, conservative. They never rock the boat.
Sandal thongs- 1 pair, worn by a woman who thinks she is better looking than she is, all due to "good hair."
Sperry topsider boat shoes: 2 pairs. It was a dress casual day in the office, so those preppy shoes fit in. (I was wearing one of the 2 pair.)
Man Crocs: OOOOHHHH! This was a surprise! I had to take a double take. To this date I have only seen women in my office wear those crazy plastic shoes. I have never seen a man wear them. His were taupe. He is not the earthy type so why he was wearing those, I just cannot imagine. I still think about those man crocs in amazing.
Black strappy summer sandals: There were 4 pairs of these. These ladies are just run of the mill. Nothing ever special about their dress or fashion. Black sandals go with anything so I would consider these woman safe. Predictable.
Clear plastic "foo foo" shoes. Now the lady wearing these is high end prep. Tennis club, gold, sailing. She has at least 5 cars. A convertible, and 4 different SUV's.
Old dirty filas: time for some new shoes!
New white sneakers: you just got rid of your old dirty filas!
Leather shoes: a pair of oxfords and a pair of plain leather ones. Safe, boring. These men are family men.
Cheap slides: these look very Payless to me. Enough said.
Hiking boots: Okay. The person wearing these is a freak of nature. He is the creepiest guy in the office and if you looked in the dictionary to look up serial killer, stalker, rapist, shooter...his picture would be there under each one of those words. . Everyone is freaked by him. All the women. He gives off an eerie vibe. He stares alot and does not speak. (Is that grave dirt I see on those soles?? ) Hiking boots are out of character for him. He is the nerd type, not the hiking boot type. Why was he wearing hiking boots? Who know who he was about to bury in the woods after work.
$2 walmart sandals multicolor: Now these were the absolutely worse pair of shoes I have seen! They were so cheap it was pitiful! How on earth could she wear those to work. Even walmart would be hard pressed to carry those. They were like a rainbow on white cloth! Now those fit with her. She is gaudy and garrish and has no fashion sense at all.
What did I get out of all that yada, yada, yada? Well, not much---the meeting was a review but I did get creeped out by the hiking boots! I learned that noone wears interesting shoes but me!
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
Tattoo Me Boots
Instead of letting your boots do the walking, let them do the tattoo-ing! Emily Jane Atkinson came up with this idea and creative it is! Tattoos that are INSIDE the boot. When you take the boots off, your legs will be tattoo-ed. Her idea came out of what she thought tattoos could symbolize--culture, body image, codes from ancient cultures, times in our lives. You would put on the appropriate tattoo lining for what is happening in your life at the moment.
These are the Tattoo Me Boots. The three tattoo linings follow.
About to loose your virginity or proud to be one? Wear the "Virginity" lining.
These are the Tattoo Me Boots. The three tattoo linings follow.
About to loose your virginity or proud to be one? Wear the "Virginity" lining.
Starting a new job, boyfriend, diet, resolution? Wear the "New Beginning" tattoo lining .
This is the "Coming of Age" lining.
What I do is kick them in the pants with a diamond buckled shoe!
~~Aileen Mehle~~
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