attention girls: embrace your inner...

[Scatta]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

Toresica You didn't expect my response to your question to be entirely serious, did you?

Re: The guy who's ex-wife tried to set me up with him: Oh, don't worry. There's no risk of me actually going out with him at the end of his deployment. I don't think she knows this, but he's my ex-boyfriend from over five years ago. I broke up with him because I only loved him platonically. I'm not in any rush to make the same mistake twice.

The web gets more and more tangled...

Actually, I'm barely scratching the surface. However, I was freaking over the one thing that I couldn't just go telling anyone out here in day-to-day life, not getting into the whole mess.

Maybe I'm just being old-fashioned, but the sanctity of marriage actually means something to me.

Which marriage? They're divorced, aren't they?

Technically, no, not until the end of the year

Secondly, it wouldn't matter if they could get that instantly. It's just a little too, "Here, I'm done with him; why don't you take him?"

Thirdly, I just realized that something like that wouldn't be shocking at all to mainstream society, so nevermind. My parents may have brought me to Nashvegas, but I've managed to surround myself with people more like the ones I knew back home. There are just some ways in which I'll (hopefully) never be a big city girl. Sorted stuff happens everywhere, of course, but at least in some places people still know it's wrong.

 

[kimc]

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^ I once dated a guy I met at a SINGLE'S mixer who didn't tell me he was still legally married until after a few dates. They had been separated for two years but were having an ugly custody battle over their son. His wife was living with another guy so he didn't see anything wrong with dating himself but I decided I didn't want to end up in the midde of that mess.

 

[Scatta]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

^That sucks. He could have at least said he was going through a divorce while you were still at the mixer.

 

[daeana]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

dear uterus,

i have a few things to say.

first, i appreciate your existence. really, i do. thus, you don't actually need to remind me of your existence regularly.

second, i realize that what i perceive as cramps is simply you squirming and trying to get rid of your lining. however, perhaps it has escaped your notice that due to a combination of nature and drugs, you don't have much endometrium. thus, you need to either learn to squirm more efficiently, or just squirm less because you really don't have that much stuff to get rid of anyway.

thanks for reading. i know you will ignore my suggestions completely.

 

[Scatta]

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^

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I have finally lost my mind. I just worked over 28 hours in a 44 hour period, with a bit of driving and such as it wasn't all at the same job or location, spaced so that I got...insufficient sleep to put it nicely. When it was all over, I cared about three things. Two of them made sense. Those were reporting to one of my bosses about how it went and hauling tail to mass, since it was a few minutes before 11 a.m. when it was over.

The other one, however, is proof that my priorities are messed up. I wasn't thinking much about sleep or worried about food or reflecting on how fortunate I am that my schedule isn't like it used to be when I did stuff like that on a regular basis or thinking about how good I have it, especially under normal circumstances, compared to a lot of people or anything that practical....

I cared that I lost my C.O. Biggelo (sp?) rose salve that is my favorite lip balm. I officially feel like I belong in this thread!

 

[kimc]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

Scatta said:
^That sucks. He could have at least said he was going through a divorce while you were still at the mixer.

Apparently he felt entitled to go out and meet women since his wife was living with another man. The one I really feel for is their child!

In other news my uterus hurts.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

My butt looks great in my shorts! I'm reveling in my summer wardrobe!
In other news, my uterus hurts too... And that's before my monthly visitor...

 

[Scatta]

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^Cool.

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[starts passing around brownies laced with Midol] Hm...I seem to have come completely out of sync with everyone.

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I need to do a little shoe shopping. Right now, the only shoes I have that are comfortable enough to wear to work (standing for several hours) are tennis shoes. This is causing a problem, because it means I have to wear jeans. Then, the tops I have are limited by what will go with tennis shoes and jeans. I barely have enough that I can wear to get through the week. Since I don't want to buy more T-Shirts (I hate T-Shirts!), I need to get shoes that will go with the rest of my clothes. Unfortunately, they need to be fairly casual, flat, and capable of hiding my slide-in arch supports.

So far, I've found that I'd like to get peep-toe flats. I can get away with having two pairs of these if one has a strap around the ankle and one doesn't, if they're different colors, but I probably need at least one more pair of flats, since I the ones I had disappeared last summer (and may have been left in London, never to be seen again), except for one pair that's on its way to the Goodwill or Salvation Army.

I do not want ballet flats or anything with a heel (unless it's a low and very wide heel). I don't have much to spend on them, as I haven't found an end to my automotive problems yet and want to conserve resources. I need suggestions.

 

[daeana]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

last time i was at famous footwear (a very dangerous place), i tried on these shoes and i've just gotta get them. they're so comfy. i guess they won't really work with insole things, though.

would you wear something like this? it's a bit more dressy than tennis shoes, but not very dressy.

