Shoe of the Day

Hello shoe fans! I'm sorry there's not shoe today, but I have to save them up for this weekend. Yes, it's that time again. The Blogathon is upon us. This weekend I'm going to stay up for 24 hours, posting to the musings page on my site every 30 minutes. And I'm doing it all for The Global Fund For Women, a fantastic charity that works to improve the lot of women all over the world. If you wonder why I'm blogging to benefit them, look at my post from March about women being raped in Congo and you'll see that there are bad things happening to women all over the world that needs to stop. And The Global Fund is actually making a difference.

As I do every year, half of my posts, on the 1/2 hour, will be a Shoe of the Hour. Yes, that's 12 shoes in 24 hours, which will hopefully help make up for my slacking off with Shoe of the Day lately. Sorry shoe fans, I know I've been bad.

My addition this year will be in my posts on the hour. I recently wrote 2 books about online dating and I have way too much knowledge in my head to keep it in. So I will be giving out free tips about online dating, things included in my books as well as things that have come up since as I've continued my online dating odyssey. And there may even be a few anecdotes from my crazy online dating life.

So I will try to be entertaining, shoe loving, online dating anecdoting, and make a lot of money for a good cause in 24 hours, starting at 6 a.m. this Saturday morning the 6th. Please pledge to my excellent charity by clicking on the "Stay up Late" button on the musings page, or going to http://www.blogathon.org, and following their directions for sponsoring me. And send me questions about online dating and/or my online dating experiences and I will answer them all. And feel free to send me shoes, if I like them, I'll feature them! Thanks to everyone for your support!

Hype

The classic espadrille but with a modern twist. Very cool clear wedge heel. A flash of silver metallic in the platform sole. The color is vibrant and fantastic, a fuschia to rival those at the botanical gardens. And the macrame straps give them a strangely hippie vibe, despite the fact that there's nothing Woodstock-y about them. I'd wear these with a white linen fitted dress, walking through the botanical gardens, making the flowers jealous.

Wondering where I've been with my shoes for the last several months? Check out musings or go straight to Amazon.

By the way, when my site imploded recently, it lost all my notification addresses. So if you would like to be notified when there's a new shoe, please sign up again in the box to the left. Thanks! By the way, I wouldn't know how to wrongly use your address, so it's very very safe with me...

Transport London

I came across these on Zappos.com and oh my god. Talk about love at first sight. Green's a big color in shoes right now and this is a great shade and texture, too. I love the black t-strap and the way it spider webs across the rest of the shoe. But ultimately it's the wedge that makes these. Not only is it a fantastically shaped heel, feminine and unusual, but it's covered in those glorious roses. I would wear these with black capris and a kelly green top.

Hello, all, and sorry I've been away! The big reason was--my site decided to eat itself. Only through the good will of my webgoddess sister is it back up and running. Can I get a collective Hooray!?

The other reason there was a delay, that is the reason I wasn't posting for awhile and thus didn't notice my site had become self-cannibalistic, is I've been a busy girl...

Please ignore the cheesy cover and buy it!

New York City

I recently went to New York and the array of lovely shoes, mostly out of my price range, was impressive. Every little store I went in had fabulous shoes. I really loved these boots. Great bright glossy red. The white stitching is a great contrast. Wonderful height to the heel, very walkable, and not clunky. The super-thin sole keeps them sleek and the square toe makes them a little extra funky. I'd wear them with a white skirt and black top with a buckle at the neck. Would the New Yorkers approve? Eh, who cares...

By the way, when my site chowed down, it lost all my notification addresses. So if you would like to be notified when there's a new shoe, please sign up again. Thanks! By the way, I wouldn't know how to wrongly use your address, so it's very very safe with me...

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