I have too many shoes

Finally the sun has got his hat on! After that long, long winter we all finally deserved some warmer weather.  Apologies but I've used one of my favourite pictures (again) of my dog Jasper.  It kind of reminds me of what the next few months should be: hazy, warm and relaxing.  Fingers crossed the British summer doesn't let us down! So I've started my spring cleaning and packed away my winter stuff.  Maybe I being a little presumptuous but I'm hoping that I now longer need those jumpers.  What I also have realised is that my spending habits have changed in a positive way, in that I haven't spent as much this winter on clothes so don't have as much to pack away.  Now that its officially Springtime, I'm hoping to be wearing more shoes like this: And these: I've found some sandals that I have stashed away too so will be cataloguing them for the blog.

I spotted these Olivia Rubin for Dune on their website and fell in love. Olivia is known for her graphic prints and the shoe is a classic example of what she does. You really have to check out the link for these shoes to really see what they look like with a 360 view, I'm totally in love with the print on the heels! I just thought I should say that the Shoe of the week nominations are really all about the shoe, not the price.  My nominations can be from the high street or designers, just anything I've come across and really liked.  If I think that I would love to have them in my shoe collection, then they get added to the shoe of the week posts, whether I can afford them or would need to sell a kidney in order to purchase them.  That said, I am a little gutted this week that I've had to spend nearly £400 on my car this week, this money could have been lovingly spent on a pair or a number of pairs of shoes!

I really regret being hasty with chucking things out when I've no longer worn them; when I could have stored them away until a trend was re-vitalised or I rediscovered the love for whatever I'd packed away.  I had a pair of red wedges that I'd bought from Etam , a shop no longer on the British High Street - do you remember it? (Apparently Etam stood for Everything to attract men !).  After not wearing the shoes for a summer (typical British summer, probably rained for a change) I gave the away to a charity shop.  What I really should have done is boxed them up and waited.  Trends always come around again and wedges are a classic staple to a shoe collection . . . so what was I thinking when I gave these away! So, for this year I wanted to get a pair of red wedges for the summer which I can promise I am not going to throw or give away!  After doing a little internet research, I bought these ...

Here comes the sun! I've just walked down Blackpool promenade and it was a beautiful evening.  It's the perfect time to dig out those sandals or buy something new.  So what's on our high street?  I spotted these cute blue sandals on the Barratts website, perfect for the warmer weather and at a reduced price, great for the purse too!

The Liverpool Eye at Albert Dock How fast does time fly? I've just celebrated my second Wedding Anniversary.  Due to work commitments we didn't get chance to book a break this year, so we celebrated closer to home. After the wedding in Las Vegas and our first anniversary in Krakow, I can't really complain that my passport wasn't required for this trip!  We booked an overnight stay to Liverpool just over an hour's drive from Blackpool staying at the Premier Inn at the Albert Dock .  I'm lucky that we have two great cities (Manchester and Liverpool) just a drive away for a great night out and a city experience whether shopping is your preference or cool bars with an even cooler cocktail menu!  Both cities have undergone significant regeneration and they are definitely worth a visit if anyone is planning to come up North for a visit. Lucky for us, the weather was lovely so we managed to walk around the city and have a few drinks sat outside in the...

For those of you who've been following my blog will be aware, my younger sister Tara has undergone treatment for cancer and we are heading towards the 2nd annual check before before the five year mark when she gets the all clear.  She contacted Jo's Trust , the cancer charity to see if she could share her personal story.  As a result she's just been interviewed by The Sun as part of a feature on Jade Goody and it was published today.  It supports giving the charity and cervical cancer awareness much-needed publicity.  No words can describe how proud am I xx

I just have one word to sum up my shoe of the week - pretty! Suede edged with satin piping, these shoes would be the perfect accessory for any Royal Wedding party you may be planning, fingers crossed the sun shines and the rain stays away in April!

