Your daily dose of pretty: Irregular Choice Fresh Cut Grass Mary Jane Pump

Irregular Choice would have to be my favourite shoe brand. Some of their designs are a little on the outrageous side, but some of them are just too adorable. Like these:

How ridiculously cute are they? And just look at the design on the sole. These are firmly in the "if I don't have them I will cry" category. There will be tears.

The Fresh Cut Grass Mary Jane Pump (seriously, Irregular Choice? Seriously?) are US$155.00 from Endless.

Your daily dose of pretty: it's just a jump to the left

Talk about awesome - The Rocky Horror Picture Show was on TV tonight! I haven't watched it for years, and it's still a bundle of fun. I don't think I ever get tired of Tim Curry's wonderfully campy performance as Frank-n-Furter and I still know the Time Warp off by heart (it was all I could do not to jump up and dance along - that would have impressed the kids ... NOT!).

But the other thing I spotted tonight, while I was watching, were the adorable shoes on some of the chorus line/guests. Look here:


If you've been reading this blog for more than say, five seconds, you know I love me some mary janes.

(On a side note, I never liked Columbia, her voice was too squeaky - and those eyebrows! Magenta was my favourite.)

Anyway, I did a bit of searching to see if I could find some shoes like those - which I did - but along the way I was side-tracked by these:


and somehow they fit perfectly with the theme!

I suspect I'm a little too close to 40 to get away with these, but 14 Year Old Daughter is going to love them. (Mental note: do not show these to 14 Year Old Daughter.)

The Funtasma By Pleaser Women's Contessa-57 Platform Mary Jane is $44.95 on Endless, and currently only available in US sizes 6, 11 and 12 - so 14 Year Old Daughter can't have them anyway!

What do you think my pretties? I little OTT perhaps? And can you still remember the Time Warp?

Your daily dose of pretty: who'da thunk it

Maybe these don't exactly qualify as 'pretty', but to even be able to apply the word 'cute' to a pair of gumboots* is something special don't you think?



Yep, they're cute. Never would have thought I'd call gumboots cute, but look at those little happy spouty whales being all little and happy and spouty:



Of course now that summer's on its way our back yard has dried out, but during winter it's a boggy nightmare - I need these for the times when I sink into the mud while I'm chasing the dogs around the back yard yelling "come back here with my dinner you revolting dog!".

Chooka Tiny Whales Rain Boot, US$47.96 from Endless.

* Gumboots, wellingtons, rainboots - whatever you call them in your part of the world.

Sometimes I crave chocolate, sometimes I crave red patent pumps

In the same way that watching cooking shows makes me crave certain foods, watching a Running in Heels marathon on TV earlier today gave me a craving for red patent pumps. So while I was killing time with my hair swathed in glad wrap waiting for my colour to develop (yep that's right folks, Violet Vision is NOT my natural hair colour) I decided to do a little browsing to see what I could come up with.

I had a very specific style in mind: red patent, closed toe pumps with a high heel and no straps. The type of shoe I'm thinking of is your classic sex-on-legs shoe, in a style that will never date, but will always make you feel like you are the sexiest woman on the planet. And here's what I came up with, from the marvellously cheap to the palpitation-inducing expensive.

The Red Patent Round Toe Stiletto Pumps, US$8.99 from Ami Clubwear.


The Mia Diva, US$56.40 (on sale) from Zappos.com.


The N.Y.L.A. Mark Pump, US$60.36 from Endless.


The Rupert Sanderson Patent Pump, US$583.19 from Browns Fashion


The Christian Louboutin Platform Pump, US$735.00 from Neiman Marcus. (Look at the pretty, look closely at the pretty, don't look at the price, you want to look at the pretty.)



Unfortunately the Ami Clubwear shoes are out of stock, because they're an absolute steal. And the Louboutins, well they are beautiful aren't they? So very, very, very beautiful. Tis not to be though - the price looks high enough in American dollars, when I convert it to New Zealand dollars my heart very nearly stops!

Enjoy.