oh, yeah!

the Easter long weekend, my brother and mother and i went down to the states for a shopping weekend. at the nine west outlet, i found two pairs of shoes that i wanted...soooo badly. they were $60 each (pretty good for nine west) but they weren't really the type of shoes i wear (one was an evening-type shoe - peep-toe and a 3 1/2 inch heel in black satin - sexy! and the other was also 3 1/2 black satin espadrille, peep-toe - also very sexy!). my mom talked me out of both. i haven't been able to get them off my mind since.

so, on sunday, i hopped in my car and drove to the outlets in washington (burlington and tulalip) to buy my shoes. risky, because it was a month ago and it's an outlet store! it was meant to be because at mount vernon, i found the espadrilles, now on sale for $39.99. sweeeeet. i bought them. then, i drove another hour to the tulalip outlets (newer and way better stores) and found the other shoe on the clearance rack for $29.99. i bought them. the bad news? they're a size too big (9 1/2). the good news? nine west was having a buy one, get one 50% off so the second pair, i paid $15.00 for. instead of buying $120 worth of shoes a month ago, i bought them both for $45.00. come on!

so, i figured that if i couldn't make the ones that were too big fit, i could always give them away or really, they were only $15.00! i went on a hunt today to find heel grips and foot pad thingys. i installed them in the shoes and OMG, they fit! now, i just have to buy the things that go on the bottom so i don't slip and break my legs on those heels. holy F! i'm so wearing these shoes on friday night!

that's it. it's just about the shoes today.