I am headed in that direction, please save me.
CVS is like a broke girl's Sephora. At least for me it is. I am always running up there for something, whipping out my extracare bucks like a .....JUNKIE. I justify it buy saying its all cheap, on sale, had a coupon, etc. But when I look in my bathroom, all that stuff adds up.
I am going to Sally's this weekend. To purchase Motions relaxer and moisturizer. Only!! And maybe some plastic clips.
I do try to use stuff up before I buy a replacement, unless a product has been deemed unsuitable-Like my mineral oil products. I am noticing the difference in my hair. No matter how much I put on, its still dry.
Now, baby oil is basically mineral oil. And baby oil breaks my face out into itchy welts. Just my face, though. So it would make sense that I wouldn't use a product with mineral oil on my face? Well my beloved Pond's moisturizer has mineral oil in. So after I finish the 12 ounces I have left, I'll buy the CVS brand vitamin e moisturizer.
I read an article on the internet about mineral oil collecting in your body and absorbing nutrients from your system. It sounds like a hoax but I kinda believe it. But it can't be any worse that me eating an entire pint of Ben and Jerry's in one sitting.
But having these various products makes me focus on using them and this pampering myself. Plus a lot of the stuff I have was given to me.
No more new stuff after this weekend, I promise.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
I could cut him.
My brother.
He sent me a text message saying he needed help with a bill. I called him. I asked him why didn't he just call instead of texting. He said he didn't know. Could it be that he was begging like a punk.
I asked him what bill he needed help with. His car insurance. This is the same guy who went to one of those got a job, got credit places and got an SUV "for the same payment as the little." FOR TWICE THE AMOUNT OF TIME, DUMMY!
He's had some accidents and some speeding tickets.
I asked him who else he sent the text to. He said mommy and daddy.
I asked him what made him think I had money. He said maybe I'd like to help.
I reminded him that he made more than me and that my "income" was really just a living stipend.
He's saying help like he's raising money for starving children.
I think a member of a 2-income household should be able to pay their car insurance
He said he's not not working this summer. I reminded him that that was by choice.
GTFOWTBS!
My dad gave him the money.
Brother calls a few days later saying his wife interviewed for a job making more money and that they'd be moving up or whatever.
I said I hope you can figure out a way to pay your car insurance.
My brother is really good and sweet but he drives me crazy, I swear!
AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON PEOPLE THINKING THAT HE'S OLDER THAN ME!!!
as if.
He sent me a text message saying he needed help with a bill. I called him. I asked him why didn't he just call instead of texting. He said he didn't know. Could it be that he was begging like a punk.
I asked him what bill he needed help with. His car insurance. This is the same guy who went to one of those got a job, got credit places and got an SUV "for the same payment as the little." FOR TWICE THE AMOUNT OF TIME, DUMMY!
He's had some accidents and some speeding tickets.
I asked him who else he sent the text to. He said mommy and daddy.
I asked him what made him think I had money. He said maybe I'd like to help.
I reminded him that he made more than me and that my "income" was really just a living stipend.
He's saying help like he's raising money for starving children.
I think a member of a 2-income household should be able to pay their car insurance
He said he's not not working this summer. I reminded him that that was by choice.
GTFOWTBS!
My dad gave him the money.
Brother calls a few days later saying his wife interviewed for a job making more money and that they'd be moving up or whatever.
I said I hope you can figure out a way to pay your car insurance.
My brother is really good and sweet but he drives me crazy, I swear!
AND DON'T GET ME STARTED ON PEOPLE THINKING THAT HE'S OLDER THAN ME!!!
as if.
Monday, July 28, 2008
The Proof is in the Pudding
Taken from this site: http://www.hamptonu.edu/news/071608_01_sob_rankings.htm
I couldn't link it for some reason.
Hampton, VA - The results of a recent study by Hampton University School of Business researchers found that the best method to rank the top colleges and universities for African-American students was to base the rankings on the impact of the alumni of the institutions.
Dr. Sid Howard Credle, dean of the HU School of Business, conducted the study along with Dr. Sharad Maheshwari, associate professor; Janelle Pridgen-Davenport, instructor; and HU MBA graduate students.
