Thursday, February 18, 2016

If You're Going to Kick Ass, You Need Kick Ass Shoes




In any season of the year, I enjoy shoe shopping - or maybe I should say shoe hunting.  It is the thrill of the chase for me.  And the reward is bagging a beautiful pair of boots, sandals, ballet flats, wedges, or peep-toes (alas, true high heels are not possible any longer.)


Just Love Red Flats!



Just High Enough
At this time of the year when winter drags on and on, I begin to lust after sandals.  Sometimes, I am happy to just fondle the ones I have.  I remember a favorite line from an old movie titled Private Benjamin.  Not a movie I would ever watch again, but I always loved Goldie Hawn's line as she bemoaned wearing combat boots, "I just want to wear sandals!"





Probably should review here that one of Sam's hard and fast rules as HOH - shoes may not be purchased with a credit card.  This is a
very good rule for me.  Before dd/ttwd, shoes were a very sore subject between us.  I guess they could still be a very "sore" subject occurring on my bottom if they ever appeared on a credit card bill. 





But I have never been spanked for breaking that rule.  There is a certain amount available to me to spend as I wish, and I have not slipped from grace even once.  Ha!  That makes me sound like a "Goody-Two-Shoes!"  Pun intended.





Anyway, I received an Amazon card as a Christmas gift and bought sandals 2 days later.  I had gone to a shoe sale after Christmas and found nothing on sale I wanted.  Mark that on the calendar, Ladies.  It does not happen often.  However, there were a gorgeous pair of sandals I tried on , and I knew then and there that someday they would be mine.  Dark taupe T-straps with very sexy little zippers on the back of the heel.  That "someday" turned out to be the same day.  Found them on Amazon cheaper and proceeded to Checkout.
On the monitor, I read:

                              "Thank you for your order, Ella!
                           We know that you truly deserve these
                                        beautiful sandals."


These Are the Ones!



Problem is, it's still winter!  You know - snow, ice, slush, sleet, arctic air, scraping windshields, bone-chilling temperatures, heavy
gray skies, howling winds, bleak and barren.....  So lately, in the mornings, I put on my winter office wear and then walk around the house in my new sandals until it is time to leave for work.  Then I tenderly say good-bye to my sandals and put them back in their new home on my shoe wall.  They have lots of good friends there.





Classy!


Three years ago I even declared a new holiday called, "Sandal Sunday."  If this isn't yet listed somewhere on the spring months of
your calendar, let me explain.  It is a "floating holiday" as it comes
on the first warm Sunday of spring.  You need to assemble moms,
daughters, sisters, daughter-in-laws, granddaughters, nieces, aunts, cousins, and dear friends.  Everyone meets for lunch and then everyone buys sandals!  We have a route about town to hit all the favorite stores and shops.  What if there were an entire mall that was nothing but shoe shops?  But, I digress.  Anyway, this holiday is quickly gaining in popularity.  My sweet niece emailed me the other day to ask if Sandal Sunday was on the docket yet.







My addiction to shoes started at an early age.  I loved going to the shoe store.  Shoe stores even smell nice.  Sounds daft but I have always believed that shoes smile at me.  The most memorable pair of shoes came home to me, not in a shoebox, but in the big pockets of my dad's corduroy coat when I was 9 years old.  I went to give him a hug, and he pulled them out of his pockets and placed them in my hands. 




Up until then my good shoes were just the standard Mary Janes.  But these....omg.  They were brown patent leather with a beautiful buckle on the toe.  And.....wait for it......they had a tiny little heel!  I just remember squealing because I was so happy.  My mother was getting dinner and glanced over to say, "She's too young for those."  Dad just smiled, and I knew his decision on this would stand.  There was more than a bit of HOH in that man.  These shoes were not to be worn with those dumb anklet socks!  That would be so wrong!  These would be only for tights.  And a shoe-a-holic was born.



Now, so many years later, I can't wear heels anymore.  It's that
damn "age" thing.  I still have a few pairs, and I sometimes just have to put them on.  Maybe I cannot wear them out the front door, but Sam still enjoys them in the bedroom.  I used to do theater, and my favorite director was a lovely gay man who always called them "Fuck Me Pumps."  On or off, in the bedroom, these heels usually do the trick as far as a sexy Ella Ever After spanking.






