Leap Day

Happy Leap Day!  I understand the reasoning behind it, but it's still a little bizarre to me to have an extra day stuck on to the end of February every 4 years.  But it gives me a definite theme for posting, at least, so that's something.  Since it's Leap Day, I figured frogs were the way to go.  I've done frogs before, but when has that ever stopped me?

Awww...a Kermit the Frog hug shoe!  I'm happy that he looks way less terrified than the Ernie version of this shoe. 

I need these for Muppets watching occasions.

 

Such a studios looking little frog!  Is he off to private school?  The office?  

 

Well, huh.  I swore when I was getting shoes for this post that the second pair was blue.  I'm cool with purple, apparently I'm still stuck in the theme from yesterday, but it's still a little strange to see purple when I was expecting blue. These are both from my new best friend, Zazzle, (that link will take you to more frog shoes).  I would take these in multiple colors, actually.  I think the frogs are adorable.

These are kind of weird, and kind of awesome.  I like the colors on the black.  I don't think I would wear them, but I can still appreciate them.

 

The frog is a little weird in these (why is it blue?  (Why am I complaining about something being blue?)), but I still think they're adorable and I like the different colored laces.  The Potential Twins definitely need some.

Enjoy the day, and maybe we'll meet back here in 4 years time!

There is no memory lane today because I didn't start the blog until December of the last Leap Year.  Dang, missed it by 10 months!

3 Things:

1. Turkeys.  Which is kind of weird, but every morning on our way to work the hubby and I see a whole flock/herd/gaggle of wild turkeys in the same field.  The other day on the way to the office after running an errand I had to wait for 11 turkeys to cross the road in front of me (not sure if they were the same ones as the field), and it was a nice reminder to slow down and look at the turkeys every once in awhile.
2. I wore my awesome purple shoes today for the first time in forever.  Yesterday's post seems to be having a lasting effect!
3. I finished a project last night that was long overdue.  I'll tell you more about it at a later date, because it's quite cute, despite the 4,637,259 mistakes I made.

Purple-y Purple

Today is the 3rd Sunday in Lent and I have yet to do a Lenten Purple post.  Since I'm not leading worship anymore, I've stopped coordinating my shoes to the liturgical season, so I guess I'm less in tune with that stuff in terms of posts.  But today I will at least do one Lenten Purple post, which should make the BFF, The Bean, and Flower happy.

So purple-y!  I love the deep, rich color of these.

This looks almost exactly like my wedding shoes, only in purple.  So of course I'm going to have a certain fondness for it.

I don't care for booties, generally, and yet for some reason I kind of like this one.  I don't think I can pull off this particular style, but I'm sure someone out there can, and they need this.

 

Good color.  Interesting details.  And yet a little bit skanky-looking.

These would have been perfect for Wednesday worship in Lent.  I could have worn flats all day, and still had purple shoes for Wednesday evening worship.

 

Obviously the PF needs Lenten shoes!  These look so snuggly and warm.

And these are just cute. I would want the adult version and then we could be shoe twins.

So...even though I have failed thus far to do a Lent post, does it count that I'm at least drinking purple Crystal Light right now?  No?  Fine.

Memory Lane:  2013. 2014.  Apparently February 28 in years past is the day when I have posted crazy calendar shoes.

3 Things:

1. Purple makes me think of some of my favorite people: the BFF, The Bean, and Flower.  I miss them all and wish they were here!
2. The puppies got a bath today.  Once they dry off and settle down (they are total spazzes after a bath) they will be all soft and pretty smelling, and even better for snuggling.
3. I've had doors and windows open the last 2 days, airing the house out.  It's still weird for me to be able to do this in February (despite 3 years in TX and 8+ years in CA), but it's lovely.

Thanks Again, PF!

This is the third night in a row I'm doing a post inspired by friends' suggestions, and the 2nd of those 3 nights with shoes from the Pinterest Friend.  She sent me this batch sometime last week (I think), and I'm finally getting around to posting them.

Sigh....so cute.  I would love to have these for Easter.

These are trying so hard to be cute, but not quite making it.  Maybe if they were all the pattern without the solid blue?  Or if the flowers were gone?  Just a few too many themes going on. Still cuter than lots and lots of shoes out there.

