Baby Giraffes all over Sydney

I spent the weekend in Sydney with my lovely Fiance. We went the non traditional route for our Valentines Day and went on a Ghost Tour of the Rocks - which was really good by the way!

Whilst we were waiting for the tour to start, we sat in Circular Quay and people watched. I was genuinely appalled by the amount of women I saw wearing high heels that they could not walk in, I refer to these as 'Baby Giraffes' or 'Bambis', I mentioned 'Bambis' in a previous post here referring to Lena Dunham.

Here is a collage of some of the worst. One girl was obviously running for a boat and was barefoot, but then to save face she stopped, put on her strappy heels and then continued running! Barefoot in Sydney = death wish. Running in heels on brick tiles = broken ankle. I wonder if she made it to the boat?



How many Baby Giraffes have you seen lately? I must admit the Baby Giraffe can be any age, the woman in the red pants was over 60.

Yes I love shoes, but I feel like I am sensible in wearing them and I do not consider myself a Bambi or Baby Giraffe. If only these above ladies had the hindsight about their aching balls of their feet, blisters, sprained ankles and Bambi walk, they may have thought it was a better idea to buy a set of these for the trek to their location. 

Not only would this help their Bambi walk, but it will also help their long term health!! 

I have seen the Havaianas vending machines in Sydney, but this is the first flat shoe vending machine I have seen. For only $20 you have a pair of comfy runaround shoes that fold up and fit in your handbag - so convenient.

I have multiple pairs of these shoes - Black, Silver and my pink ones below that arrived on Friday, which I think are going to fit nicely into my wedding bag hehe.

Grace xox

 

 

I think I found them!

You can call off the search party, I think I have found my wedding shoes!

My previous post here, was about my worry of purchasing 100s of pairs before finding them haha.

The search took me through 1000s of eBay pages, 100s of shoe websites and multiple shoe stores. During the search, I came across "Desire Shoes & Fashion". I was surprised I hadn't seen their page in my Facebook suggestions over the past few years, but I was excited to have discovered a new Aus based shoe shop!

After a few days - I was naughty and sent an inquiry email to see when they were shipped - THE shoes arrived and it was a complete 'Aaaaahhhh' or 'Hallelujah' moment, they are beautiful and perfect for my strut down the aisle.

Shayna and Karen from Desire Shoes & Fashion have a great user friendly website, fantastic online customer service and large product offering - what more could any shoe lover want?!?!?!

Feel free to check out their website and see if you can find the shoes you think I purchased hehe.

What is the consensus, do you think I will end up with more Wedding shoes after this post??

Grace xo

At this rate I'll end up with 24 pairs of wedding shoes!

Sooo... We have been engaged for 4 weeks, and I already have 2 pairs of potential wedding shoes, being a numbers lady, if I continue to find further potentials at the same rate, I will end up with 24 pairs and be around $2k out of pocket!!! Uh oh.

I have been told numerous times that I will end up with multiple wedding dresses (my sister had 3 wedding dresses at one point!) being a shoe girl, maybe multiple pairs are my destiny? 

Have you ever purchased multiple pairs of shoes for the one occasion?

Grace xo

2013 Out with a Bang - 2014 Off to a Crackin' Start

You may not have heard that Trenny Wenny proposed to me on NYE :D Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!! Check out my pink bling below, ONE of a kind mind you, he did so well, absolutely perfect for The Pink Platform Stiletto hehe.

We were on board a cruise ship on NYE, far from family and phone reception, so we were able to enjoy our engagement for a few days on our own before announcing to our friends and family - which was nice. During the few days, we planned our engagement party, wedding and honeymoon. How organised am I?!?!

Since being back (roughly a week), we have booked in our engagement party, sent out invitations for engagement party and our wedding AND I went wedding dress shopping and found THE ONE, in the first shop and it was the first dress I tried on. Did this happen to you when you were dress shopping?

Most importantly now, I need the perfect pair of high heels to wear, I am thinking pink, fuchsia pink, sparkly with a moderate heel height of around 10cm with a 2cm platform. I have purchased a pair already online, but waiting to see the colour in person before deciding if they are THE ONES. Have you seen a pair of heels like the ones described above? I would love to hear from you if you have.

