Ugly Sweaters

Guess what?  Today was National Ugly Christmas Sweater Day!  I don't have an ugly Christmas sweater, so I couldn't participate (although it's currently about 5 degrees, not counting windchill, so a sweater, regardless of beauty, is fairly necessary).  In honor of this very silly holiday I give you the following results from a search for "ugly Christmas sweater shoes:"

I'm just going to leave these here for you...you're welcome...

Happy Birthdays

You might remember that February 6 is a pretty awesome day as it is the birthday of 2 of my favorite people, The Nephew and the BSF!

The Nephew is 6 today, and like any self-respecting 6 year old, he loves Star Wars (he also loves The Beatles, so you know I approve).  Today he's having a Darth Vader cake, so I thought I'd go find him some Star Wars Shoes.

Darth Vader tennies!  I think we both need a pair.

As well as a pair of Chewbacca slippers.  These are adorable and crack me up.

I also want a pair of these.  Apparently The Nephew and I need a Star Wars imaginary shoe closet.

If you haven't seen the new movie you might not recognize the new droid, BB8,  alongside R2D2.  I like that this pair combines the old and new.

I don't actually know how to segue into the next set of pictures except to move from The Nephew to the BSF and try not to worry about making it a smooth transition.  The BSF shares my love of shoes (hence her nickname).  Since this is also Super Bowl weekend, I went with a sports theme.  The BSF got her first (of like 8 million) Masters Degrees at KU and worked there as a sports therapist for many years before decided to go to seminary.  The Jayhawk was the first college mascot I actually recognized outside my own school.  So, in honor of that, and her birthday, here are some Jayhawk shoes.

 These are cute.  I would wear them.

These are hilarious and weird and awesome and I want some with my college mascot on them.

Of course I had to find a pair of sparkly heels!

Happy Birthday, Nephew and BSF!  So happy to have both of you in my life!

Sweaters

As I said on Facebook yesterday, I have become THAT puppy mom:

I ordered these from Amazon last year, but they were too big.  They're still a little big, but I think they are so very stinking cute and I couldn't resist.  I mean, how cute are Mexican puppies in Norwegian sweaters?  Plus, we've been bringing them to the office with us and they always seem to be cold, so I thought we'd try the sweaters.  I don't know who needs therapy more:  Me for dressing them or the puppies for being forced into outfits.  Anyhoo, this picture made me go on a hunt for sweater shoes:

Very wintery and snowflakey.  I approve.

Blue sweater baby shoes!  Yes please.  The PB will take a pair in every size.

These would have been good for yesterday's post.  I should get a pair like this and then I would coordinate with the puppies and they could go caroling with me!

 

Kind of a boring color, but I like the details.

Sweater slippers!

These are  kind of an od shape, but I really like the pattern.

These look so snuggly and comfy. And they remind me a little of a sweater I once owned.

Also snuggly and comfy!  And I would definitely wear this as a sweater. 

So apparently in my blogging life it's either feast or famine.  Sometimes I have absolutely nothing I want to post about, and other times, like now, I have a whole bunch of posts jostling around in my head trying to get out.  Like yesterday there were 3 things I could/should have posted besides what I actually did, so now I'll be throwing those posts in where they might not make as much sense (does ANYTHING make sense on this blog?  Ever?). Things might get a little jumbled this week is all I'm saying.

Good Peeps

Today was blah.  I just felt off all day.  Nothing was wrong, I actually felt pretty good physically, but I was just blah and off all day.  The hubby kept asking me what was wrong and I kept saying nothing, which was both true and not true.  A couple of weeks ago we could have passed this off as just a moody day, but now that you all know what's going on with me, we know the source of the blah-ness.  If that makes any sense.  Who knows?  Thankfully, I have fabulous friends who send me shoes to cheer me up.  First, from the Pinterest Friend:

These really should have gone in the sweaters post.  Sooo...your ankles get to be warm, but your toes don't?  I think the PF said something about these being shoes with an identity crisis.  Yep.

 

And these are just cute and blue and covet-able.  Excellent work, PF!

These are from a friend who is a total Disney Freak.  I can't tell if they're a pair and supposed to be slightly mismatched, or if it's one shoe from a pink pair and a blue pair.  I kind of like the mismatched idea.  These remind me of the Pink!  Blue! scene from Sleeping Beauty.

My cousin sent me this, and how fun are these planters?  Instead of giving away my shoes, I could just plant stuff in them and put them all over the yard (and then watch the hubby's head explode).

Hey, remember these?  Another friend sent this to me recently, and I like that you an actually see them on a foot.  They don't look quite so cray on, but seriously is there ANY arch support in these things?

OK, so this last one isn't shoes, but it is still from a fabulous friend helping to cheer me up.  I absolutely agree...some days it seems like it would be easier to slay the dragon.

Thanks friends.  I couldn't do any of this without you.

Sweaters

I love sweaters.  I used to like to wear lots and lots of layers during the winter.  The cozier the better.  These days the hubby gets cold, but I rarely do.  Usually I'm stripping down to as few layers as are socially acceptable.  So I miss layers.  I miss sleeping in flannel pjs and flannel sheets.   But I really miss cozy sweaters.  Maybe I'll have to start wearing sweater shoes.

These are cutely hideous.  Hideously cute?  They're like an ugly sweater turned into tennis shoes.  But in a fabulous way.

 

These are my idea of a cozy sweater turned to shoes.  These just look snuggly and comfy, and I like the flower detail.

 

Oh dear.  No.  Ugly sweater shoes strike again, but not in a fabulous way this time.  These are also from the Irregular Choice site, if that helps explain anything.

You might think I'm weird, but I would wear these.  These are like a Norwegian sweater turned into shoes.  I miss my Nordic sweaters.  They live in MT these days because it's never cold enough here to wear them.  I didn't even wear them while I was home because I was too darn hot all the time.

I now kind of want to turn all of my favorite sweaters into shoes.