Showing posts with label BFF. Show all posts
Showing posts with label BFF. Show all posts

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

Old Navy Cardi Party


Being a member of CrowdTap just keeps getting better and better.  I guess it's more accurate to say being a part of the Old Navy Style Council just keeps getting better and better.  I was lucky to be selected for their Cardi Party.  Cardi Party isn't even an accurate description because not only was the sample share for me and 3 (YES! THREE!) of my friends but it included for each of us a FREE cardigan, a FREE skirt, and a FREE scarf.  Say WHAT?!  Yep, you read that right.  We ALL got a FREE cardigan, skirt and scarf.  

Anyone who knows me knows I love me some FREE stuff.  Especially easy FREE stuff.  All we had to do was put together some outfits featuring those 3 items and snag some photos.  We didn't get to get as creative as we had hoped but we did what we could with what we could.  Oh, and while Old Navy, the Old Navy Style Council and CrowdTap gave me the FREE stuff all opinions are honest and my own.  I am a part of all this because I actually like Old Navy and I love the opportunities CrowdTap gives it's members so that's that. 

For my "party" I chose my BFF Karie, (Duh!), my sister Georgie, and my niece Elizabeth.  Unfortunately, Elizabeth couldn't go so I decided to invite Karie's mom Debi to even out our party.  Both my sister & Debi are the same age and rarely ever go shopping for themselves.  I've been waiting for the perfect sample share to invite my sister to and this definitely was it. She stopped smoking (WOOT!) and has finally gained some much needed weight (double WOOT!) and is starting to go out and buy new clothes.  Aside from the cardigan my sister would never go out and just buy a skirt or scarf.  She'd think about it but probably wouldn't actually go and do it.  I like that this sample share made her do so.  

We all met at Old Navy at 10am hoping to beat some of the shopping crowds.  It worked for a little while but eventually the dressing rooms began to fill up and it was much harder to take them over, which I totally felt like we were doing.  By the time we left the store was actually pretty busy.

I was a bit worried when we first started looking around because there wasn't much in the way of selection for skirts, and while there was a larger selection of cardigans there wasn't much in the way of sizes.  The one thing we didn't have a problem with was scarves.  Well, except that they didn't have the crocheted scarves, but really that may have been a good thing because I may not have been able to pick one otherwise.  It was hard enough without them to narrow it down to just one.

Just about all my favorite prints in the cardigans were out in my size.  There was an adorable peach polka dot one that I would have killed for but they only had it in XXL.  Luckily there was a ton of my other top choice... the grey animal print.  
I realized that the grey on grey animal print doesn't work but the photo we took of this outfit with the black scarf I tried with it didn't turn out. 

My sister tried the grey animal print as well, she's not one for animal print so I was excited she tried it.  I told her we could both get the grey on grey animal and be twins but she wasn't going for it. Personally, I can't blame her but don't tell her I said that.  
I, also, think the print/coloring looks way better on her as well.  Sometimes sisters are such a pain in the butt!  

When it came down to it I decided I loved the grey animal scarf the most out of all the scarves I tried so that left me trying to figure out what cardigan to get.  I really loved the grey animal print cardi but I finally chose an open front cardi in light grey (unfortunately, not shown online).  It was just too soft to pass up... it's like a hug when you wear it.  True story.

I managed to snag a pic wearing the navy version of the open front cardigan.   It was a hard choice between the two colors (light grey & navy) but I know I am obsessed with navy right now so I chose to go the other route for a change up.

By the time I decided against the grey animal cardi the store was too crowded and my phone refused to take any more photos.  I had asked Karie to bring her camera, I finally have to admit I lost mine, but she forgot it in her excited rush to get the party started.   So I had to wait until I cleared up some storage room on my phone & took my own photo's back at home. 

Debi tried on the light grey cardigan I ended up choosing, along with my second favorite scarf.  Both were cute but not totally "Debi".

Karie was more conservative on what she tried on and stuck with only 2 cardi's (at least what was documented so maybe I missed the other ones).  She tried on the classic button cardi's in black & white.

Since there were tons of scarves to choose from (both style & color) I had the most fun trying to choose my favorite but at the same time also get something that is not like anything I currently have.  None of the other girls wear scarves much so they just stuck with a couple patterns they liked. 

