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Pretty Feet & Future Sand Dunes

Posted on October 17, 2015 by LFFL

Sandals—Express

Thinking about a future trip to the Middle East, I decided I wanted to have the perfect flat sandals to wear this time around—considering I didn’t have the best shoes last time as the weather is so warm there and they were the worst to wear for desert safari adventures.

Last time I had regular flat shoes on my feet—not sandals. They were ok for walks through the city but I always felt like my feet wanted to be exposed to the nice warm air.

But where I did have a problem with those flat shoes—was on desert safari! You’re totally surrounded by mounds of sand—so I soon found out my flat shoes were the worst choice for such an adventure. The sand loaded up inside my shoes instantly—so I was constantly taking my shoes off and putting them back on to empty them. I did it so often, I decided to just deal with the uncomfortableness of walking around with mounds of sand inside my shoes for longer periods of time.

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Funky Blues And Florals

Posted on March 18, 2014 by LFFL

WALZEL
Athletic Trainer
(At a fashion show)

How funky can you get at a fashion show? Bold? Risky? Awww, yeah, no one can say he’s not a risk-taker with his style. I love to see something new and different on the humans. Why should we all look alike all the time?

So, if you have nothing else to do today, work some blues and florals into your life.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Be bold and risky with your style every now and again and do something new and different that’s all your own.

Closet Organization

Posted on January 3, 2014 by LFFL

I tell you what—if anything keeps me sane in this world it’s an organized closet. Not just an organized closet either—a neat and organized home in general. Clutter and disorganization are the bane of my existence.

I’ve lived amongst disorganization before and, believe me, it drove me nuts. Who wants to come home to that everyday and be surrounded by madness? My whole body just stresses out and tenses up seeing so much clutter. I mean, you can never find anything either and it takes forever to get ready for the day.

My favorite neat freak, Colin Cowie, is spot on in that everything should have its place. You feel great, you’re not stressed, and you know where everything is at a moment’s notice. Amirite?

Not saying I’m perfect with this or anything—but I do try my best. I do have my moments where I lapse but it doesn’t last very long, I tell you.

Sweaters

Coats & Umbrellas

This also makes it somewhat fun getting dressed and putting outfits together everyday. You can actually find things when you organize your clothes by item, style, and colors.

I decided the sweaters here should have a space of their own in an armoire off to the side. Inside the bottom drawer are various gloves and winter scarves & hats. I figure I’m only going to wear these things during the freezing cold winter months whereas the walk-in closet has pieces I can wear all year-round.

The coat closet is not as spacious as I’d like, but it’ll do. I can’t possibly stuff one more coat in there though.

Ties

Hats

I just love my tie hanger. It keeps my ties organized just the way I like them.

The hats just kind of found a place on their own and put themselves on a rack over a door.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, organize your wardrobe, all your closets, and then your entire home. You’ll feel so much better afterwards.

Take-Away Life Lesson: Life is so much more relaxing, peaceful, and joyful sans clutter and disorganization.

A Basic Black Flat Shoe

Posted on July 2, 2013 by LFFL

Shoes—Shoe Carnival

It’s a BUY ONE, GET ONE HALF-OFF SALE, folks!!

This post is strictly because I’ve only had ONE fashion post up now since I started this blog. I’m not living up to the name of this blog very well. It’s become more of a food blog (not that I’m complaining)—but I did warn everyone on my ‘About Me’ page that this would probably happen.

There are a few reasons the fashion department is lacking:

I haven’t been shopping for clothes, shoes, etc., in ages (totally unlike me)
I need to buy an actual camera that takes much better pictures than my cell phone is doing
I need to find people wearing something interesting that is worthy to snap and put onto this blog
I need to find an official photographer that can take pictures of me each day in my own clothes
I need to stop being so lazy and just do it all already

So the best I could come up with right now is a boring pair of flat black shoes. I bought these shoes, mainly, so I could have a happy walk into work each day. I’m a heels girl myself—the higher, the better. But who in the world can walk miles in heels?!

When you have to walk two super long blocks from where your car is parked to where the front door of your job is located—pahleese! I’d rather stab myself with a fork all the way there. This is why I choose to carry my heels in a bag and walk in my flats so I can remain as happy as I’ll be for that day. Then I change them.

So it was a Shoe Carnival buy one, get one half-off sale!! They were the perfect fit and comfort level all the way around and it’s hard for me to find perfect black flats because there’s always something not quite right with them after I’m wearing them (too small, too big, too tight, they hurt, not comfortable, etc.). You never really find these things out until after you’ve taken them home and worn them a few days. By then, you can’t return them.

So since perfection was found with the first pair I bought, naturally, I went back and had them order more for me (since they were out of them by then) and I bought somewhere in the realm of between—hmmmmm, I dunno—3 to 5 pairs total (leaning more towards 5).

(Don’t judge me. They’re gonna wear out quickly as much as I’ll wear them.) Now if only I can pry that little circle off the front of them—not digging that too much.

So, if you have nothing else to do today, go to a buy one, get one half-off sale at Shoe Carnival or some other shoe store and find yourself the perfect pair of shoes. Buy yourself several pairs if you love them that much like I did.

Take-Away Life Lesson: If you walk in high heels for any distance, you ultimately end up walking like Frankenstein and have the same look he has on his face. And there’s nothing sexy or attractive about it. And trust me when I say I’ve seen you look that way, ladies! Pain is too hard to hide.