Earrings using chain for ear wire

I am simply in awe of orange patent leather clogs. YUM! Too bad they're starting to wear a bit. I am curently on the prowl for some lime green clogs, which I'm not finding... yet.

-Kalera

You might ask around... $300 isn't really all that low, and different cobblers price for different markets.

-Kalera

Yes! Finally. I am very conditioned against pampering myself... I have been able to justify "good" cookware because it's used to prepare meals for the whole family and I do cook a lot... but shoes have always seemed like such an indulgence. I mean, something nice *just for me*? No way!

Giving myself permission to buy nice, new shoes, just the shoes I want, has actually changed a lot about how I look at my life. I drove past a chair that had a "free" sign on it today, LOL! I don't *have* to take it just because it's there and "I might be able to use it". I don't *have* to clutter my house with stuff I "might be able to use someday". Furthermore, I *can* go to the park by myself for an hour, or read a book, or sit in the yard, or be kind to myself in countless other ways... I don't have to be productive all the time, I can rest sometimes. I don't have to feel guilty for being on the newsgroup, it's fun, not a waste of time! Treating myself kindly is not a waste of time or a waste of money. Wearing shoes that I only got because they were socondhand or on clearance doesn't prove that I'm responsible or devoted, and for heaven's sake it hasn't saved me any money... I tallied up how much I have spent on cheap shoes here and there over the last three years and I *could* have bought myself a p[air or two of nice shoes instead of twenty different Goodwill $4.99 pairs! All because I just had to get them because they're "better than I can afford new".

-Kalera

OK, I'll do it right now! :D You're right, they're so her!

-Kalera

For my part in it, the "out of luck" comment refers to the fact that I'm lucky to find shoes that fit, much less fabulous shoes. And of course, in Alaska I can't just wear nail polish and toe rings.

And my hair? After 30 years of deficient thyroid, and my hair breaking shorter (without cutting it) every year, I can never count on great hair either.

Attaining a "look" from fabulous hair and shoes will never e an option for me, so I know I need to rely on completely different criteria. I need to rise above the (usual) options that are available to most people.

Tina

Yeah. Not much choice in Alaska though. There's no one in Fairbanks who does that work, and I don't know of anyone in Anchorage. At around 600,000 population for all of Alaska, less than many cities, we have fewer than usual resources here. The guy I asked did not usually do foot wear; he was just the first possibility. I had figured that if I considered $75 to $100 an acceptable price for manufactured shoes, three or four times that sounded about right for custom-made.

Tina

GAWD I just re read that and I need to take a chill pill. I am such a snark sometimes.

-Kalera

So instead of fabulous shoes, you can wear fabulous clothes or fabulous jewelry or just be a fabulous shining personality.

-Kalera

Those are nice - thanks Candace! I actually have a pair in hot pink that I wear for gardening.

I'm looking for clogs in leather, actually, and having no luck a'tall...

-Kalera

On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 21:43:58 -0400, Kalera Stratton wrote (in message ):

Tina already has the last one down pat. She doesn't need to do anything else.

Kathy N-V

Uh Oh!! Does that mean Tina can get away with going nekkid?? ;)

Sorry, I haven't had any sleep...it just struck me funny...LOL...I'll shuddup now...

Anna W. in Tx

At 55 and overweight, that aint a pretty sight. Not that I always let that stop me. With all the trees and so few neighbours, going outside is not unusual here.

Tina

Pretty? Who said a Goddess has to be *pretty*? :)

-Kalera

And pretty is a subjective term.

~~ Sooz "Try to define soul in a way that everyone agrees on, and then maybe we'll have a basis for defining art." Kalera Stratton, glass artist

"Pretty" is a nice word, so I feel about it a lot like I feel about the word "nice".

It's not an insult, and being called pretty feels nice, but there are better things to be. I have known a lot of people who are neither pretty nor nice, but who are attractive, trustworthy, beautiful, honest, strong, generous, delightful, charismatic, and any number of other adjectives that are, IMO, better than pretty or nice.

-Kalera

Oh yes, I think "nice" is horribly overrated.

Thanks, you two. I'm no longer a nymph, but as you say, who says a Goddess has to be "pretty". Powerful is just fine, eh?

Tina

vj found this in rec.crafts.beads, from "Christina Peterson" :

]Powerful is just fine, eh?

works for me, if you want the job!

Totally right on!

-Kalera