"The current weighted index model although useful to some, generally excludes Historically Black Colleges and Universities and is biased. You can change the weight of model variables to produce a desired outcome," said Credle. "We found that our method reduces bias, and results in realistic rankings."
The research report, "An Alternative Ranking Methodology to Determine the Best Colleges and Universities for African Americans, Based on the Success of Alumni," was awarded the 2008 Outstanding Research Award by the Institute for Business and Finance Research. The paper was presented at the Global Institute in Costa Rica in May.
The report examined the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate college degrees of the most successful African Americans in 2005. The list of 411 influential African Americans was compiled from several lists of prominent African Americans included in Black Enterprise, Ebony magazine and additional sources. The list included prominent lawyers, judges, entrepreneurs, presidents of U.S. universities, high-ranking members of the government, non-profit institutions and members of corporate America.
The results indicated that while Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) only represent four percent of the nation's four-year colleges, 38 percent of the 411 influential African Americans on the list attended an HBCU. Howard University and Morehouse College were tied as the top schools represented. Harvard was next on the list. Yale, Florida A&M, North Carolina A&T, Hampton, Cornell, Northwestern, Michigan, Fisk and Morgan State completed the top 12 schools.
"The evidence clearly indicates that the HBCUs compete primarily with the subset of richly endowed Ivy League TWI schools when measuring alumni success," said Maheshwari.
The report also examined the sample's attendance at graduate schools and law schools to determine entrance rates and the quality of the graduate schools attended. According to the report, 83 percent of those studied who attended an HBCU and 83 percent of the African-Americans studied who attended a Traditionally White Institution (TWI) went on to earn a graduate degree. The study showed no greater benefit to attending a TWI or detriment in attending an HBCU when it pertains to attaining graduate degrees. Moreover, there was no significant difference in the quality of graduate schools attended by the African Americans studied.
Pridgen- Davenport stated, "It should be recognized that all data can be viewed from a variety of perspectives and the determination of the best school or group of schools is inherently subjective. Ultimately it is the current student and active alumni who will determine if an institution of higher education is truly the best."
I couldn't link it for some reason.
Hampton, VA - The results of a recent study by Hampton University School of Business researchers found that the best method to rank the top colleges and universities for African-American students was to base the rankings on the impact of the alumni of the institutions.
Dr. Sid Howard Credle, dean of the HU School of Business, conducted the study along with Dr. Sharad Maheshwari, associate professor; Janelle Pridgen-Davenport, instructor; and HU MBA graduate students.
"The current weighted index model although useful to some, generally excludes Historically Black Colleges and Universities and is biased. You can change the weight of model variables to produce a desired outcome," said Credle. "We found that our method reduces bias, and results in realistic rankings."
The research report, "An Alternative Ranking Methodology to Determine the Best Colleges and Universities for African Americans, Based on the Success of Alumni," was awarded the 2008 Outstanding Research Award by the Institute for Business and Finance Research. The paper was presented at the Global Institute in Costa Rica in May.
The report examined the undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate college degrees of the most successful African Americans in 2005. The list of 411 influential African Americans was compiled from several lists of prominent African Americans included in Black Enterprise, Ebony magazine and additional sources. The list included prominent lawyers, judges, entrepreneurs, presidents of U.S. universities, high-ranking members of the government, non-profit institutions and members of corporate America.
The results indicated that while Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU) only represent four percent of the nation's four-year colleges, 38 percent of the 411 influential African Americans on the list attended an HBCU. Howard University and Morehouse College were tied as the top schools represented. Harvard was next on the list. Yale, Florida A&M, North Carolina A&T, Hampton, Cornell, Northwestern, Michigan, Fisk and Morgan State completed the top 12 schools.
"The evidence clearly indicates that the HBCUs compete primarily with the subset of richly endowed Ivy League TWI schools when measuring alumni success," said Maheshwari.
The report also examined the sample's attendance at graduate schools and law schools to determine entrance rates and the quality of the graduate schools attended. According to the report, 83 percent of those studied who attended an HBCU and 83 percent of the African-Americans studied who attended a Traditionally White Institution (TWI) went on to earn a graduate degree. The study showed no greater benefit to attending a TWI or detriment in attending an HBCU when it pertains to attaining graduate degrees. Moreover, there was no significant difference in the quality of graduate schools attended by the African Americans studied.
