Black Caviar & Class at the Races

You may recall my numerous posts during the Spring racing carnival last year - check them out here, here and here. It is no secret that I am a fan of the races, I love getting frocked up and having a great time betting on the grey horses, pink jockeys and meaningful names! Thankfully my boyfriend is a fan too and he organised tickets Royal Randwick's Derby Day before they were sold out. Didn't we look loverrrrly waiting for Miss Black Caviar?

Being on my healthy lifestyle plan, getting crunk on champers sitting in the sun was out of the question, so instead I people watched during the breaks between races and judged (good and bad) all attendees that entered my field of vision. A little harsh I suppose, but I assume I was judged when I went to grab water and my dress had a Marilyn Monroe moment at the bar :( hahaha fairly embarrassing, but I just apologised to all that saw my granny undies and headed back to be a judgmental skanko.

Continuing with my observations I spotted this ---->

Flipsters!!! I have not had the pleasure of buying a pair as I always take foldable flats I purchased from Novo many moons ago when wearing heels.  But on this day in particular I wore some sensible wedges seen here.
Flipsters look like comfy nifty little shoes in a cute little bag, they come in ballet flats and thongs in a range of colours. The brand was created in Australia and now is sold around the world!

Be sure to check them out before your next massive night out or race day :)

Grace xoxo

A royal slip up? Puuhlease we have all done this!

Waking up with the Today show has it's perks some days. A few days ago they reported that Kate Middleton Duchess of Cambridge had slipped up royally, I expected her to have dropped an F Bomb or something by the way they were talking it up, I eagerly awaited the footage, and all they were referring to was Kate getting her stiletto heel caught in a grate. 

Splash News

It really made me laugh, this has happened so many times to me that I couldn't believe it made worldwide news headlines. No one cares when I do it? hahaha.

A few years ago I was asked to be my bestie's bridesmaid, she wasn't bothered with what style of shoes we wore as long as they were black. I picked an awesome pair featured here in one of my first blogs. I decided to 'wear them in', on my bestie's hens cruise, even though my bestie advised against it in case "something happened". Well, let me tell you it did happen, I survived the whole cruise wearing them, and as soon as I stepped off the boat onto the holey wharf, my stiletto went down so far in a crack that it almost broke my ankle and required 3 of us to pull it back out....thankfully I only knocked a little bit of the glitter off the heel, which I repaired with some $2 black nail polish and I was able to wear them all day and night for the wedding.

When has this happened to you? Did you face plant?

Grace xoxox

3 Pairs for $30 (Including Express Post)!

On Tuesday, during my lunch break I was bored - boredom generally leads to two things; 
eating and since I have started my new healthy eating plan that was out of the question,
or
shopping, so I decided to put the call out to all my Facebook likers for their favourite online shoe stores and was keen to spend up!

I need to say thank you to Mandy for suggesting "You are my Sunshine", although I thought initially that Mandy was cracking on to me, I checked out the website. To my surprise it was a website I was familiar with and that is because it was formally known as "Stucey Shoes".

I loved Stucey shoes previously, but they had fallen off my radar and sadly out of my newsfeed, so I missed the memo that they were changing their name to You are my Sunshine.

Needless to say, I was totally excited about rekindling my old flame with a new counterpart in You are my Sunshine. As I trolled through the pages of shoes I was awestruck in how inexpensive the shoes were, how could I forget THIS during the 2 years of seperation between us?!?!

Naturally I purchased 3 pairs of shoes in 10 minutes, check them out below, and the best part they were only $5 each + $15 in total to post and they arrived TODAY - only 2 days after I ordered them.

Also, this shoe purchase got me back in the game, can you believe that I haven't bought any shoes since my trip to Melbourne in January?? Read all about them here.

Do yourself a favour and check out "You are my Sunshine" they definitely are worth a look!

Grace xo

Shrinking feet - Oh my!

At the consultation with my orthopeadic surgeon a few weeks ago I was told that I would be on crutches for 2 weeks after my surgery :( it made me realise that I had to drop some Kgs so I could actually use them - although the thought of making my boyfriend carry me around for 2 weeks did cross my mind and seemed like the easier option hehe. If you haven't read about my ankle injury that requires the operation, here is the link.

So, with the impending doom of 2 weeks on crutches and the pain that goes with it to my my arms, I joined a weightloss gym called Motivating Health on the 22nd February and set myself a goal to lose 10kg before my surgery on the 1st of May. I have been working hard at my new lifestyle plan and it is completely working!! I have lost 3.7kgs in just under 2 weeks hooooooray.

Unfortunately as anyone who has tried to lose weight before knows it ALWAYS comes off the parts of the body that you don't want it to ie breasticles and in my case my feet!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

This means I could potentially have 100+ pairs of shoes that won't fit me correctly anymore :(
Before you all start cheering about my iminent fire sale. Please recall my previous blog post here about party feet, hopefully they will get me through the initial weightloss and the weight then begins to shift from the places that need it like my butt!!!

Grace xo 

Vegan shoes are appetising

You may recall a few months ago, I wrote an entry about some "Pony Hair" shoes I had found in a shop - check it out here. Since then I still feel ill when I think about animals being used in the production of shoes and clothing.

Being a shoe addict, I am constantly referred to (Thanks Facebook) to shoe pages and I came across this one ----> Shoe Envy check it out.

When first opening the page I was greeted by the cutest little sloth ever, I love them, so I knew I was on a winner :D.

Not only are their shoes "vegan" meaning there are no animal based products in them, including the glue, but they also donate a portion of their sales to relevant animal charities! What a great feel good way to buy shoes!

I feel like the below pair of flats might be the perfect pair to get me walking again after my ankle operation in May and the second pair when I am ready to climb the stiletto ladder again - what do you think?

Ostrich Blush
http://www.shoeenvy.com.au/ostrich-blush-womens-pink-ostrich-mary-jane-flats-shoes

Pink Python
http://www.shoeenvy.com.au/pink-python-womens-pink-snake-peeptoe-high-heels

 

Rain Rain Go Away - I don't have my Gumboot Wedges

Wowzers, It has been a Looooong time since I posted. Apologies if you eagerly check your Facebook news feed everyday to see a post ;-)

So, after checking the long range weather forecast for my area for the next month, there are only 4 days that do not mention rain.Time to get some water friendly shoes with some height!

Around 2 years ago, I picked up the best pair of faux crocskin gumboot wedges from Novo for $20. Everyone who I told about them thought they were ridiculous and that they were not required. 
Unfortunately I never wore them due to the spraining of my ankle (which you can read about here), my ankle has been swollen since then, and the gumboot wedges didn't fit :(. I made the very hard decision to on sell them to a friend for $10 (You are welcome Kassandra hehe). And have a look at what I found on the Iconic website - Gumboot wedges for +$170!!!!!
Obviously these are a brand name pair, but with that huge increase in price, I have decided to just purchase these....

www.neatorama.com

Nah, just joking I will stick with my trusty patent leather stilettos and upgrade those if they get ruined in the wet & have some daggy flats in the car for puddles.


How do you ensure your shoes don't get ruined when the heavens open up?

Grace xo 

$2 shoes? No way!

Check out my $2 shoes!!!
Cannot believe they were only $2 but the best part was, my bestie saw them, in my size and bought them for me, so they are technically free :D

What do you think? Who knows what these shoes are called? I am going to go with "Cut out, peep toe, ankle boots".
 
Tell me what is the best shoe bargain you have ever seen?

Grace x