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[olde_fashioned]

Don't. Laugh. You all are going to think I'm crazy wacko, but since this is my blog, I'm doing it anyway. ;-) "Despise me if you dare..."

Yesterday we went shopping, and of course I just had to check out the shoes...haha. They had some Skechers on sale (Bikers Luxe in black) that I've wanted since they came out last year, and my wonderful brother bought them for me! He's such an angel -- well he's so sweet anyway, not just when he buys me shoes! ;-) Here is a pic for those of you who care: click for pic

I wear mostly black anyway, and they have great support and are comfortable, so these will be very practical. They're kind of like a cross between ballet flats and running shoes, and they're rather flattering to my feet, which is always to be desired. ;-) Strangely enough, I had to go down a size from my usual 10. I guess these must run really large, or my feet shrunk overnight!! ;-)

In other news, we made it to the Friends of the Library bookstore today, and bought a stack of books. You can't beat magazines for a quarter and books for $1-2 dollars! I got a two-volume set of The Complete Sherlock Holmes to build up my Sherlockian collection, Sanctuary by Beverly Lewis which I read years ago and loved for some odd reason, and a couple old doll magazines. Like I need more stuff to read.

My brother Spencer had his usual mountain of knowledge to purchase, and it took both of us to carry it to the desk. ;-) You should have seen the librarian's eyes bug out of her head when she saw us!!

Comments

[sabrinafair2.livejournal.com]

Those shoes are very different! They are feminine without being too much so and look comfortable. I hate shoe shopping I can never find any thing I like that will fit me (my size is a 5 or a 4). The same goes for clothes...

Anyways it sounds like you had a very fun weekend! And it was very sweet of your brother to buy you those shoes. I also went a while back to one of those local library sales where they sell old library books...we got there pretty late and it was pretty picked over :(. I was hoping that I could find some cheap Jane Austen novels to add to my library.

BTW I love your new default user icon! What software do you use?

[olde-fashioned.livejournal.com]

You have small feet! I would not like it at all if stores did not carry my size. ;-)

JA was actually my goal for the trip, as well, but to no avail. ;-)

Thanks for the comment on the icon. I use Paint.NET, but I have broken my "tradition" of using only my own, and I uploaded a couple ones made by others. My new default is a Mucha icon made by my friend iane_grey and she does lovely work indeed. She did many others, and it was hard to choose just one!! ;-)