Huh.  These are the same shoes, with the same amount of themes, but I like them better.  I'm incredibly wishy washy when it comes to shoes.  You know this about me.

 

I love the scallop-y details on this, and the color, of course.  I wish the white wasn't mesh, but oh well.

See how well the PF knows me?  With the colors and the Mary Janes and the adorableness?  Don't you wish you had a PF?  Because you can't have mine.

Memory Lane:  2013.  2015.

3 Things:

1. The hubby went to the office for a few hours this morning and I had the house to myself for a few hours for the first time in 107 years.  Blissful introvert time.
2. We sang Happy Birthday to the hubby's cousin this afternoon.  I love that man. He was one of the groomsmen in our wedding and he makes me smile every time I talk to him.
3. I'm reading not 1, but 2 awesome books right now.  I don't usually do that, but one is on my Kindle and the other is an actual book.  The actual book can't be read in the dark when the hubby is sleeping, so it gets retired and the Kindle book comes out.

Yum!

Last week at least 5 people shared this video with me.  I tried to embed the video here, but couldn't figure out how this time, so you'll have to click the link.  Sorry to make you work so hard.  It's a video of chocolate shoes from a place called Tasty Image.  It always intrigues me how things will go in cycles, and I'll get the same picture or video shared to my Facebook page by numerous people.  JG and I were talking about it and she said, "well it's no secret that you like chocolate and shoes."  Yep, I have to agree.  I'm firmly out of the closet on both of those things.  So thank you to everyone who share the yumminess!  My response was always something like, "those are too pretty to eat.  Except that I would totally eat them."  Their site has a whole album of chocolate shoes, but here are a few of my favorites.

Mmmm..I love that they are made of chocolate AND they are containers for MORE chocolate.  These are people after my own chocolate-loving heart.  Now if only I had one of these beautiful and yummy shoes right now.

Memory Lane: 2013. 2014. (Notice how absent 2015 has been lately?  I definitely fell off on posting last year)

3 Things:

1. Fabulous friends who share shoe stuff on my Facebook page.
2. We had a potluck with all of the employees today.  It was awesome for team building and getting to know each other.  Also my introverted self hated it and wanted to hide under the table.  I'll focus on the first.
3. The potluck involved chocolate.

Stars

I'm exhausted.  I'm tempted just to skip posting and go to bed, but I haven't posted for 2 days, and I had wanted to post every day during Lent.  Tuesday and Wednesday were roller coaster days, along with being extremely long days at the office, so I've been tired all week, and those days I didn't have the emotional reserves to form coherent thoughts.  Thankfully for tonight, I have the Pinterest Friend to fall back on.  I mentioned before that I've been doing the Synod's Lent Photo-a-Day on Facebook, and Tuesday's theme was stars.  Not only did the PF provide me with a great picture of Orion (my favorite constellation) to post, but she also went on a search and found me a bunch of fun star shoes.  Sadly I'm 2 days late in posting them, but at least I got to it at some point.  So here they are, with little to no commentary from the loopy, exhausted woman at the keyboard.

I had glow in the dark stars for my ceiling during college.  Now I want these shoes.

Didn't the PF do a good job?  Yay for stars!

Memory Lane:  2013. 2014.

3 Things (times 3 days):

1. We signed papers for the house on Tuesday.  We are sooooo close to this house actually being sold.
2. My hubby has mad negotiating/charm skills that managed to correct a problem that could have absolutely ruined this entire week.
3. Yesterday was the anniversary of my grandfather's death.  I miss him dearly, but so glad I had him as long as I did, and for the memories I have of him.
4. Today is George Harrison's (of the Beatles) birthday. I'm very happy he made the world better with music.
5. The BFF's mom had a CT scan on Monday (same day SKD's mom had surgery...I called my mom just to make sure she was OK) and everything came back fine, which is good news.
6. The PF finds me shoes so I don't have to find them myself when I'm exhausted.
7. The hubby is lucky (I am not) and won a $50 visa debit card at a marketing event the other day.
8. I ate chocolate for breakfast this morning.
9. The property manager at the office is awesome (the hubby says we are long-lost sisters) and she plies me with coffee when I am desperate.

