Identity Crisis...

Now that spring is in the air, I am somewhat excited to be able to wear open toe shoes and flip flops. It does add an extra level of work to make sure that the toes are well manicured on most days (I will fully admit to being the "toe nail polish" police... if you can't keep the polish updated, take it off! Better to have no polish, than chipped or half polish...), but overall, I am more of a skirt and sandals kinda girl, so warmer seasons suit me well. Upon searching for some new spring shoes, I came across these on the Ann Taylor Loft site. My first thought: "What on earth?" I have to think that the designers- those people who really don't live in the real world like the rest of us, where wearing bikinis under dress shirts doesn't really fit our "business casual" look- thought this would be a really versatile shoe. But really, they seem quite the opposite. They are peep toe shoes, which tends to put them into the spring/ summer category, but they are suede and they are booties... more in the fall, winter category. So instead of being the "shoe for all seasons", it ends up being the shoe for no season. Pick a style, would you?!

To be honest, I have never quite understood this trend. They just don't look good on normal people (I apologize if you own any and wear them proudly... you are a braver woman than I!) I like my sandals and boots to be just that: sandals and boots. Once the weather warms up, I am all for showing off those ankles that have been hidden like vampires in sunlight all winter long. Maybe I think more of my feet than I should, but bring on the strappy sandals (just not the gladiator style ones... next blog on that...)! These "peep toe booties" will not be added to my closet this season, unless maybe to go with my bikini and dress shirt that I wear to Panera for lunch every now and then...