Polyvore - have you played around on this site?

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Give it a go!  Online stores, designers and Photoshop/In Design wizards have provided girls of all kinds with a chance to dream, plug and create wish lists to their hearts content.  I entered for a chance to win a trip to NYC; I highly doubt that I'll win, but the dangling of a trip was incentive enough to let my mind run free.  If my budget was endless, this is what I would buy.

 

 

Goodbye Miz Mooz - a send off shoe review

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In March of 2010 I forever changed the course of my life by taking a major leap of faith.  I had fallen in love with another man and willingly chose to be with him, because, well, he's quite spectacular. However, there was a catch.  I was engaged to someone else; I won't share too many details out of respect for the key players, but I am forever grateful that I reconnected with Scott two years ago.  I do not condone my actions, because those actions do not represent me as a person, but they did help to create a path which led me to Scott and ultimately brought us here to Australia. The first few weeks after cutting off my engagement were shaky at best.  There was a lot to process and a lot of packing; I stayed and the ex moved.  I was working two jobs at the time in order to help save for the wedding that never was; I ended up diverting my extra earnings to help support myself until I could move to be with Scott.  Those few months on my own proved that I could land on my own two feet and allowed me to shake my fist at the naysayers.  My parents were super supportive, without them and Scott I don't think I would've made it; they gave me a shoulder to cry on and offered perspective whenever possible.  A few weeks after making up my mind, my parents flew out to be with me.

Like old times, my mom and I went shopping.  We both know a thing or two about shopping; as I was growing up, we spent nearly every Saturday together at the mall near my hometown.  As we were shopping in Nordstrom, my eyes were bewitched by a really cute pair of ballet flats.  I tried on several pairs that day, but these were too lovely to pass up.

 

 

These shoes became my liberation shoes.  They went with everything I wore and were really comfortable for long treks or for the days when I worked both jobs.  Miz Mooz released these shoes in the US at the start of Spring 2010, prime time for our shopping adventure.  I later purchased them in red, but I returned them the very next day; red's really not my colour.

For all of the places I've been, they were with me… Miami, Amsterdam x 2, Las Vegas, Singapore, Australia and Italy.  I travelled a lot during 2010/2011 and I'm so happy they came along for the ride. I finally had to deem them as unwearable; I started getting blisters from them and even brought them to a cobbler because they were in such disrepair.

While Scott and I were shopping in Italy, he found a suitable replacement - a beautiful pair from TOD's.  My Miz Mooz shoes were retired once we returned home from Italy last month.

 

 

Goodbye to you Goodbye to everything I thought I knew You were the one I love The one thing that I tried to hold on to

 

 

Miz Mooz, if you ever come out with another pair like this, please let me know.

I don't think I'm asking for too much;)

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Swoon

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I want! I want! I want!

Polka dots are sort of my thing - we share a long history.  My mom, P-Cakes, purchased a long sleeve, black and white polka dot dress for me when I was 10 years old from Marshalls.  It came with one of those scrunchy-type, alligator clip things you attached to the back of the of it in order to cinch the dress in. I didn't have a waste then, I was more rotund and chubby.  I remember wearing it a lot, so much that my mom fashioned it into a sleeveless dress in order for me to wear it in the summer months.  Somehow, my mom always managed to stretch out my clothes a bit longer; she's a crafty one.

Then there was the dress I purchased for my college graduation from NY and Co (please excuse the grainy photo).  Navy blue and white, sharp, crisp and represented a bit of liberation for me.  My college days were over and life was about to commence.  I held onto this dress for a few years, but it didn't manage to make the cut when I had to decide what could come with me on the big move last year.

For me, polka dots are the sort of thing that you shouldn't take too seriously - they are fun, bubbly and confetti-like.  The contrasting colors are endless and can adorn most anything.  The thing of the moment is polka dotted umbrellas; I saw a ton of people carrying them around the city last night.  My bedspread just might even be covered in polka dots!  I'm sure you'll see it quite often, as it will serve as the backdrop for some of the items I'll be talking about.