My whole life I have admired story characters and their famous shoes.  Didn't you always want to wear Dorothy's ruby slippers or Cinerella's glass ones?  What about Carrie Bradshaw's Manolo Blahniks?  What's not to love?  They look just perfect no matter what size your ass is.  And speaking of that, there are 3 "S" words that contain zero calories, and for that I am very thankful.


                                  Sex, Spanking, and Shoes. 



              Please tell me about a pair of shoes you have loved.  

                                         Remember This

28 comments:

  1. Oh, shoes! I love shoes - and handbags. I used to have a Saturday job in a shoe shop when I was sixteen and got a generous discount, so my collection started there. I still wear high heels on special occasions but, sadly, my knees won't allow me to dance in them anymore. My very favourite pair has to be my Louboutins, black patent courts with the famous red soles, bought for me by Harry as a Christmas present a few years ago. For about six months, they were 'mantelpiece shoes' artistically arranged to be admired, not worn.

    I don't know how many pairs of shoes I own but it's not enough for a shoe wall. Colour me green with envy!

    Rosie xx

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    1. OMG, Rosie. I have never even known anyone that had a pair of Louboutins! I did touch a pair once in a shoe "salon" in Las Vegas. Harry is a good man!

      Sam built me the shoe wall though. It is not as big as the picture in my post, but it is floor to ceiling.

      Hugs From Ella

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  2. I love your new Spring holiday...what a wonderful family tradition...and that poster...when the shoes stay on....perfect! I am not a 'shoe fanatic'...I just want comfort...
    hugs abby

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    1. Sandal Sunday will be coming up soon, I hope. I have had it with winter. And my sandals are calling my name. Thanks for visiting, Abby!

      Hugs,
      Ella

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  3. SHOES!!! I heart shoes!! I can get into big trouble buying them. I tend to like the expensive ones. But, ya know, champagne tastes and a $1 beer night pocketbook and all. I try very hard to be a savvy shoe shopper and hit the clearance racks. But then sometimes you get those situations where your new sandals arrive in winter and you cannot wear them. So, I understand your struggle!

    Sandal Sunday sounds fabulous!! I must institute that around here. My sister would have loved that holiday lol. You will have to let us know when it is!

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    1. Bargains are really my favorite. You will have to choose Sandal Sunday where you live. You will know it is coming when the air smells fresh and nature is just swelling the buds on the trees. Spring is almost here.

      Hugs,
      Ella

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  4. Ella, Ella - can we really be friends? There are no good shoes in my book, only implements of torture one must wear when the weather says 'you cannot go barefoot'. I can kick ass perfectly well in flip-flops and tennis shoes. But I'm glad you love shoes, someone has to I suppose. I'm guessing that like Rosie you love hand bags too. I never carry one - it fits in my pocket or I don't need it. And yes - I honestly am female!

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    1. PK, I promise we can still be friends! Perhaps you have never found a pair that smiles at you. I could help you with that.

      Ella Just Joking

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  5. I would love to love shoes, but actually I'm just envious of them, or rather those who can wear the beautiful ones. I am tall with big feet, some shoe shops carry a token few in my size and some have none at all. When I go shoe shopping it's a chore, it's not about which style do I like but rather what have you got in my size? Oh nothing? Don't worry!
    H once found a shop selling a lot of end of range at discount including my size and he brought me home about 5 pairs! I love them but they are definitely bedroom shoes most having 5 inch heels. As a 6 foot girl, an extra 5 inches is far from necessary, even if I could walk more than a few steps in them!
    Now, handbags, that's a different story completely........

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    1. Love that you have "bedroom" shoes, too! Actually it is probably a good thing you only wear them there. Otherwise you would have to duck in the doorways.

      Mmmmm.......... handbags. This could be another post.

      Hugs From Ella

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  6. Oh Ella, nice shoes! I remember the first pair of shoes I ever chose just for myself. They were for my tenth birthday and they were red and white patent brogues. I can remember wearing them that day with bright orange hot pants and a white frilly blouse!! In my defence I was only ten and had no help from my bonkers mum at any time in my life. I have improved with age (a bit). I couldn't do the same holiday as you as my dils both hate shoes as they have both got dodgy feet. One has her syndrome to cope with and the younger one has arthritis so bad her feet are a mess :(
    I seem to have been wearing my flat fleecy lined boots for ages, roll on summer
    love Jan,xx

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    1. I love your description of that red and white pair of shoes. Sometimes it is not how the shoes look, but how they make you feel. I bet you felt wonderful in those.

