Ghosties

I've currently got four things working in the background of my computer, so I figured while I waited for those to finish I might as well pop over here and do a quick post.  The calendar says it's October, but while it's been in the 80s still here, many of my friends in MT woke up to snow yesterday and today.  I think there should be a happy medium in there somewhere.  Nice, crisp fall days with highs in the 60s and lows in the 40s would suit me just fine.  Not going to happen, but oh well.  Since the calendar does say October, despite what the weather says, it's time for some Halloween-themed shoes, so today we're going with ghosts.

Simple and cute.  My only question is, why are the ghost's necks so narrow?  Maybe they're like Nearly Headless Nick in the Harry Potter books?

Similar, but with a little orange to make them pop.

Adorable.  Although the ghosts are a little strange.  Is it the mouths?

I kind of want these in my size.  They'd be great as slippers; I could wear them for the whole month.

I thought I'd find more heels or adult shoes with ghosts on them.  Not so much.  I'm still not convinced these are ghosts, they look more like skulls, but I was told they were ghosts (and the internet would never lie to me) so I went with it.

 

I find this hilarious and silly.  It doesn't really say Halloween to me, but it certainly makes me smile.

OK, back to work.  And just in case you were worried, I've actually been working this whole time, going back and forth between cute ghosties and actual work.  The ghosties are more fun.

Foxes

The Pinterest Friend has announced it on Facebook and given me permission to mention it here, so today's post is in honor of her and her little Pumpkin Seed, coming in May of 2017!  Yep, the PF is going to have a baby!  Which means that every time I see anything baby related with owls or foxes on it I have to stop myself from buying it.  It doesn't mean I can't share them here, though, so today we're going to with fox baby shoes.

They're all just so stinking adorable!  I love how dapper the foxes in the 4th and 6th pictures are.  Pumpkin Seed does not need 6 pairs of fox shoes (probably...I would never judge if PS really DID need 6 pairs of fox shoes), so I'll just window shop (blog shop?) for now.  Congrats, PF!  Now please move back to California so I might spoil that baby in person. :-)

Happy Birthday, Dad!

As you probably gathered from the title of this post, today is my dad's birthday!  I wish I could have been home to help him celebrate, but at least I got to talk to him on the phone both today and yesterday, so that helps.  Look at how cute we all were once upon a time:

(the tiny one is me).  I'm assuming Mom was taking the picture as she isn't in it?

Anyway, as I often do, I looked up shoes by name, although this time I went with Dad's middle name just to see what came up.  His middle name is Emanuel, and unfortunately only girly shoes showed up in that search.  Sorry, pop.
 

But stripes!  So yay!

And polka dots!  More yay!

Kind of plain, but cute, and good for work.

Ditto.

I'd like to see these on, but I think they might be cute.  The color is fun at least, and ankle straps have potential.

 

I'm intrigued by this one.  It might cute?  It might be over the top?  It might have a spider web on it?  It's interesting.

Emanuel means "God with us" (think Advent), but I decided not to search for God shoes today. At any rate, Happy Birthday, pop!  Sorry I couldn't find any manly shoes named after you.

Duckies

I got to Skype with the fam today, which was awesome.  Although I'm not sure I ever saw anyone's whole face at any given time, which was awesomely hilarious.  I saw a lot of Laughter's hair, a lot of Flower's glasses, the seester's and auntie's parts in their hair, Mom's elbow, The Bean's and Double A's chins.  Oh well, it was nice to see even that much of them!  We Skyped to talk about Mom and Dad's upcoming 50th wedding anniversary, but I also got to wish Flower a happy baptism anniversary.  She was baptized 8 years ago today!  Except...she wasn't.  I had it on my calendar as today, but it was really October 5th.  I'm the worst auntie/godmother ever.  At least I got to sing to her even if it was on the wrong day.  Yep, I sing for everything.  This was Happy Baptism Anniversary to the tune of Happy Birthday.  I just shoved those extra syllables right on in.  I'm fairly sure there was eye rolling on more than just the part of Flower. 

Anywho, since I've already done baptism shoes a couple of times, I thought I'd do something else.  So ducky shoes!  Hey, baptism...water...ducks...work with me here. And yes, I've also done ducks before, but only once, and those were mostly adult shoes.

Crocheted duckies! And yes, day 3 of baby shoes. I've decided to continue to torture myself.  Besides, duckie and puppy baby shoes are just cuter.

Duckie pull-toy shoes.  Or so I'm assuming.

Kissing duckies!  I don't think that's what they're actually supposed to be doing, but it's my blog and I'll make stuff up as it amuses me. 

These are super sweet.  I wish I could see the detail a little clearer.

Also sweet.  Also pull toys?  Actually old fashioned or just made to look that way?