Pridgen- Davenport stated, "It should be recognized that all data can be viewed from a variety of perspectives and the determination of the best school or group of schools is inherently subjective. Ultimately it is the current student and active alumni who will determine if an institution of higher education is truly the best."
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Teasing vs. Bullying II
My 6th grade year I went to a school that was a horrible experience in integration.
Upper middle class white students and black kids from the projects. And me being bused from the black, middle class side of town to sit in classes with all white kids because they program I had tested into wasn't offered at my neighborhood middle school.
So, of course all the black kids wanted to know why I'm in class with all the white kids because the classes are OBVIOUSLY segregated.
Two schools in one...one black, one white.
Oh and I'm still getting teased about my lips. At this point, I don't even like to chew gum at school.
Oh and I was definitely fashionable challenged, too. (I didn't wear brand names-the horror!)
I went through an identity crisis and insisted on being called by my middle name. That last for 1 semester. I kept forgetting to answer to it.
Well, Gym class was the only class where I got to see other brown faces. One face in this class was Carmelita Bull. Yep, that was her real name. She did look kinda bullish. She was cute. She had a wide nose. And she was thick...like if she hit me it would hurt! I don't think that heffa could wait to start teasing me. Well, I guess maybe it was my fault. I wore my house key on my earring...you know...like Janet. So everyday, I got "*smack, smack* dis girl thank she cute...thank she like janet jackson or something with that key on her ear." Now I did get that from Janet, but I didn't think I was Janet, nor did I want to be Janet. (Well I did want to dance like her)
Anyway, Carmelita and her crew would terrorize people in the locker room before and after gym. You know adults are never around when stuff is going down. Anyway, one day they put this girl's clothes in the toilet. Yep, her hammer pants and patent leather shoes. I was already scared to undress because they would grab people's clothes and throw them around and I thought if they were teasing me about my lips what would they say if they saw the rest of my body?
Well one day, the orchestra was taking a trip to the mall. (Yes, I played the violin and was pretty good!) So I had $10 dollars for lunch and any other incidentals, courtesy of my dear mother. I locked the money up during gym class. Or so I thought. Carmelita and her crew got to it. They stole my money. I didn't go around announcing I had money, but they knew I was going on a field trip. Only the most unfortunate student didn't bring money for a field trip.
Of course she denied it so hard I thought maybe I just lost it. But eventually she confessed.
The life of a middle schooler is not for the faint of heart!
Upper middle class white students and black kids from the projects. And me being bused from the black, middle class side of town to sit in classes with all white kids because they program I had tested into wasn't offered at my neighborhood middle school.
So, of course all the black kids wanted to know why I'm in class with all the white kids because the classes are OBVIOUSLY segregated.
Two schools in one...one black, one white.
Oh and I'm still getting teased about my lips. At this point, I don't even like to chew gum at school.
Oh and I was definitely fashionable challenged, too. (I didn't wear brand names-the horror!)
I went through an identity crisis and insisted on being called by my middle name. That last for 1 semester. I kept forgetting to answer to it.
Well, Gym class was the only class where I got to see other brown faces. One face in this class was Carmelita Bull. Yep, that was her real name. She did look kinda bullish. She was cute. She had a wide nose. And she was thick...like if she hit me it would hurt! I don't think that heffa could wait to start teasing me. Well, I guess maybe it was my fault. I wore my house key on my earring...you know...like Janet. So everyday, I got "*smack, smack* dis girl thank she cute...thank she like janet jackson or something with that key on her ear." Now I did get that from Janet, but I didn't think I was Janet, nor did I want to be Janet. (Well I did want to dance like her)
Anyway, Carmelita and her crew would terrorize people in the locker room before and after gym. You know adults are never around when stuff is going down. Anyway, one day they put this girl's clothes in the toilet. Yep, her hammer pants and patent leather shoes. I was already scared to undress because they would grab people's clothes and throw them around and I thought if they were teasing me about my lips what would they say if they saw the rest of my body?
Well one day, the orchestra was taking a trip to the mall. (Yes, I played the violin and was pretty good!) So I had $10 dollars for lunch and any other incidentals, courtesy of my dear mother. I locked the money up during gym class. Or so I thought. Carmelita and her crew got to it. They stole my money. I didn't go around announcing I had money, but they knew I was going on a field trip. Only the most unfortunate student didn't bring money for a field trip.