Scarves we liked but didn't pick...
Karie

Georgie

Debi

Me

For the skirts we had 3 different types to choose from.  The Pencil (sadly the perfect-cord pencils were not in store), the Fold Over Jersey (only black & grey) & some denim skirts (not shown online).  All the skirts we were most excited to try weren't in store.  I was the only one who found a Pencil skirt to try because they were out of every size except L and up.  Although, they weren't our favorite apparently they are popular because there were no XS, S, or M's (except in the one I tried on).  

Save for Karie, we are a short bunch, all about 5'4 and under so the Pencil skirts were a weird length for us.  The denim skirts were almost the same length but a bit shorter so they looked a bit better.  Two of us ended up with the denim skirts and the other two ended up with the Fold Over Jersey skirts.

Denim skirt: 
Me

Debi


Grey Fold Over Jersey skirt: 
Karie

Georgie 

So when all was said and done here is the outfits we took home.


Karie
Woman's Fold-Over Jersey Skirt in Dark Heather Grey
None of the colors Karie picked were "normal" Karie colors so I was proud of her for trying something different.  I love the outfit, and I love the color scheme, and even though it's not her "normal" it is still a very Karie outfit.

Debi 
Woman's Printed Scarf in purple not online
Woman's Button-Front Stretch Cardi in Purple Majesty
Woman's Denim Skirt not online
Purple is Debi's color.  The cardi and scarf go perfectly together and with the denim skirt I think it is a totally cute, stylish and fun outfit.

Georgie
 Infinity scarf in Black & Grey Striped not online
Woman's Ribbed Open-Front Cardigan in Black not online
Woman's Fold-Over Jersey Skirt in Light Grey
I love the outfit my sister picked.  It looks great on her.  Aside from the cardi, it is not an outfit she would normally ever wear, style-wise or color-wise.  I can't wait to see what else she pairs each piece with.

Me
Woman's Ribbed Open-Front Cardi in Light Grey not online
Woman's Denim skirt not online
I don't think anything I got was a surprise to anyone.  The scarf was the only thing I had my eye on going in but the other pieces aren't really out of my norm.  Of course, considering almost half of my closet is Old Navy, it's hard to go outside of my norm when shopping there.

Now if it would only cool down because I can't wait to wear my new outfit with my grey boots.  Come on Fall, hurry up and get here!!
Grey Xhiliration boots, Target

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Wish me luck...

Apparently I didn't need an online dating site to get a date.  I just needed my BFF's husband.  


Okay, maybe there was a bit more involved than that but that was the essentials.  


I am super excited!  And I'm super excited that I'm super excited!  When I was on POF I just really wanted to go on one date I was actually excited for.  Obviously that didn't happen.  To have a date (tonight!), one that I didn't have to arrange blindly (POF), and that is with a guy who is (already) interesting (extremely so) is all sorts of gravy on top.


He's tall (6'5"), dark (dark brown hair), handsome and Irish (from actual Ireland).  He pretty much had me at 6'5" but then he had me again at Irish.  I am a sucker for a tall guy.  I'm even more of a sucker for one with an accent.   It's not a heavy accent like the Lucky Charm's Leprechaun or the foreign exchange student on Glee but it is there, and super cute.  I'm hoping I don't geek out on him and make him repeat himself when he says something totally cute & Irish.  


Oh, and then he had me even more when I realized he had a huge bandage on his nose because he fell down (on his face!).  I can maybe teach this guy how to trip & fall with some grace next time.  Or at least with less injury.  I'm not sure if grace is the right word for being able to trip & fall without hurting yourself (much).


I'm not too worried about totally embarrassing myself tonight which, depending on how you look at it, is a good thing... I guess.  See I already did that, totally embarrassed myself on the night we met.  Jeremy & Karie hosted a work party for Jeremy and when there was only the 4 of us left we ended up played ping pong.  And by we played ping pong I mean Karie & Irish played.  Remember how I've mentioned I lack coordination for any kind of sport?  Part of the problem is my hand eye coordination.  It is severely lacking.  And by lacking I'm pretty sure it's non-existent.  I tried to play and after a few minutes of not hitting the ball (or even being anywhere close to hitting the ball) I gave up.  I was so bad I actually surprised myself by how bad I was.  It, of course, sent Karie into hysterics... which I pretty much was already in so there was snorting.  So really all I have to knock off my list is to fall down in front of him and to accidentally flick food on him.  I'm hoping to save some of that for another time though.


He's here in AZ for work and will eventually be going back to Ireland, which so far is the only real mark against him.  Which isn't too shabby considering by now I've usually got a pretty good list of things going against a guy.  So when I say I'm super excited I'm not sure the words super excited are accurate enough.


