Year 2 - Day 277 - October 5

My Rockport shoes came today! They were in a box on my front porch when I got home. I finally found them at Towson Town center this weekend but they didn't have brown in my size. Thanks to the friendly guy at the store for hunting a pair down at a store in Rhode Island. Free shipping to my house! PLUS, I guess there's no tax on shoes or clothes or something up there because my card was only charged for the exact amount of the shoes! These are not something I'd play basketball with, so I deemed them "NOT SNEAKERS" and therefore acceptable for work. They're not the most attractive shoes on the planet but I would rather be able to walk. :)

Year 2 - Day 274 - October 2

Yesterday, our baby shower was an afternoon tea. My friend decided to get us all tea balls (do they have a fancy name?) as favors. I laughed at her, because a) there was a teabag with it, so that's silly and b) who uses tea balls?

Today, I laughed at ME. We were at Towson Town Center buying me shoes (FINALLY! Success!) and passed Teavana. It smelled heavenly and they were handing out free samples. Thumbs up to a store handing out free samples of caffeine free tea, because that never happens. We both liked it so much that we bought some to bring home. It was a little expensive, but oh so tasty. AND...it is sold looseleaf, so we needed a tea ball to make it.

I had to call my friend on the way home to apologize for laughing at her. Then she laughed at me. :)

Year 2 - Day 256 - September 14

The most devastating thing happened at work today.

They (sort of unofficially since it's not on paper, but officially in the sense that they're policing it now)
OUTLAWED SNEAKERS AT WORK.

Seriously. I love my job. I really do. But I don't have a desk job. I run around, I check books in and out, I sit on the floor, I shelve books, I teach kids, etc. Everything that all the people do in big libraries, I do it all plus the teaching.

And now I can't do it in sneakers.

The first thing I did is go to the mall. Normally I don't shop at Macy's because I'm not rich, but I had some giftcards and I matched it with a sale to buy some "walking shoes." I'm not wearing them until tomorrow when I get them approved, in case they count as sneakers and I have to bring them back. They're black though and definitely not something you'd wear to the gym, so I'm hoping they work.

I'm usually willing to let crazy policies just go, but this one is really getting under my skin.

Year 2 - Day 183 - July 3

We went to the most unique wedding ever today. Our friends created their entire ceremony themselves, and did it in rhyme like Dr. Seuss. It had all the important parts of your standard ceremony, just moved some words around and inserted a few sentiments here and there to help with the rhyming and personalization. It was wonderful! This is the card I made for them. Had I known about the theme, I might have been even more creative with the design, but I liked how this one came out. Totally borrowed the idea from a person on splitcoast, but gave it my own touch. I love having a chance to use the sticky pearls!

On the way to the wedding, we stopped at LL Bean so I could get some boots. It seemed silly to drive all the way to Columbia next week when we were going for the wedding. I’m pretty sure that not many people show up dressed for a wedding holding socks and wanting to try on boots. ;) But hey – they almost match color wise!!

Day 322 - November 18

This is the view under my coffee table.  It's where my shoes go every day, and every day I choose a pair to wear.  Currently I'm rotating between the dark blue Nikes with my orthotics and my slip on silver and light blue Dr. Scholls with the occasional brown New Balances thrown in as I break them in.  What's it like to have a job that doesn't make your feet hurt?  I love my job, but I couldn't do it if my shoes were cute instead of uncomfortable.  It's hard enough in sneakers!

Day 111 - April 21

Hardwood floors are pretty.  However, I never thought about how much it would affect my hips to walk on a hard surface all the time.  (I take my shoes off first thing when I get home.)  I started wearing my shoes all the time, but that made me need to clean the wood every couple days.  So this is attempt #2 - wear my old lady blue fuzzy squishy slippers inside, and shoes outside. :)  It helps my hips AND keeps me from having to clean the floors more than once a week!!

Day 13 - January 13th

Pardon the untied laces. I was getting ready to take them off. I got new shoes! I know what you're thinking. "She's a girl. Of course she's excited about new shoes." But I'm not that kind of girl usually. Actually, to be truthful, I'm not the kind of girl that gets new shoes that often. I did just get boots for the snow, but that was a necessity because my old boots from 1999 finally died. (May they and their awesome waterproofness rest in peace.)

The last time I got sneakers was spring of 2008 after the trip to London & Paris where it rained the.whole.time. So I was excited today. And I went back to the Nike brand. I tried so hard to stop drinking the kool-aid but my Asics just never fit my orthotics correctly. These shoes feel like they were made for me. They're last year's model (seriously? Shoes have model years?) so they were super cheap, too!