color blocked wedges!

these wedges are black & cream with a 4" heel. they are a bit like this pair but they are still different. and yes, this is me modeling them.

ps, this is shoe #10 for 2012. two pairs of boots not shown.

okay, one more... because every girl needs a nude pump

these are open toe mary janes in nude. they are 4" heels with a 1" platform.

happy belated v-day shoes!

any reason to buy shoes, right? ok, so i bought both pairs in the same week and i actually got the boots on the 14th. i know i don't need a reason but it makes me feel better when there is one, wouldn't you agree?

plus, these are my very first pair of d'orsay pumps. i know, i can't believe it either. they are patent leather with a nearly 4" heel. they feel comfortable (so far) and are super sexy.

my new red suede shoes!

from nordstrom's anniversary sale last month...
can you believe it? i only got one pair of shoes!

march booties

these booties are black leather with patent leather accents at the toe and heel of 3 ½" heels. these booties look familiar to you because i have them in chalk or cement. the black pair, however, is more versatile. i found that i could only wear the chalk ones with similar tights. both booties look sexy with jeans. i like that i can just slip them on and off (no zippers!). i love wearing them with dresses or skirts.

shoe of the year

in addition to seeing a lot of live bands, i also bought a lot of shoes. my plan to limit myself to one every 6 weeks blew up in my face. had i followed that plan correctly, i would have ended up with 9 pairs of shoes. not 16. that's right, 16 pairs.

back to the shoe of the year. lisa gave me this idea for a post. she was looking at all the shoes i got in 2008 and we decided the top pair had to be this pair:
my beautiful pink miu mius. not only did i get an excellent deal on them but they are absolutely gorgeous. the mauve pink patent leather and two buckled straps add unique details. they are so lovely, they make me feel fabulous!

second runner up are these kate spades in plum: in last place are these via spiga booties:

which ones do you like the best?

another birthday present...

... from myself! ha. they are elf-like booties but i think they are so so pretty...

yay! presents!

i started opening up birthday gifts early this year. not to mention sending them to myself early. i got these boots for myself. i also got some bling earrings from my very sweet sister, uh, last month. which i've been wearing since um, last month. they are sparkly and so pretty. they also go well with the rest of my bling. in addition to these lovely ankle boots, i got myself a new camera from amazon. i've always been interested in photography. mostly, i enjoy looking at them and being impressed by the many very talented photographers out there. sometimes, i surprise myself with a lucky "money" shot. even more recently, i've wanted to take better pictures. as a result, i decided it was due time for a new more advanced camera. not quite at the slr level, i settled on the canon sx110is in black. newly released in august, the sx110is is the new version to the sx100is. while the sx110is is a point & shoot camera, it has some manual settings of an slr. and is certainly a step up from my 2 y/o elph sd450. you can check out my practice shots on my flickr page.in addition to early birthday gifts, my girlfriends and i have a long tradition of commemorating our birthdays all month long. it is really just an excuse to go out & celebrate. since november is my birthday month, betty and i decided that the ladies' night out would be part of my month long festivities. before meeting up with funie, we went to kirala's for sushi. it has been ages since we were last there together. i can never complain about the food here, especially since we always seem to overeat. one of the sushi chefs, conrad, always makes us "extras." the grilled squid is especially beautiful there. i should have taken a picture of it. but when we saw it, we just inhaled it. it was as delicious as it was beautiful. afterwards, we got gelato at naia's and then headed over to the mission for ladies' night out with funie. fun fun fun.

july/august booties

can you believe it? july is in two weeks already!
the heels are 3 ¾ inches high. and the leather on my new booties are so soft.

the half-yearly @ nordstrom

it's that time of year again! yep, the time women wake up early to get to nordstrom by 7am for some good shopping. i got these shoes (see below) and some other stuff. i went to the valley fair store early in the morning and shopped with lisa. after work, i headed over to the stanford shopping center with the muffins. now if only i can hold off on shopping until the anniversary sale on july 20.

shop like you mean it

on wednesday (the first day of the sale), i got these brown suede ankle boots. i got these from my shoe guy at the valley fair store.
and on thursday, i got the black pumps at the stanford store. the evil sales guy brought out the brown ones too. i was tempted but said no. aren't they pretty??