 

[Scatta]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

^Yay! I knew you'd have links. I dug through a ton of old posts looking for the last time you had posted some.

The shoes weren't me, but the site might just work out. I've already spotted these, though I think there might be too much of a wedge to wear them all day, even with the arch supports. I may still consider them and use them as church shoes if nothing else.

I also like the Croc Niles that you showed us last year, in black, because I think I could get away with not wearing the arch supports. [Edit: Scratch that thought; I misremembered them. They aren't work-appropriate, even in a casual setting.]

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Ah! The site that has the one pair I am getting for sure just finished their maintainance. These are for sure. I'd like one or two other pairs, though, since I need to reactivate 1/2 to 3/4 of my wardrobe, so to speak. (I have strappy sandals and heels and such that go with those clothes, but a lot of good that does me.)

 

[daeana]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

those are really cute. are you comfy with ankle straps, though? i tend to avoid them because i have thick ankles, so they can get really uncomfortable.

there's a crocs kiosk in a mall near me, and i saw that they also have slides now. i saw them in black, but i guess they're not at that site.

i like buying stuff from famous footwear. for one thing, they have a rewards program. anything you buy online can be returned in-store. and if they don't have something in store, they'll order it online for you and have it sent to you, i think for no extra shipping charge.

 

[Scatta]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

^I never liked the little holes. The Cleo ones are nice, though. I just don't like the choice of gray or lavendar for the insoles w/ the black ones.

BTW, I just saw an earlier post. The "Cool" was to the shorts and not the uterus, Peach.

 

[kimc]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

I love Taryn Rose shoes for work. They're comfortable yet stylish and as you can see come in lots of different styles.

Taryn Rose

 

[daeana]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

ok, those aren't very... affordable.

 

[Scatta]

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Let's see, those run over $400. I didn't have the exact budget worked out before, but I have one now. As cheap as I am, I'm surprised I was even willing to go as far as I did.

My entire budget to get at least three pairs is $75, or $50 if I only wind up with two. Therefore, one pair is over 5 times the maximum budget. Two pairs would go somewhere around 11 times or more. Nice link, though. I just don't want to spend three weeks pay (counting both jobs) on two pairs of shoes.

P.S. Because this is going to something practical, the budget above is roughly triple what I would allow for the occasional splurge. My money goes to things like acting classes and communications (PDA, phone bill, unlimited data plan). I guess we all prefer different forms of self-expression, though.

Edit At least kimc has nice taste and tried to help. Thank you as well Daeana. From looking at links and seeing what's out there, I'm starting to get ideas. That's what I really needed. Now, I just need to make it to the second-hand shop that usually has nice shoes before they close one evening.

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

It's over 80 degrees F in Seattle! Nice!
Now, if I remember to wear my sunblock, I'll be fine!

 

[Scatta]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

kimc/daeana Well, I decided to look at that Taryn Rose site, just in a silly daydreamy way. I loved the Daelyn style. Of course, I'm not buying $500 dollar shoes and the heels were too high anyway. But, I started thinking that if the heels were a little lower and they came in white with some sort of interesting texture on the heel (like the cork on the first Daelyn or wood or something) that they'd be exactly what I wanted. Then, I realized I'd seen that before. I had just described the pair I linked last night on the site that daeana showed me. I guess I should get those, huh?

Of course, the ones I'm getting are clearly cheaply made by comparison, but that's okay. Womens' shoes don't tend to be around for as many years as those of our male counterparts anyway (except for a few classics).

Tryna was my other fave, which I won't be springing for either.

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daeana I missed your question about the ankle strap on that other pair before. It doesn't bother me, was actually a major selling point in my eyes, and happens to be removable.

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Peach I take it that's abnormal that far north?

 

[Peach Wookiee]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

This early in the summer... yes...
It was close to breaking the record.

 

[kimc]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

daeana said:
ok, those aren't very... affordable.

I see your point - truly I do. I'm the type however who would rather have one pair of really well-made shoes than five pairs of cheaply made ones. I'm also am a big fan of consignment shops - you can find some good gently used shoes there. EBay is another source although you can't always rely on the authenticity. Also, you never know what you'll find at a garage sale. A couple of weeks ago I found a Chanel purse for $3. Otherwise I wait for sales, etc.

BTW, Scatta used the website the right way - a place to get ideas. If you find something similar that's more affordable then score!

 

[Ariadne]

Re: attention girls: embrace your innerds.

kimc said:

daeana said:
ok, those aren't very... affordable.

I see your point - truly I do. I'm the type however who would rather have one pair of really well-made shoes than five pairs of cheaply made ones.

Aren't you supposed to rotate between two or three pairs, so that they last longer and your feet don't get sore?