Emerald and Vanilla

I'm not sure why, but I've been having a hard time writing here lately. Partly, I think, because I've been writing for my mum on her company's blog, SWISH Notes, partly because I've just had a lot on my mind lately and partly because there hasn't really been all that much going on in my world that's blog-able.

Anyways, I hope that explains why I've been doing more sharing of things and less writing of things. Which will not be a trend.

Moving on!

I will be headed to New York, this coming Wednesday night, and there will be much more to tell you when I return, I promise.

In the meantime, I've been trying really hard to avoid spending mass quantities of money on anything, including footwear (though I have acquired some gems in the last few weeks)

These are my new friends:

 

 

The green ones are the result of much lusting after I stumbled upon them by accident. I was searching for mint green trend photos for SWISH notes, when I saw them on this blog. She had included them in this beautiful mix-match of all things emerald (which was the pantone-named colour for 2013:

 

I especially love the seat in the very middle. Beautiful!

Now, when I saw these, they were on the Target website, and I kept telling myself that I would go try them on when I was in the US next. Unfortunately, by the time I made it to the other side of the line, they weren't at Target anymore.

But, all was not lost! I was at my fabulous Bellingham-neighbourhood Goodwill, which happens to get all the cast-offs of things that Target can't sell. And, sitting in the middle of a pile of Target-rejected goodies was (you guessed it!) my emerald shoes! (And, in my size, no less!)

So, I, of course, wasted no time in snapping them up, and felt a little like Cinderella dancing about in my emerald glory. Did I mention they were only ten dollars!? (Which seems to be my magic number these days...)

The vanilla-patent perfection in the other photo comes with a little anecdote as well (of course). I was shopping at Kohls, looking for inspiration, and I stumbled upon them. My mum was shopping on the other side of the shelf, and we both exclaimed at the same time, in near-perfect unison, "Oooh! These are cute!" and held up the same pair of shoes so that the other could see. It was one of those sit-com moments.

These are LC by Lauren Conrad, which is a label I'm becoming more fond of. I also picked up a beautiful floral dress by her, which is making me feel a little more prepared for Spring.

New York will help with the rest of my Spring-y preparation.

 

My feet would like to marry Jane...

I don't care what anyone says, I love Mary Janes. The shoes, not the green stuff.

They're classic, they go with everything, they're cute in every colour and you can make them sexy or sweet.

A while back, I was looking for shoes for my friend's speakeasy themed birthday party (how perfect, considering my flapper obsession!) and my mum and I wound up in a thrift store.

Now, you may say "Ick!" at the idea of buying second-hand shoes, but I think there's a treasure trove here. As long as they're in good condition, don't reek to high heaven, and are interesting-looking, I don't think there's a problem. Plus, I managed to get 6 pair for 56$ that day. I mean, really, how can that be a bad thing?

Anyways, back to the task at hand. I picked up these little Steve Madden delights:

A cute little mid-heel, adorable buttons, and some crinkled patent, definitely a recipe for shoe success! I love them, and they've become my go-to work shoes, and have been out for dinner with my man a few times. I like a mid-heel for date night, it's less over-the-top (no pun intended).

It was actually very fortunate that I found these babies, because my last pair of awesome black patent Mary Janes were on the verge of falling apart. They were a Payless find from when I was about 18, and I had walked practically walked through the heels. Here they are in fuschia, which was the colour I wanted to buy them in, but they didn't have my size...

 

See? Adorable in black and in colours. And, to drive the point home, I'm sure you remember the beautiful grey ones I got at Christmas and wrote about here.

 

Love those!

 

I will be headed to New York as of 4 this afternoon, and will therefore be MIA until the 10th. But, I promise there will be plenty of photos, stories and footwear upon my return. I'll be there for Fashion's Night Out, and you just know that's going to be a goldmine!