Of course she denied it so hard I thought maybe I just lost it. But eventually she confessed.
The life of a middle schooler is not for the faint of heart!
Teasing vs. Bullying
Who didn't get teased as a kid?
I did. I got teased for having big lips. Yep. I got called bubba-lips, Bubbalicious, etc. I never, like wanted surgery or anything, but I would constantly bend my lips back into my mouth. And I think I was a little delayed in wearing lipstick because I didn't want my lips to be anymore noticable.
Now? Oh I get "ohhh your lips are so sexy" all the time.
Was anyone ever bullied? I think I was.
Another thing I got teased about was having long hair, as if that is something you can tease someone about. When I was in the second grade, these older kids would come up to me and pull my ponytails (I usually wore 2, no more than 4) really, REALLY hard. And swing my head from side to side. It was always after school, when there weren't many adults around as I walked to after school care. This one heffa in particular I remember well. Her name was Kimberly W. She would tease me about my lips, but she had what I can only describe as a physically big mouth. Like, she had big teeth, big black gums. She was unattractive as a 3rd grader, but I'm sure she's probably a nice looking adult. But her big thing was my hair. I guess she didn't like me having long ponytails. Thing was, her hair was shiny, well-kept, in curls, etc. I mean her head wasn't jacked up. At that time, my mom was still doing my hair and I was NOT ALLOWED to wear my hair "out." I could only wear braided ponytails. If she was feeling fancy, she would actually curl the ponytails, a treat for me.
So, everyday after school I would see her. We went to the same after care place. I hated that place, but that' another post. And everyday, she would yank my ponytails really, really hard until I had a headache. One day, she pulled my ponytail holder (you know the ones with the balls on each end) so hard that it ended up dangling off the ends of my hair.
Maybe once an adult caught her pulling my hair. But I didn't tell anyone, I don't know why. She did it like every day and every day I dreaded after school. I think I wanted to be "cool." That was my first year at that school, I already had a funny name, I didn't celebrate Christmas, and I was the best reader in my grade. The chips were stacked against me in this second grade popularity contest!
Well one day this big fifth grader...let's just call her Neicy...Saw Kim pulling my hair. She stopped and asked me why was I letting this girl pull my hair. I shrugged. Next thing I new, Neicy had shoved Kim on the ground. "You betta stop lettin people mess wit' you like dat!" Neicy told me.
Kim didn't bother me anymore. Thanks Neicy!
I did. I got teased for having big lips. Yep. I got called bubba-lips, Bubbalicious, etc. I never, like wanted surgery or anything, but I would constantly bend my lips back into my mouth. And I think I was a little delayed in wearing lipstick because I didn't want my lips to be anymore noticable.
Now? Oh I get "ohhh your lips are so sexy" all the time.
Was anyone ever bullied? I think I was.
Another thing I got teased about was having long hair, as if that is something you can tease someone about. When I was in the second grade, these older kids would come up to me and pull my ponytails (I usually wore 2, no more than 4) really, REALLY hard. And swing my head from side to side. It was always after school, when there weren't many adults around as I walked to after school care. This one heffa in particular I remember well. Her name was Kimberly W. She would tease me about my lips, but she had what I can only describe as a physically big mouth. Like, she had big teeth, big black gums. She was unattractive as a 3rd grader, but I'm sure she's probably a nice looking adult. But her big thing was my hair. I guess she didn't like me having long ponytails. Thing was, her hair was shiny, well-kept, in curls, etc. I mean her head wasn't jacked up. At that time, my mom was still doing my hair and I was NOT ALLOWED to wear my hair "out." I could only wear braided ponytails. If she was feeling fancy, she would actually curl the ponytails, a treat for me.
So, everyday after school I would see her. We went to the same after care place. I hated that place, but that' another post. And everyday, she would yank my ponytails really, really hard until I had a headache. One day, she pulled my ponytail holder (you know the ones with the balls on each end) so hard that it ended up dangling off the ends of my hair.