He's pretty funny.  Hilarious, even.  Like keep me on my toes sense of humor.  When I asked if he had any ideas on what to do for our date (via text, of course, the only proper way to communicate in the 21st century) his answer was this...
"How about dinner, drinks, balloon ride, a trip on a yacht, fireworks display... whatever you're up for but choose carefully because some things might take time to arrange."
I almost died from laughing.  My response was...
"Really with a list like that how does one choose?! Although you do know yachts are hard to find in AZ...  We could just run away together to Vegas and make it easier." 


So, yeah....excited.

Tuesday, May 15, 2012

It's That Time of Year Again

We've already surpassed the 100 degree mark here in Arizona.  So to say it's short season is a bit of a overstatement.  Most of the time I think shorts... Ugh! but this year I got a FREE pair of shorts from Old Navy.  FREE makes short shopping so much more fun & enjoyable!  


Seriously, being a member of CrowdTap and being a part of the Old Navy Style Council is really paying off.

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Come join me.

The BFF, Karie, and I had just had a long discussion about shorts and our need for new ones when I got the invite for the ON short sample. I, of course, took it as a "meant to be" type of thing and asked her to be my plus one for the sample share.  

There were a ton of shorts to choose from and although I knew I am not a fan of the short shorts (5 inches & below) I still tried some on because they were so dang cute.  I'm a realist.  I know that even if I lost the 20 lbs I'd really, really love to lose, I'd still hate my thighs (because just about every woman does,  no matter what they weigh or what size they are) and being in my 30's 3 inch shorts are just too short.   But the 5 inch shorts would be doable.  Note to self: Eat less cookies & more veggies, and start working out.  Seriously!   

So here are the super cute shorts that are just too short for someone like me...
Women's Printed Canvas Shorts (3-1/2") 

Women's Perfect Khaki Shorts (3-1/2") 

Karie pretty much felt the same...
Women's Perfect Khaki Shorts (3-1/2") 

Women's Perfect Khaki Shorts (3-1/2 ) 
Women's Denim Cut-Off Shorts (3") 

We had better luck with the longer short shorts...
Women's Denim Shorts (4 1/2")

Women's Denim Shorts (4 1/2")
I already own a pair of the Women's Denim Shorts (4 1/2") from last season so I know I do like them.  Though I do wish they were about an inch longer.  It was a toss up between these and what I chose.

Women's Denim Shorts (4 1/2") 

Women's Linen Drawstring Shorts (5") 

Women's Cuffed Tie-Waist Twill Shorts (4-1/2") 
In the end I ended up with bermuda shorts, which is what I pretty much knew I would get....

Women's Distressed Denim Bermudas (12")
I really wanted them in white, because they are totally out of my comfort zone and FREE is the perfect time to do something crazy but they didn't have my size.


Women's Distressed Denim Bermudas (12") 


I totally cheated and they are not zipped up.  Fine for photo taking but not so much for real life.  I'm hoping they'll have my size when I have the money to go shopping again.  The only bad thing about these shorts are they run pretty small so you've got to go up a size.  Wearing a larger size than normal messes with the delicate balance one has when concerning self image.  


Women's Perfect Khaki Shorts (5") 
 This photo does not do justice to how cute these shorts look on Karie.  They make her already rockin' butt look fabulous but she wouldn't let me take a photo.  


Our final FREE choices.
These photo's remind me that the wedges I was wearing that day have since broke and I am still not over it.  I've only had them about a month or so and the whole "inside" sole came apart from the wedge.  I need to figure out how to glue them back together so I can wear them again.  They are seriously too cute to give up on.  Plus, far too new!!

Friday, March 30, 2012

Between Friends #2

Good God, I love my BFF! 


For some unknown reason I must document this text conversation as well. (#1, here)

Me: Dude next door* is out... He smokes. That is why he's always going to his car.
Karie: bummer!
M: Though he did just introduce himself...."Steve", in case I forget. Total bummer!
K: You have dated smokers previously. :)
M: Yes but I didn't like it. They seem to be unable to tell the truth about smoking.
K: True that!
M: Are you drinking?
K: How did you know? ;)
M: You go street on me when drinking.
K: Word!
M: Is this really happening & are you wearing clothes??
K: Yes!...(really you don't need the rest of the convo)


*Dude next door = new tenant next door at work.  Co-worker has been trying to play matchmaker & was convinced Dude next door* was always walking by to "catch a glimpse".  Not so!  