I though I'd end on a whimsical/crazy note.  Don't dress your baby's feet in rubber ducky crocs, please!  Unless you have a really compelling reason, of course.  Like a theme party.  I'm all for theme shoes.

I'm shutting up now.  I think the sinus infection/bronchitis is making me loopy(er).

Chaloopy-Loo

My Chalupa puppy has been extra snuggly lately.  I'm not sure if I should be worried or not.  He's not usually much of a snuggler, but he's been wanting extra attention.  I hope he's feeling OK.  Both puppies are at the office with me today, which is always nice.  They are all comfy-cozy in their bed behind my desk.  I'd kind of like to be comfy-cozy in my bed right now, too.  I have a sinus infection (color everyone shocked, I know) and now it's moving into my chest and I just want to sleep. Oh well.  I'll sleep eventually.  In the meantime while I'm waiting for the multiple things that are loading/finishing/whatever on my never-ending list of projects, I will share puppy shoes in honor of my Chaloopy puppy.

They're probably supposed to be napping, but I think they look all cute and happy and smug.

These are hilarious and make me smile.

Heehee.  The dog is so long it stretches across 2 shoes!  Yes, I'm easily amused.

Also adorable.

Scotty dogs!  Wearing Polka Dot Sweaters!  I kind of want these for me.  I also think they might be Mary Engelbreit, which is even cooler.

OK, enough puppy shoes.  I've been popping in a typing whenever I'm at a point where I'm waiting on those multiple things to finish, but now it's to take posting out of the multitasking rotation.  Maybe I'll replace it with puppy snuggles...

Babies Babies Babies

As I was contemplating last night's post and the funk therein, I realized another part of the general feeling of blah I've been having is babies. Not babies themselves, because it's not their fault I feel blah, just the idea of babies in general.  Of my friends on Facebook, that I can think of off the top of my head, I have:

• 1 friend who had a baby 2 months ago
• 2 friends who had babies 1 month ago
• 1 friend who had a baby 2 weeks
• 2 friends who are due in October
• 1 friend who is due in November
• 1 friend who is due in December 
• 1 friend who is due in January
• 1 friend who is due in February
• 1 friend who is due in May

Don't get me wrong, I am so very thrilled for all of these women and their babies and families.  Babies are awesome and I love them. Which is part of the problem.  That are a LOT of pictures of newborns and baby bumps and general baby cuteness/happiness that I am not a part of.  It adds to the funk is all I'm saying.

So in honor of that funk, and in order to both soothe and torture myself, today's post is baby shoes.

I love these.  So simple and sweet.

Look at the teeny tiny eyes on the strap!  At least I think they're eyes.  I've decided they're eyes regardless.

Sigh...I love dragonflies.

Nerdy baby shoes!  (sorry, Double A and Bean, I know you aren't a fan of DC...I'll find some Marvel shoes next time)

Back to simple and sweet.

Now.  Who has a baby they will let me snuggle for the next week-5 years?

Shoes and Leaves

So...where to start?  JG asked me a couple of weeks ago if I was going to post again and I wasn't sure what to tell her.  I've thought about posting numerous times, but things are crazy busy at the office.  Which is good, things are definitely on an upswing, and I'm grateful for that, but it means that life is a little insane right now.  Last night we got home about 8:00 and then I worked for another 2 1/2 hours.  I was out of the house again this morning at 8:00 to do a million things so the hubby could head to a meeting in the Bay Area, and then it was off to the office for another full day.  So it's good, just crazy. 

There's other stuff, too, and I had it all laid out in my head this morning in the shower, but apparently that post went down the drain with the water.  The gist of it is I'm not getting a lot of introvert time due to the crazy, which makes me feel a little funky.  The funky feelings lead me to make extremely poor decisions health-wise.  I don't drink enough water.  I eat crappy food.  I don't get enough exercise.  It all combines to make the funk even funkier.  Oh, and I'm fat.  Sorry about the body shaming, but it's true.  If I were healthy it would be one thing, but since I'm making poor health choices, well, blah.  We have family pictures coming up in November and all I can think if how awful I'm going to look and it's all my fault and my socially constructed brain that has been taught that women should look a certain way has taken over and my sister is going to be way cuter than I in yet another series of family pictures.  (side note...I love my sister, this is nothing against her, she's beautiful inside and out...it's just my own crap stemming from my socially constructed telling me I'm fat.  Blah).

Still with me?  Happy I haven't been posting?  Wondering why I'm posting now?  Yeah, I get it.  Let's look at some shoes, shall we?  The calendar says it's Autumn, even if the temps don't always agree, so here are shoes and Autumn leaves.  Some shoes I like, some I don't.  Some pictures are better than others.  I'll leaf (ha!) the details of which is which to you.

I have Sleepy Time tea in a Halloween cup waiting for me to drink while I read before bed, so I must leave you now.