Maybe once an adult caught her pulling my hair. But I didn't tell anyone, I don't know why. She did it like every day and every day I dreaded after school. I think I wanted to be "cool." That was my first year at that school, I already had a funny name, I didn't celebrate Christmas, and I was the best reader in my grade. The chips were stacked against me in this second grade popularity contest!
Well one day this big fifth grader...let's just call her Neicy...Saw Kim pulling my hair. She stopped and asked me why was I letting this girl pull my hair. I shrugged. Next thing I new, Neicy had shoved Kim on the ground. "You betta stop lettin people mess wit' you like dat!" Neicy told me.
Kim didn't bother me anymore. Thanks Neicy!
Friday, July 25, 2008
Get it off!
I was in the 6th grade when I first noticed a slight peach fuzz growing on my upper lip. I tried to shave it. My upper lip was on fire the next day.
I was 22 when I noticed my first chin hair. I used nair for the face, but it didn't work. So I shaved it. And of course it left bumps. yuck. But since it was very low on my chin and I'm dark-skinned, the hair wasn't very noticeable. But it was noticeable enough for me as a woman. And it bothered the hell out of me!
That summer, I barged into a Walgreens determined to find a depilatory strong enough to get rid of this facial hair. I found Surgi-cream. It's very strong and smells like a relaxer. I have burned a sore into my face with this stuff like 2 times. But that's 2 times in the last 7 years.
Now, I have like 8 whiskers that grow on my chin. The Surgi-cream works, but I'm tired of having to do it every 2-3 days,on my chin. My upper lip I can do like once a month. My OB suggested bc pills. I decided against it. I thought that was overdoing it. I mean the hair would have to be nonexistent, not just thinned up for me to do that.
Whenever, I have a self-pity moment and complain to my friends about my facial hair, they always say "we can't see it"
Duh....because I get rid of it!!!!
When ever I see a woman with facial hair, I fight the urge to run up to her and say "Honey you don't have to live that way...there are things you can use to get rid of that!"
You would think that the next solution would be waxing, or electrolysis or some type of laser removal. Well, all of those solutions require hair to be at least 1/4 inch long before removal. Well, I am soooo anal about the facial hair that I can't stand to let it grow that long.
I bought this self-waxing kit. No hair came off, so I must not have been doing something right, or the hair was too short.
I don't have hirsutism or anything like that. I'm not THAT hairy. Nor do I have polycystic ovary syndrome or whatever its called. I was diagnosed with with a 4 cm cyst on one of my ovaries (can't remember which one) back on 2004. During the ultrasound, the tech did asked me if I had facial hair. That freaked me out. Then she wouldn't even tell me what she saw. But the cyst is gone now. And my periods are regular as rain, as always.
Anyone have any other suggestions for getting this hair off my face? I wonder if I could get it threaded?
I was 22 when I noticed my first chin hair. I used nair for the face, but it didn't work. So I shaved it. And of course it left bumps. yuck. But since it was very low on my chin and I'm dark-skinned, the hair wasn't very noticeable. But it was noticeable enough for me as a woman. And it bothered the hell out of me!
That summer, I barged into a Walgreens determined to find a depilatory strong enough to get rid of this facial hair. I found Surgi-cream. It's very strong and smells like a relaxer. I have burned a sore into my face with this stuff like 2 times. But that's 2 times in the last 7 years.
Now, I have like 8 whiskers that grow on my chin. The Surgi-cream works, but I'm tired of having to do it every 2-3 days,on my chin. My upper lip I can do like once a month. My OB suggested bc pills. I decided against it. I thought that was overdoing it. I mean the hair would have to be nonexistent, not just thinned up for me to do that.
Whenever, I have a self-pity moment and complain to my friends about my facial hair, they always say "we can't see it"
Duh....because I get rid of it!!!!
When ever I see a woman with facial hair, I fight the urge to run up to her and say "Honey you don't have to live that way...there are things you can use to get rid of that!"
You would think that the next solution would be waxing, or electrolysis or some type of laser removal. Well, all of those solutions require hair to be at least 1/4 inch long before removal. Well, I am soooo anal about the facial hair that I can't stand to let it grow that long.
I bought this self-waxing kit. No hair came off, so I must not have been doing something right, or the hair was too short.