      I still have a pair of Frye boots that I bought when I was a young bride. They are truly kick-ass cool.

      Love,
      Ella

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  7. What a wonderful idea you have to get all your female relatives and friends together for shoe shopping. I'm not a shoe person. Shop for comfort which is usually hard to find. So only own a few pairs of shoes. Its the curse of wide feet. :(
    Enjoy your spring shoe shopping.
    Hugs Lindy

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    1. I do have a good friend with wide feet and she complains about them all the time. I once found her a pair in a discount bin that she still loves.

      Sending Hugs Downunder,
      Ella

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    2. Maybe I need to go shoe shopping with you then Ella. If only we lived closer together. ;)

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  8. I do like shoes, but it's not something compelling!
    I actually have amassed quite a boot collection. I have a pair of red animal leather F@(/ me boots that have gone out of style!
    Although they were recently replaced with another pair! Lol
    Love your idea.... But your dads gift is the sweetest part of this post!!

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    1. Aw, Minelle. I am glad you mentioned my dad. It is such a special memory for me. I have often wanted to turn it into a short story.

      Hugs From Ella

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  9. I love shoes. When I was working, I had at least one pair to match every outfit. Ray used to say I could give Imelda Marcus competition.
    Love how your love to shoes was started. Touching.

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    1. Did you wear heels with your work outfits? I surely do miss them. Glad you liked the story about my dad, though. I miss him a whole lot more than high heels.

      Ella

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  10. I am most happy barefoot...but I do love wearing sandals as the next best thing - I wear them until the first snow of winter...and then as soon as the last snow melts... :-) My daughter LOVES shoes. Hugs

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    1. Good for you, Terps. I never had a daughter and always so enjoyed the little girls I taught. One year I had a shoe calendar that we hung up in the coatroom. The girls loved it.

      Hugs From Ella

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  11. I have one pair of shoes that I bought and only wore one time. The day I wore them to work I was teased without mercy by my fellow workers. "Click your heels three times," one man insisted. Through out the day I heard "there's no place like home" too many times to count. Those beautiful cherry red patent leather ballerina flats still occupy a prominent space in my meager collection of shoes because I enjoy looking at them, even if I don't wear them.

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    1. Here's Ella saying, "Wear those pretty shoes!" Just think of a snappy answer for those teasing you. "Yes, Glinda picked them out for me herself." Or "Toto, I do not think we are in Kansas anymore." Eventually they will stop. I love red shoes most of all, Stevie. Thanks for visiting!

      Hugs,
      Ella

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  12. Ooh Ella...I do love shoes...I have knee and ankle boots, tall, medium and kitten heels, sandals, flip flops, ballet flats, etc. I think I now have close to 100 pair...do need to thin some out so I will have room for some new. ;) I keep promising Ami that I will post pictures of some of my favorites...will try to get to that soon. ;)

    Hugs and blessings...Cat

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    1. Ooh yourself, Cat! We should definitely shoe shop together sometime. 100 pairs! I think you may have me beat. Take those pictures. Ami and I and many more will so enjoy that.

      Hugs From One Shoe Lover to Another

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  13. I have at last, and much to Dan's amusement, and due to our move, pruned my shoe collection down to around a hundred pairs. The charity shops have done very well - and now I have room for some new ones!

    I can only wear high heels to stagger around on special occasions, as I stupidly ruined my feet when I was young due to wearing unsuitably high heels and very pointed toes. I now have to contend with bunions, which is quite horrid.

    I just love your Sandal Sunday and wish I could join in. I shall have to do it by proxy. There are some gorgeous ones in the shops here already and it will be a long time before our weather is anywhere near warm enough. I do adore sandals though.

    I don't have a shoe wall - no room, but I keep my shoes in see-through boxes on shelves in my wardrobes. Daren't hardly mention that I have some I've never worn. Oops.

    Have you heard that song that says something about "not in these shoes, you don't"? I cannot get that picture out of my head about stockings, high heels and nothing else! Too cold for that over here! LOL!

    Hugs
    Ami

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  14. It seems that there are many of us happily blessed with this shoe affliction! Ami, I do believe your collection is greater than mine. I am not sure if it would be wise for me to view that as a challenge or not.

    Should there come a day when the Shoe Gods smile down on us and grant us a shopping trip together, the heavens will tremble and the earth will shake.

    Hugs Across the Pond,
    Ella

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