Gryffindor

Since I posted the other day about Slytherin House from the Harry Potter books, it seems only right that I do one for Gryffindor, the home of Harry himself.  According to the Sorting Hat in the first book, Gryffindors are brave:

 

"You might belong in Gryffindor,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve, and chivalry
Set Gryffindors apart"

 

Gryffindors and Slytherins do NOT get along.  I, of course, like to pretend that if I were in the HP world I would be sorted into Gryffindor, and since it's my fantasy it can be what I want it to be.  In reality, though, I'm not sure I'm brave enough to be sorted into Gryffindor.  OK, on to shoes!

 

 

I am  geek enough that I would probably wear these.  Especially the pumps and the high tops with the ribbon laces.  Dang...this is all making me want to re-read the books.

Imagination

Generally I'm not that keen on booties,

but I actually kind of like these.  Probably because they are from the 30s, which then gets me to thinking about my imaginary shoe closet, and my imaginary, vintage, outfits that go with the imaginary shoes.  Both of these closets are getting quite well stocked.  Thankfully, imaginary closets expand with no problem to fit as many outfits as possible.  Good times.

 

Not much to report from today.  I slept in and then spent a good chunk of the day watching Buffy and working on a wedding present.  I also finished my sermon and worked on my bible study for tomorrow, so I suppose it was productive even with all of the sitting.  Of course, now my shoulders are all kinked, but I might actually finish this project before the couple has their 25th wedding anniversary.

Eeeew....Slytherin

I was procrastinating on my sermon earlier by looking at Facebook, and Shoe Box P--- presented me with the following:

 

Some people might look at these and just see a pair of black and silver pumps with snakes on them.  I look at these and think, Gross!  Slytherin shoes!  Because I am a giant Harry Potter fan, and Slytherin is icky.  So of course, then I had to go search for Harry Potter shoes.  There are a TON.  At first I was going to make this just a general Harry Potter post, but then as I was searching I found a bunch that were just Slytherin, so decided to go with those, even though they are evil.  Plus, this means I can do posts on the other houses.  Woohoo!

 

 

There are more, of course, but these are just a few I selected for their different styles.  And I'm not alone in my thinking, because in my search I found these:

 

 

Same shoes as above!  And they were described as Slytherin shoes.  Except that the colors are wrong, so someone was confused.  Yep, I am a dork.  And I like it.



 

 

4th of July

I am so very disappointed in the shoe calendar for today:

 

These are hideous in general; they are like a craft project gone horribly wrong.  They are from the 90s, but that doesn't even excuse them.  Plus, it's the 4th of July.  I don't need full on stars on stripes, but they couldn't go with the theme even a little bit?  I would have settled for a red or blue pair of shoes.  On the other hand, Shoe Box P--- totally went with the theme:

 

 

The pumps are cute.  The booties are hideous, but I will take hideous in the name of a theme over weird puff-ball sandals any day.

 

It's possible I'm just cranky because I am on day 2 of the monster bitch headache from hell, which is absolutely no fun.  Thankfully it's a holiday so I can stay home and relax and hope it goes away before tomorrow.   Hope you are having a fabulous day however you are celebrating!



Sleep and No Sleep

My sleep schedule is all jacked up lately.  I don't know why, although there could be lots of reasons ranging from antibiotics to hormones to anxiety.  The night before last I didn't get to sleep until almost 5 in the morning.  I tried everything I could think of and nothing helped.  Last night I was then exhausted but still had trouble falling asleep.  I then forgot to set an alarm and didn't wake up until 10 this morning.  Sheesh.  Good thing I have a job with fairly flexible hours.  So today I thought I would look up shoes with a sleep theme, besides the obvious choice of slippers.  I was honestly expecting to find the Sleepy version of the Grumpy shoes I posted awhile back, but I couldn't find any.  I didn't even find the pair pictured in the post I linked to.  So no Sleepy shoes, but I did find a couple of cute options:

 

 

I think they are both adorable.  Now if only they could help me get my sleep back on track, I would be very very happy.

Qu'est-ce?

This early posting brought to you by my Auntie who apparently thinks I post too late and then she has to wait until the next morning.  She's very demanding. :-P

 

Ooookay....

 

Source

These are from Paris fashion week, and I don't think I can say it any better than they caption on the original picture:  "these are the shoes you wear when you are emerging from a petrified swamp after an apocalypse."  These are just insane.  Although, to be fair, they do go with the insanity of the outfit, so there you go...



(Hot) Pink

I LOVE these:

 

I want them.  Not for right now, because it's a million and 72 degrees at the moment.  But for Fall and Winter?  Oh yeah.  They're hot pink (I know...the lighting is terrible).  When I first saw them this morning I thought they were red, and was disappointed in the pink, but it's sort of grown on me as the day has gone on.  Frankly, I'd take these in multiple colors.  Sadly, they are Louboutins, which means I would have them in no color.  I'm sure there has to be a knock-off out there somewhere, right?  Or maybe this is just a reminder not to covet...

 

So, it's crazy hot here, and pretty much everywhere else, right now.  I spend a lot of time in AC, and a lot of time sweating regardless.  I don't remember sweating this much before.  I'll spare you the details, but dang.  I still had to get stuff done today, regardless of the sweating I managed to have a fairly productive day in terms of errands and laundry and other housework.  I also got to have a lovely lunch with a friend, so the day was both productive and fun.  Can't complain about that.