No Salt, Please

Today is National Margarita Day!  Margaritas are my drink of choice on the rare occasions when I actually go out.  I like them on the rocks, no salt (SKD thinks I'm crazy for skipping the salt).  When I lived in Texas I could get margaritas as big as my head.  Then I moved to the Bay Area and they were a quarter of the size for twice the price.  The BFF and I once made margaritas that tasted like feet.  And yet we still drank them (there is MUCH more to that story that I am not going to share).  I've even done a margarita post before, but I went and found some more shoes since today is a holiday and all.

I really like the pop of green against the black shoe, I just wish it were a different style of shoe.

These are horrible and hilarious all at once.

Aaaahhhh...makes me want to sit on a nice warm (but not too warm) beach with a book and a margarita or 2.

 

Clearly if I'm going to drink margaritas they should be out of a shoe themed glass.

That is one ugly shoe.  The margarita detail is actually cute, but the shoe is not.

I'm a lightweight, so I definitely can't drink a margarita the size of my head anymore.  But I wouldn't mind a tiny drink to celebrate.  I won't get one, but a girl can dream.

Memory Lane: 2013. 2014.

3 Things:

1. SKD's mom had surgery today, and things went well, so I am grateful for that, and will continue to pray for her recovery.
2. I helped one of our new employees set something up on her Outlook today and she told me I was her hero.  She was being a bit facetious, but hey, I'll take it.
3. I got to talk to my seester today for a bit.  I'd just been thinking of her when she called.  Seester telepathic communication!

I Need Some Crayons

I did a coloring post on this day 3 years ago, and it inspired me to go look for more shoe-themed coloring pages.

I was going to write that I would color this blue, but then I realized that I would probably color them all blue.

 

I might not even color the striped ones.  I really like the one in the middle with the daisies, and the back pair looks like a dalmatian.

Hmmm...black and white?  Black and red?

OK, I wouldn't make this blue animal print.  See?  I can choose other colors occasionally.

Fun!  I like all the details, they would be fun to color.

Why does this boot seem kind of skanky to me?

I had to include this one for The Bean. It's WAY too tall, though.  Ouch.  Thankfully it's only a drawing.

 

This one is also really tall.  The extra details mean I could do this one in black, white, and red, which is one of my favorite combinations for polka dot shoes.

How would you color all of these shoes?

Memory lane is short tonight as I already did 2013 and I didn't post in 2015.

3 Things:

1. We talk to both sets of parents every Sunday, which always makes me happy
2. I went to Target today to renew my antidepressant prescription.  I'm very grateful for my antidepressants, and being able to get them.
3. I might love Target a little too much, but I thoroughly enjoy wandering around, even when I don't have money to shop.

Bookshelves

Today is Clean Out Your Bookcase Day.  I am not OK with this.  That's maybe a little more melodramatic than it needs to be as I do occasionally go through my bookshelves and donate books, especially if I'm moving.  I just don't want a day dedicated this purpose.  It makes me sad, not celebratory.  But it does give me an excuse to post more book shoes!

I want all of these!  The last 4 are from Zazzle which continues to impress me with the amount of themed tennis shoes they have.  I have no plans to clean off a bookshelf today, but I would gladly fill up a bookshelf with some of these shoes!

Today is also Love Your Pet Day, but I do that every day, so I'm just giving you one picture for each kind of pet we have.

Crochet puppy shoes!  I should make some.

And I love these dragon baby shoes.  So fierce.  The PB definitely needs a pair.

Memory Lane: 2013. 2014.

3 Things:

1. I DO love my pets!  The puppies are so loving and snuggly, and the dragons are rather fascinating, and surprisingly sweet.
2. I got my eyebrows waxed for the first time since September today.  I found a thing on Facebook with a woman at a new place offering free services for the month of February.  I made an appointment for eyebrows and lip, but she offered to do my whole face (including my nostrils, which doesn't hurt like you'd think, but man it's WEIRD).  Now I have two eyebrows instead of just one and I no longer look like a muppet!
3. The hubby and I are having a lazy day after a long (but good) week of training and getting to know the new employees.