I don't have hirsutism or anything like that. I'm not THAT hairy. Nor do I have polycystic ovary syndrome or whatever its called. I was diagnosed with with a 4 cm cyst on one of my ovaries (can't remember which one) back on 2004. During the ultrasound, the tech did asked me if I had facial hair. That freaked me out. Then she wouldn't even tell me what she saw. But the cyst is gone now. And my periods are regular as rain, as always.
Anyone have any other suggestions for getting this hair off my face? I wonder if I could get it threaded?
Itchy, Itchy
I'd like to share a minor health problem I have.
In spring, 2002 I lived in Pittsburgh in an un-air-conditioned studio apartment. It was hot. Around this time I began to experience an intense itching in my cleavage area. Betweem THELMA AND LOUISE-yes, they have names!. I got some cortisone and medicated powder and went on about my business, trying not to scratch too much in public. Eventually it goes away.
Summer 2003, I'm working at a summer camp, The itch has come back and is unbearable!It has spread onto my upper torso. The skin is red, inflammed and flaky. G-R-O-S-S! I use hydrocortisone, but it provides relief for all of 10 minutes. I show my mom and some female friends. My mom doesn't know, she just tells me to keep using the hydrocortisone. Another friend says it looks like ringworm. (How I would get ringworm in that area, I don't know). A cousin says it looks like psoriasis. Someone else says it looks like excema. I start buying any and every cream and potion I think might give me some relief. I am constantly itching or resisting the urge to scratch. Meanwhile, its just getting worse: bigger, redder, flakier, itchier.
Finally, I go to the doctor. She takes one look and says it's yeast. Excuse me??? Yeast...like you make bread with? She says it's like I had athlete's foot on my chest. She said it is caused by sweat gathering between my (large) breasts and the skin in that area not getting any air or a break from the moisture, causing perfect conditions for yeast to grow. Me not wearing a bra to bed only made it worse.No wonder I only seem to have this problem in warm weather. Trust me, I was ready to sign up for a breast reduction after this.
Doc told me to get some tinactin or any otc cream for athlete's foot and I'd be fine and might not want that reduction anymore.
Now, in 2006 when I started wearing more supportive bras with underwire, I did experience some relief that summer. However, it still itched if I got hot and sweaty. So, tinactin has become a daily toiletry for me, during the summer. If I miss a day, I notice...I start itching! In fact, if I had to chose between it and lotion, I'd just be ashy.
In spring, 2002 I lived in Pittsburgh in an un-air-conditioned studio apartment. It was hot. Around this time I began to experience an intense itching in my cleavage area. Betweem THELMA AND LOUISE-yes, they have names!. I got some cortisone and medicated powder and went on about my business, trying not to scratch too much in public. Eventually it goes away.
Summer 2003, I'm working at a summer camp, The itch has come back and is unbearable!It has spread onto my upper torso. The skin is red, inflammed and flaky. G-R-O-S-S! I use hydrocortisone, but it provides relief for all of 10 minutes. I show my mom and some female friends. My mom doesn't know, she just tells me to keep using the hydrocortisone. Another friend says it looks like ringworm. (How I would get ringworm in that area, I don't know). A cousin says it looks like psoriasis. Someone else says it looks like excema. I start buying any and every cream and potion I think might give me some relief. I am constantly itching or resisting the urge to scratch. Meanwhile, its just getting worse: bigger, redder, flakier, itchier.
Finally, I go to the doctor. She takes one look and says it's yeast. Excuse me??? Yeast...like you make bread with? She says it's like I had athlete's foot on my chest. She said it is caused by sweat gathering between my (large) breasts and the skin in that area not getting any air or a break from the moisture, causing perfect conditions for yeast to grow. Me not wearing a bra to bed only made it worse.No wonder I only seem to have this problem in warm weather. Trust me, I was ready to sign up for a breast reduction after this.
Doc told me to get some tinactin or any otc cream for athlete's foot and I'd be fine and might not want that reduction anymore.
Now, in 2006 when I started wearing more supportive bras with underwire, I did experience some relief that summer. However, it still itched if I got hot and sweaty. So, tinactin has become a daily toiletry for me, during the summer. If I miss a day, I notice...I start itching! In fact, if I had to chose between it and lotion, I'd just be ashy.
Bad Shoe Day.