Okay, well maybe a little as a bonus to sneaking smoke breaks.  He's always popping his head in our office so he's either super friendly or being a bit less nonchalant then I've been in the scoping things out area.  But what do I know.  I am horrible at reading signals from the opposite sex.  And by horrible, I mean horrible and AWKWARD.  

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

A Stress FREE Day

Thanks to Crowdtap I am a member of the Old Navy Style Council. 


Sounds awesome, right?! 

Well, it totally is.  Not only do I get to give my opinions on other products & companies but I get to give my opinion on all things Old Navy.  I don't know about you but I LOVE Old Navy!  
I'm guessing you do too. 

As a member of the Old Navy Style Council you get opportunities to be involved in sample parties or events.
I was lucky enough to be chosen to be part of their JEANS Event, where I was mailed a coupon for ONE FREE PAIR OF OLD NAVY JEANS. 
SCORE! 
and a second coupon for a friend for ONE FREE PAIR OF OLD NAVY JEANS. 
DOUBLE SCORE!!

I, of course, grabbed my BFF for a girls day to celebrate.  For each other's birthday's we always take the other to see a movie of their choice.  As July was Karie's b-day she chose Crazy, Stupid, Love.  We went to an early showing & I had a FREE movie ticket (Christmas gift) so it only cost me $7.50 (K's ticket & souvenir cup refill).  Crazy, Stupid, Love. was a great movie...if you haven't seen it GO.  Seriously, GO NOW and SEE IT!!

Then I had a coupon for a FREE pair of hiphuggers from Victoria Secret.  Seriously, cheapest shopping day EVER!

We then went to Wendy's for lunch.  After waiting for a ridiculously long time in an extremely slow line there may have been an incident between Karie and the drink lid dispenser.  One where about a 100 plastic drink lids launched themselves at her chest only to sprIng everywhere around us in a loud clatter (and a lot of hysterical giggling from us). 
Needless to say, there was a lot of staring (from everyone in the restaurant) and yelling (from the poor harassed Wendy's lady behind the order counter).  We apologized profusely & chatted with the lady about stressful days & such.  I think even though we made a huge mess for her to clean up (one she wouldn't let us help clean up) we gave her a bit of a fun break & someone to vent to. 

Then we finally got down to business and went to Old Navy.  Anyone who's ever been in an Old Navy knows there's THE WALL.  The long, high wall of JEANS.  Truthfully, I usually am a bit intimidated by THE WALL and avoid it to only shop for jeans in the smaller racks & displays around it.  I know, what was I thinking?!  Since FREE jeans were the pay off we immediately tackled THE WALL, grabbing every color & style we could find in our sizes.

We went on the weekend which must have been the end of the summer break for most schools because Old Navy was PACKED!  Moms and children were EVERYWHERE.  If FREE jeans hadn't been the deal I would have turned right around and came back another time, after the PTSD wore off.

So we grabbed our (first) pile of jeans and waded into the fitting room area.  We unfortunately couldn't get rooms next to each other but we were close enough.  We didn't have the freedom to take photos of each other like we had planned but we did manage to show each other the options & discuss our likes and dislikes of each pair. 

Oddly enough, even though I am 5'4 and Karie is 5'6 and we are totally build differently we had the same opinions on the jeans.  There may have been a slight difference in the reasoning why but we liked & disliked the same pairs of jeans.

The Sweetheart Boot-cut jeans were just okay.  Neither one of us totally loved the cut, nor did we totally hate it.

 The (Skinny) Mini-flairs would have been awesome but they were a bit too small around the waist area.  They fit both of us perfectly in the leg area but was a bit too snug everywhere above that.  They were the only fit of jeans that were too small in the size we wore and going up a size didn't work because it made them far too big. 

We both loved the Trouser Jeans.  The only problem was they were a little too big.  Especially for me in the rump area.  

The Slim-flairs were just right!  Perfect fit!  For both of us, which I consider a miracle.  Nothing ever fits us the same.  Never!  Ever!
I just have to make sure to wear tall wedges since they are a bit long on me. (Short was too short, regular is too long,
and tall was WAY too long on me)

Karie & I in our FREE Old Navy Slim-Flair Jeans

In case you couldn't tell I LOVE Old Navy, I'm wearing...
Tank: Old Navy (similar old)
Necklace: Old Navy ($4.99 clearance)
Ring: Old Navy (old)

So THANKS Crowdtap & Old Navy for making our BFF day a stress FREE day!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Getting To Know the "Kitties" Series: Karie

Karie
33 years old today (Happy Birthday!!)
I've known her for 23 years


Karie and I met on the first day of 5th grade.  We were seated alphabetically (Fletcher, Hill) and because she was nervouse Karie kept kicking the back of my chair.  By the end of the day I just turned around and said, "I'm missing my General Hospital!"  Yeah, as opening lines goes it may not be the best but it broke the ice.  Oh, and I did watch General Hospital.  I lived with my grandparents and Nana was an avid soap watcher!  I apparently got hooked over the summer break.  Anyway, from those words on we became BFF's!  We figured since we have the same first name we needed to stick together.