Fashion parade in the school yard There's been some press coverage of Elle Macpherson wearing her Louboutins on the school run . Spotted wearing £650 Christian Louboutin 'Lucifer Bow' heels, Elle's outfit was perfect for that working mum, straight from the school gates to work. Although not many people would be whizzing off to film a TV show (if you can actually run in Louboutins! Elle was filming the next series of Britain's Next Top Model. Now I'm interested to know whether your school run outfits are 'super model' standard or your wardrobe has the mantra if its on the high street then its up my street! Answers on a postcard please. I've pasted a link just in case you want to add some Louboutins to your yummy mummy wardrobe. PS if I could afford Louboutins, I would wear them to do the ironing, put the bins out and even to watch the tide coming in on Blackpool prom.  A pair of these shoes would make any event seem like a red carpet event! ...

I have serious shoe envy Whenever and wherever I am, I'm always on the lookout for shoes. I love people watching and even more so since I started blogging.  Now my family has started to point shoe 'moments' out to me too! I was at a cousin's engagement party last week, which was a fantastic party. Even my Gran (90 in August) managed to stay till after eleven, now that is an inspiration to live up to. My Aunt made a point of highlighting these glorious shoes.  My cousin Matt bought his girlfriend Rachel a pair of Jimmy Choos for her birthday. After careful consideration of the joys of Louboutins, he decided on Jimmy Choos.  Classic black with a platform sole, these are  perfect for any outfit. For the party Rachel teamed them up with black leggings and a cream vintage-style top - classic yet current. A total surprise for Rachel on her birthday, I like the fact that her first outfit with the Choos was her pjs!  While she is normally ...

I spotted Katie from work in these lovely shoes purchased in a Clark's sale.  Katie said this is the one pair of shoes out of all her shoes, that people comment on the most despite having more expensive shoes in her collection. On a current shopping trip with her young daughter, her love of shoes was brought into question when filling her shopping basket with more than a few pairs at Marks and Spencers, Katie was asked if she really needed that many shoes. . . . Well the current range at M and S are both tempting and good value for money, what's a girl supposed to do? I'm sure that there is plenty of time of Katie's daughter to learn that less is definitely not more when buying shoes, although I do hear that's she's developing a fine appreciation of handbags and shoes herself.. We discussed our mutual love of shoes when Katie mentioned a Spice-Girl influenced outfit back in the nineties (admit it, the Spice Girls were very influential during that era and ...

How lucky is Blake Lively! Not only does she have a Louboutin created and named after her but now she gets to go shopping with the man himself in Paris !

Here's my nod to the floral trend,, these shoes just might give me the right about of flower-power to see the seasons through.  I don't have a lot of print or patterned shoes in my collection, so I think this pair might ease me into trying something a little different to what I would normally buy without going overboard.  Currently, the nearest I've got to addressing the floral trend is buying a bunch of daffodils!

Do you ever remember that episode of Sex and the City where the ladies discussed regrets and how they would have done things differently if they'd had the chance. However, Samantha Jones tells them how it is, to forget regrets and to move on . . . Life is too short to have regrets but I do wish I could turn back time and do things a little differently: I'd have become a blogger years ago so that I could have written about: the time I visited the shoe salon in Saks Fifth Avenue in Sans Francisco wearing a pair of cheap flip flops but was treated like a park avenue princess; flew over the Golden Gate and was that scared I could not breathe for the first five minutes of the flight or speak for the entire flight; when I celebrated New Years Eve in Prague but celebrated so much that I have a few lost hours that I haven't managed to regain (pesky Jagermeister!); Negotiating Madrid and the Spanish train system with a tiny little Spanish and attending one of my best friend's w...

 Have tunes will travel  I'm getting to grips with new technology having recently got my first ipod.  Now I'm not the greatest with gadgets, to be honest I'm quite surprised I've managed to produce a blog and posts as I have only learnt in the past year to use a digital camera! It has been a long-running joke with my friends about my obsession with disposable cameras, but to me all I had to do was point and click.  I get overcome with a mental block to technical instructions and usually forget even the basic steps to using machines.  When I worked as a barmaid, I could pull pints, use the electronic tills and food ordering system but I couldn't for the life of me figure out how to change the barrels.  I actually volunteered to clean up sick or dirty ash trays rather than the trauma of being stuck in the pub cellar where the spiders would probably do a better job of getting the beer flowing again. So back to my ipod, I've got this really cute green Ipod Na...