Ever had one?
It could be that day you wear a new pair of shoes that fit in the store, but when you started walking (across a large college campuse, or several city blocks or whatever) the dogs start barking.
Or it could be that day you just underestimated the amount of walking you'd be doing and your cute shoes just ain't workin. You end up with a sore somewhere on your foot.
Yep, you can avoid bad shoe days by not wearing cheap shoes.
Yep, I broke one of my own rules and wore some cheap shoes.
See, I have this white skirt with tiny slivers of silver in them. The best shoe to wear with this skirt is a flat shoe. Preferably a silver one.
Well I bought these quilted metallic ballerina flats from NY&Co back in December. You know they were CHEAP if they came from NY&CO. I bought two pairs, one gold, one silver. They were 10 bucks a piece. NY&CO only sells shoes in full sizes (A true sign you are buying a cheap shoe) I wear a 7.5, but my foot is narrow, so I got a 7. Didn't want the shoe flopping off my foot, which is what I thought would happen if I got an 8.
I wore the gold pair back in December. I knew they were too small because I kept slipping them off my feet at every opportunity.
Well I guess I forgot because I decided to wear my silver pair with the aforementioned white skirt. I primped in the mirror, thinking I looked so cute! The shoes were tight. I told myself "They'll stretch out by the time I get to my desk."
Not!! My feet hurt so bad by the time I got to my desk, I was wincing in pain. I knew there was no way I'd be able to walk back to my car after class, when the campus shuttle would not be running.
I started thinking. I'm in the boonies, so my quick shopping options included a payless and wal-mart. I dipped out early and sped to payless. Bought a pair of silver thongs with a cork bottom and a half inch heel. Cute enough. They were 17 bucks, which is expensive for Payless!.
I wore them out of the store. Like a throwback from my childhood when we shopped any Pic and Pay (anyone remember that store?) On my way out, I noticed that my heel was at the VERY EDGE of the shoe. Like, any more closer to the edge and they'd be too small. I stopped and looked at the bottom of the shoe, thinking maybe I grabbed the wrong size. Nope, it was the right size. I think it's just a cheap pair of shoes.
It could be that day you wear a new pair of shoes that fit in the store, but when you started walking (across a large college campuse, or several city blocks or whatever) the dogs start barking.
Or it could be that day you just underestimated the amount of walking you'd be doing and your cute shoes just ain't workin. You end up with a sore somewhere on your foot.
Yep, you can avoid bad shoe days by not wearing cheap shoes.
Yep, I broke one of my own rules and wore some cheap shoes.
See, I have this white skirt with tiny slivers of silver in them. The best shoe to wear with this skirt is a flat shoe. Preferably a silver one.
Well I bought these quilted metallic ballerina flats from NY&Co back in December. You know they were CHEAP if they came from NY&CO. I bought two pairs, one gold, one silver. They were 10 bucks a piece. NY&CO only sells shoes in full sizes (A true sign you are buying a cheap shoe) I wear a 7.5, but my foot is narrow, so I got a 7. Didn't want the shoe flopping off my foot, which is what I thought would happen if I got an 8.
I wore the gold pair back in December. I knew they were too small because I kept slipping them off my feet at every opportunity.
Well I guess I forgot because I decided to wear my silver pair with the aforementioned white skirt. I primped in the mirror, thinking I looked so cute! The shoes were tight. I told myself "They'll stretch out by the time I get to my desk."
Not!! My feet hurt so bad by the time I got to my desk, I was wincing in pain. I knew there was no way I'd be able to walk back to my car after class, when the campus shuttle would not be running.
I started thinking. I'm in the boonies, so my quick shopping options included a payless and wal-mart. I dipped out early and sped to payless. Bought a pair of silver thongs with a cork bottom and a half inch heel. Cute enough. They were 17 bucks, which is expensive for Payless!.
I wore them out of the store. Like a throwback from my childhood when we shopped any Pic and Pay (anyone remember that store?) On my way out, I noticed that my heel was at the VERY EDGE of the shoe. Like, any more closer to the edge and they'd be too small. I stopped and looked at the bottom of the shoe, thinking maybe I grabbed the wrong size. Nope, it was the right size. I think it's just a cheap pair of shoes.
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