There was a dark time in 6th grade where we were not friends.  We were in different classes so that didn't help matters.  We just sort skip over this year and pretend it didn't happen.  The first day of 7th grade we shared a bus route and decided to ban together to conquor the great unknown of Junior High.  We had 3 of our 6 classes together so it was easy.

Devil's Martini 7/2008

Because of our name people started referring to us as Karie Rae & Kerri Lee.  To this day our old church friends & Karie's family still referr to us that way.

She's the mother of 4 beautiful kids, who just happen to be 4 of my favorite kids ever.  She's been married for 14 years.  She excells at one of the hardest jobs out there...a stay at home mom. 



The only physical fight I've ever been in with a girl was with Karie.  We were hanging out (far too much) and I have no idea what set us off but we were in my grandma's kitchen baking cookies or something and we ended up in a kicking fight.  I told her to go home & she called her dad but by the time Karie's dad came to get her we had made up.  I ened up staying the night at her house that night.  She lived right around the corner so it was less than 5 minutes.  I think her dad wanted to kill us.

She is part of the reason I got Parker.  To this day Karie has probably touched Parker a handful of times.  She's deathly allergic to cats.  For this reason alone Parker adores her and tries to love on her every chance she gets.  Karie accepts me even though I have "a zillion" cats and I accept her even though she isn't an animal person & can't pet my cats.  Or visit with out doping herself up & me furiously cleaning my place beforehand.

Christmas Eve 2008

She's the ying to my yang.  My better half.  My hertrosexual life partner.  She's the Matt Dameon to my Ben Affleck. She's a neat freak who thinks nick-nacks are clutter.  I'm messy and have an apartment overfilled wiht nick-nacks.  She's laid back and I'm high-strung.  She's a Cancer & I'm a Capricorn.  Yet somehow we balace eachother out.

When my grandfather died (we were 14 years old) I called her and asked her to meet me half way (between our houses).  As we were walking back to her house I blurted out "Pop's dead" and started crying.  Her reaction...to bust out laughing.  She'd never seen me cry & didn't know what to do.  It ened up being exactly what I needed. 

Disneyland 5/2011

When we were kids and we'd go on vacation together we'd always have matching outfits.  They were never the exact same but only because we had different colors.  People always thought we were fraternal twins since her parents introduced me as one of them.  To this day when on vacation we usually have an outfit that "goes" together.  It started out as an accident and we figured we needed to stick with traditions so...  It's not as bad as when we were in school but it's still bad considering we are adults. 

Most of my most daring and silly adventures have happened with her by my side.  People always assume I'm the bad girl in our relationship but she's usually the rule braker and has been the "devil on my shoulder" more than I have been on hers.  The first time I ever drank alchohol I was talked into it by her (and another friend) while we were in 9th grade.  Having said that she's totally a good girl and the trouble we got into was really nothing big. 

Drift 2010

We've been discussing getting a matching BFF tattoo for our 20th anniversary.  It's been an extremely LONG talk.  We can't decide on a design and my adversion to needles hasn't helped much.  I figure by our 25th...or 30th anniversary we'll have it figured out.

I was the maide of honor at her wedding and she was the matron of honor at mine and 9 months pregnant.  Her son, Jaden, was born 3 days later.  The poor thing had to be cut out of her bridesmaide's dress because the zipper broke (it was handmade) and my sister had to sew her into it 15 minutes before the ceremony.  If that doesn't prove she was my BFF then I don't know what does.

She's been my go to person after each and every one of my broken hearts.  She's totally my therapist and should probably get paid for it but doesn't complain because she doesn't.

At the Jack's Mannequin & Fun concert.

She loves music but doesn't have a clue who sings what and has no music knowledge.  She's game for any concert I ask her to go to.  If I ask & say it's good she goes.  She listens to any band I ask her to.  I don't understand how she can love music and still know nothing about it.  She's the total polar opposite of me in that regard. 

