BFF's Birthday

Today is the BFF's birthday!  (For more background, see last year's post)  I have been thinking a lot of her the last few days, not only because of her birthday, but also because of her love of Madeleine L'Engle.  I am FINALLY on board that train, so she doesn't have to think I'm a total dork.  Actually, she thinks I'm a total dork for many many reasons, but that's OK.  She's also a dork and I love her to the moon and back.  Anyhoodle, as I was searching for shoes for yesterday's post I kept coming across shoes painted with Van Gogh's Starry Night.  This is one of the BFF's favorite paintings, so how appropriate that it came up in the context of one of her favorite authors?  So, in honor of my bestest friend in the whole wide world, here are shoes just for her:

I like that there's lots of blue in all of these shoes.  The BFF pretty much never wears heels, though.

She might be on board with these, though.  I love heels, but I like these better than the first pair.

Not really her style, either.  But pretty, and with a lot more the painting visible.

They even come in kid sizes!  Clearly the nephew needs a pair so he can match his mom.

I really like these.  A lot more abstract than the rest of the shoes, but I love the colors with the solid black shoe for background.

 

Now THESE are the BFF's style.  Too bad, like all flip flops, you have to step on the pretty part so no one can see it.

Happy Birthday, BFF!  Thanks for a fabulous 18 years of laughter and friendship.  You know I listened to The Beatles while writing this post, right?

Unicorns

There is absolutely no rhyme or reason to this post about unicorns.  It just popped into my head and I went off in search of shoes.  I never really went through a horse phase as a kid.  I had friends who would run around the playground with their hands in fists, pretending they were horses and those were their hooves.  I never fully understood this.  I like horses, I was just never obsessed with them.  I honestly can't remember if I even finished Black Beauty.  But, I do like rainbows, and unicorns are often associated with rainbows.  Oh!  It just occurred to me that 2 of the Madeleine L'Engle books I just read had unicorns, so maybe that's why they popped into my head.  Who knows what random stuff is floating around in there.  Let's just look at shoes, OK?

I'm not sure about the ribbon going all the way to the back, but I love the shape of these.  You know I love the color.  And the unicorns are fairly subtle.  This is not always the case.

Are these unicorns?  These might just be horses, or there might be a teeny tiny horn on those heads somewhere.  I would never wear these, even though they're blue.  I'm just not fond of this style of bootie.

 

These are insane.  So I'm sure you won't be surprised when I tell you that they are Irregular Choice.  I'm pretty sure their designers are on drugs...

 

No wait, THESE are insane.  All I can think to say about this is WHAT THE HELL?  Actually, I can think of a few other things but they are really rude and judgmental.

These just look like unicorn-fairy land threw up on a pair of shoes.

Awwww.  These I'd wear.  You know, if I was a baby.

Speaking of babies...I just thought you might want to end on an adorable note.  I worry about her parents, but the baby is still adorable.

Stars

I mentioned on Facebook yesterday that I can't believe I've never read Madeleine L'Engle's books.  I read A Wrinkle in Time this weekend and really liked it.  My dad said she is one of his favorite authors so he can't figure out why I never read her books.  The BFF also loves her and has often talked about her books throughout our friendship.  All I knew is that I had a vague memory of not wanting to read them as a kid.  As I was puttering around on the internet today I remembered why:

It was this cover.  It completely creeped me out, and yes, I judged a book by its cover.  I judged, freaked out, and refused to read it.  30 years later, a different cover, and I've finally remedied the situation.

So, since the book involves travel to different planets, tonight we're going with a stars/galaxies theme.

I didn't realize space was pink.  Heehee  But I like these shoes.

I don't like the style so much, but love the stars.

Nice!  It seems to be a series of galaxy tennies in different colors.

Blue.  Yay.  Still can't pull off high tops, though.

Wouldn't it be fun if space looked like this?  Weird, but fun.

Awww...the PB and I could have matching blue star shoes.

For you green fans out there.  I couldn't find a whole green pair, but this pair is very pretty.

Ooooh...if the PB had an older sibling we could ALL have matching shoes!

I really like these.  Not my usual color scheme, but you know I'm a sucker for an ankle strap.

Good night.  Please don't dream about that cover.  I don't want to be responsible for the nightmares.