ok...week 7 of the deck of me challenge on emily's blog.....everyone has a shoe story to tell......
ooohhh! i've got a bunch.....i remember when i was in high school & i had black penny loafers but i stuck quarters in them (total rebel...i know...), i remember digging those quarters out so i could make a phone call to my mom & dad to tell them i was running late...LIKE ALWAYS....
i remember finding a pair of black doc martens with tiny purple doodling on them in a hole in the wall shoe store in the village & they were $17...i bought them and wore them all the time, even though they were 1/2 size too small....
i remember finding my brown boots in a store in berkley for $10...i still wear those boots & get compliments all the time @ them...they also are 1/2 size too small & it is 11 years later & i am still wearing them!!
i remember buying my first pair of high heal black boots over on fulton street in brooklyn...the zippers fell down constantly when i walked, but i loved them anyway...don't know what happened to them...
yeah...i used to be quite the shoe girl.....but now is a totally different story....
i wear flip flops during the spring, summer & fall....ALL THE TIME....
which brings me to my story.....last august i went out for dinner & drinks with a bunch of girlfriends. my friends all show up dressed to the nines...looking gorgeous....i show up in jeans, a tank top and my nice pair of flip flops (they have turquoise beads on them...really pretty)....basically...the gigi uniform....my bud, annette, takes one look at me & starts laughing "no one told me we were going casual! who said we were doing casual!!!???"....& i said to her "but these are my dressy flip-flops!!"....they, of course, had a nice laugh on my behalf....
***ETA*** the picture on my card is from a j.crew catalog...i don't have those flip flops...but they would be cool....maybe i'll look into them....you know...broaden my wardrobe...LOL!!
happy thursday everyone....gi
I wear flip-flops nonstop in the summer as well! Totally cute card!
Posted by: Rachael | February 22, 2007 at 06:09 PM
Girl this is just fabulous!!! I can so relate. I have have my "going-out" flip flops but of course we call them "thongs" here..... ;) Gotta love the differences in Aussie lingo.
Posted by: Lee | February 22, 2007 at 06:37 PM
I LOVE your card and the flip-flops, hmm... maybe i`ll look into them also :)I`m crazy for shoes, all types :)
Posted by: Vibeche | February 22, 2007 at 07:26 PM
Love the card and your story is so cute and funny!
Posted by: Lis | February 22, 2007 at 07:49 PM
Lol....very very cute picture you've found - perfect to your little story :D
Posted by: Ania | February 22, 2007 at 07:52 PM
i love it! flip flops for every occasion...one of my best friends was obsessed with flip flops and wore them under her wedding dress!!!
Posted by: emily | February 22, 2007 at 09:49 PM
Love all your stories...made me laugh. I tried picturing you digging that quarter out of the shoes. Love flip-flops...got me some corduroy ones from old navy in chocolate & turquoise!
Posted by: Ronda P | February 22, 2007 at 11:26 PM
hehehe! LOVE your shoe story!! and your card is great! love the picture!!! i've got casual thongs and "going out" thongs too (sorry, thats the "aussie" coming out, calling them thongs!)
Xx Jess
Posted by: jess! | February 23, 2007 at 12:46 AM
Cute, cute card! Love the story of your "flip flops".
When I was young and growing up in Southern California we called them thongs, like you Aussie gals! Maybe now that we have thong undies flip flops needed a new name. Just a thought...
Posted by: debbie | February 23, 2007 at 02:04 AM
Very cute story...love the flip flops too! :)
Posted by: jennifer davis | February 23, 2007 at 08:58 AM
hi! great stories! and your card is really cute, too! :-)
i can't believe all the gals that wear flip flops/thongs and we're finding this out by doing Emily's cards. lol!!! :-)
Posted by: Patty S | February 23, 2007 at 11:11 AM
fab card and a lovley story really made me smile
Posted by: valerie | February 23, 2007 at 03:16 PM
LOL That´s a funny and great story...sounds like my kind of favorite outfit to;o) Love your card!
Posted by: Lene S | February 23, 2007 at 07:07 PM
love the card!! I really like the flower and the turquoise accents. Great story
Posted by: leslie | February 25, 2007 at 11:17 PM
Great card Gigi and what a fab story behind it. I love your handwriting too :-)
Posted by: Di O | February 26, 2007 at 04:25 AM
LOOOOVE it! i don't know how i missed this one of yours!
i'm the SAME way. my "fancy" flip-flops are from gap...and have pretty little beads on them...lol.
xx
jill
Posted by: jill s | February 28, 2007 at 03:45 PM
I love this card, love flip flops!!
Posted by: Lynn | February 28, 2007 at 04:39 PM