We're pretty spot on movie wise.  It's the one thing we usually click on and always want to see the same of.  Although, she likes more "man humor" movies than I do and I like more "big explosions & eye candy" movies than she does.   On those we compromise.  It always surprises me the humor she finds funny.  Most of what I call "stupid guy humor" movies I see are because of her. 



 

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

My "Shoe Shopping" List

No, I'm not talking about compiling a list of shoes I want to buy...though that sounds like a marvelously fun idea.  I'm talking about the mental list I have running in my head of people I would go shoe shopping with.  Hum...throwing mental in the above sentence sort of makes me feel like what I just said sounds creepy.  It's not, I swear.  At least I don't think it's creepy...I guess you all can be the judge & jury on that.

Anyway, I'm not sure exactly when or how the "list" started.  The first person I remember "adding" to the list was Jennifer Gardner.  She's beautiful, successful, seems so sweet, down to earth & fun.  You know, someone you'd totally go shoe shopping with if given the chance.  Not every celebrity can be imagined as a shoe shopping partner.  At least, not in my opinion.  A lot of celebs are too beautiful and something about them seems too intimidating to be able to shoe shop with them. 

Anyway, (the BFF)  Karie & I were were at a Jewel concert and Ashly Monroe opened up for her.  She was so incredibly cute and slightly awkward being up on stage opening up for Jewel.  She was so REAL and relatable...even though she was OPENING UP FOR JEWEL.   I looked over at Karie & said, "OMG, she's so stinking cute I wanna steal her, put her in my pocket and take her shoe shopping!"  Karie's response was, "Totally!"  Okay, I'm paraphrasing but it was pretty close to that.  I could look it up since I tweeted about it but it was back on 3-15-09.  That is FAR too many Tweets in the past to try to find.

Lately the phrase has come up, twice in fact, and I figured why not share my list with you guys.  Maybe get you to share who's on your "list". 

The first time the phrase came up was when I commented to Jillian over at The Life of a Lioness/Pretty Little Lion that if she was ever in the AZ area I would totally go shoe shopping with her. 

I've "known" Jose over at Lucy's House & Josie Is Creating for a while now.  Again, I could look it up but that is far too many pages of going back in both FB & Twitter (or even on her blog).  All I know is it was right around the time she moved to Austin, TX.  My BFF "introduced us", mostly by talking about one of us to the other.  One thing led to another and my version of "our story" is she stalked me for a while & fell in love so she started following me on Twitter.  I in turn stalked her back, fell in love and started stalking her on her blog and fell in love more.  One thing led to another and we finally became FB friends.  Several times we've commented on how we needed to go shoe shopping together because we have the same fabulous taste in shoes.  I'm hoping by the end of this month that we will have finally met in person.  Josie has moved back to AZ and things are starting to settle down for her.  She emailed me last week & stated it was time to finally meet & asked if we could do it after her trip out of town.  Um....of course!  DUH!  We have no details yet but I am so excited.  It sorta feels like the first day of school.  Excitement & nerves.  I can't imagine how awkwardly awesome I'll be when it actually happens.  After this long following me on-line she should have some idea of how awkward I get & be fairly warned.

Man, do I go off on some long rambles sometimes.  Okay, most of the time but I usually can hid it when posting.  Not so much when I'm actually talking.  Meh, it adds to my charm, right?! Please say yes it's been 33 years I don't think I can change it now.

Okay, so here's a breakdown of my list (FINALLY).

People I'd totally go shoe shopping...

Celebrities:
Even after she stole my boyfriend, Ben Afflick.  They make a way better couple & have the cutest family EVER!







Bloggers:
Jillian was my first bloggy friend.  I won some hair pretties from her & it was all down hill from there.  Actually, it was down hill before that but shhh...don't tell.

I don't think anyone is surprised by this addition.

She makes you feel like you are already friends just by reading her blog.

and her real life BFF

Not going to lie...I'm a little intimidated by Ashley but she's too open & honest to be intimidate for too long.

Diana @ dianapantz
We are, also, pen pals.  She's so friendly!

Maggie @  Gussy Sews
I would totally take her dog, Bauer, shopping too. 
shop: Gussy Sews 

Seriously, so stinkin' cute!

Taylor @ Taylor Morgan
Taylor is so bright & sunny, it's hard to not get drawn in.

Of course, I can't forget the girls that are my partners in crime when I go shoe shopping...
My GIRLS!
The BFF Karie, Nicole & Jessica

Sommer

Man, I now have a sudden & raging urge to go shoe shopping...

So who's on your list?  Do you have your own version of my shoe shopping list?