Fashion Friday on your Taco Tuesday

A Pinterest oldie, but a goodie.  Source

Tonight one of the fashion bloggers I follow on Instagram posted that she will take her "investment shoes" to a cobbler to get a sole protector added in order to make them last longer.  She mentioned that it typically only costs around $40, and she has a pair of Chanel shoes from 2010 that she still wears!

Oh. em. gee.

1.  I don't know that I've ever paid FORTY dollars for a pair of shoes*! This past winter, I really wanted some riding boots to ride my horse to work look all semi-cute on casual Fridays, and I hunted department store websites like a fiend.  Finally, JCP of all places listed them from $79 to $19.  This is probably why JCP is going bankrupt.  Also, can we just hone in on the fact that this amazing feat (or should I say feet 😛) is unheard of when you have a real life flipper for a foot like yours truly.  Size 12, you guys.  And a friend of mine's mom once told me that your feet go up a size when you have a baby.  100% birth control right there.

2.  I don't know a cobbler.  I've never met a cobbler.  I eat cobbler.

3.  Chanel will never be a part of my wardrobe.  Because:  college tuition.  And also because:  cobbler.

I also follow another fashion blogger who boasts as being a spendthrift, and in her defense, she really is compared to the majority.  My favorite thing in the world is to click on a top that one of the fashionistas I follow is wearing and see a $60 SALE price on it.  C'MON!

So for now I'll just stick to watching What Not to Wear on Amazon Prime (sadly only season 12, but get you some, girl) and taking notes.  And also praying to God that Stacey and Clinton don't revive the show, jump out of the bushes, and scare the shit out of me on my way into work.

Love these two.  Can we please cancel The Chew (I mean, what is that?) and bring this dynamic duo back??  Source

*Edit to add:  I started thinking and remembered that I've definitely paid more than $40 for running shoes.  But you're supposed to regularly replace them after 200-400 miles (so I guess 300 miles), and I probably put a good 800 on them before I budge.  And I wonder why my knees ache.  Do as I say read about, not as I do.

If you've made it this far, you deserve this.  I've included the source so you can see it in it's normal size because it's unbelievable and Blogger won't let me make it any larger.

6 Figure Fashion

Nathan and I breezed through the first two seasons of Veep over the past few weeks and laughed our ever-loving hearts out.  Tony Hale is brilliant in everything, especially this.  And don't get me started on how brilliant Julia Louis-Dreyfus is in that role.  Also, a fun little blast from the past seeing Anna Chlumsky back on the big screen...tv, that is. Although let's be honest, she will always be sweet, little Vada Sultenfuss missing her bestie Thomas Jay in my book.

Back to the point:  Veep is awesome for many reasons.  One of which is Selina Meyer's wardrobe.  After about two episodes in when Selina appeared in yet another classy, timeless outfit, I said aloud "GAAASH! I would kill for her wardrobe!!!!!"

Sorry, but I just couldn't hold it in any longer, Nathan.  

It's one of those wardrobes like Jackie O's or Princess Kate's where you would love to dress like that in real life, but you know it would be overkill in a bankruptcy law office in Shreveport, Louisiana.  Sigh.  

Also, I used this website that I found way back when to price some of the clothes...and yeah, that's never going to happen.  One because I don't make 6+ figures (big shocker, I know!), and two...because if I did, I'd probably still shop at Target and donate my excess wealth to the poor buy a lot more dessert with my extra moolah.