I have over a year to sort out the heels, I have entertained the thought of designing my own and having them made, I wrote this post about two shoe business "Shoes of Prey" and "Figgie Shoes" in Nov 2012, this would mean my shoes would be ONE of a kind just like my engagement ring!! Have you ever had shoes made, or used one of these businesses?

I am so excited for the next 12 months yeeeeeeeeee!

Grace xo

Ready, Set, Go - Shoe lover's guide to a day at the races

With the spring racing carnival in full swing, check out my list of 'things' to ensure you have a great day at the races.

There are high stakes at every high profile race meet throughout the carnival, and I don't just mean for the horses! Last year the winner of the Myer Fashions on The Field took home a $90k lexus amongst other things, check out my post here from last year. The competition is very serious, and you need to register weeks in advance to compete, so don't feel like you can just rock up to the races in spring carnival and be asked to walk for Myer Fashions on the Field. Now that you know this, you may as well just wear trackies and thongs? hehehe


My preference for race wear is always comfort, and this does not mean heinous hospital worker shoes (sorry nurses' I do love you xoxox) or hessian sack dresses. There are classy shoes with adequate height available for long days of standing in the grass and numerous dresses out there that tick all my boxes.

I wore the fluro pink wedges in the below pic to my last day of standing at the races, it was at NSW's Derby Day (which is traditionally black and white) to see Black Caviar. They are a modest heel so still gave me twoish inches without taking the comfort away. Check out the dress I wore here.

Below is my survival list for the races;

1. 1. Wear the shoes you are able to stand in the best, before you down 6 plastic cups of house champagne and hopefully you can stand in them afterwards the champas as well.
2. 2. If you know your feet will hurt, take some flats to kick around in after you have had enough (which you know you inevitably will). If you do not bring your own, you could be lucky and have these available for sale, but do not count on it! 
3. 3. Don't be a skank and wear a super short dress, keep this for a night out on the town. If you want to sit down later in the day a longer dress that isn't tight is recommended.
4. 4. If your fascinator is not a sombrero, remember sunscreen ladies, you do not want to risk prematurely aging your skin for an entire day especially on your face, if you don't want the lingering smell of sunscreen all day, at least opt for a foundation or moisturiser that has a sunscreen element like Napoleon Perdis' BBB Cream (link here).
5. 5. Take a poncho, not just for rain, but if you turn up and there are no seats or tables left, an emergency poncho split down the side can be used as a makeshift picnic rug, your friends will be eternally grateful.
6. 6. If you are braving stilettos instead of a wedge or flat, be sure to look up Starlettos http://au.starlettos.com/ they will stop your heel sinking in the grass.
7. 7. Don't bother studying the form (this is the statistics of the previous races and horses) there are people that pretty much devote their life to this, and if they can't get it right, your guess is as good as their's. I created a way to pick the winners, I base my decision on the colour of the horse and the colour of the jockey's silks.
8. 8. Find a bag that is easy to carry but most importantly easy to close with all the items you want to take, no point worrying about it bursting open every time you handle it.
9. 9. Finally, take an emergency purse for the essentials which should include;
• Paracetamol - for the long day in the sun drinking champas.
• Bobby pins - in case you want to strategically pull your hair off your face or to schettttle down the rogue pieces.
• Party feet - see previous blog post here.
• PaPaw cream - for the lips and potential ant bites.
• Anti histamine - in case you get a grass allergy.
• Safety Pins - in case of a wardrobe emergency.
• BandAids - for the blisters if you haven't had a chance to wear your shoes in.

10. HAVE FUN! Just take everything that happens on the day in your stride, ie skirt blowing up at the drink counter, losing more money than you wanted to or meeting the man of your dreams and realising he is is better dressed than you haha.

What did I forget on my list? What is in your races survival plan?

Grace xoxox

It is my birthday - AGAIN!

Wow, a full year has passed since this post I cannot believe how fast the time has flown.

In keeping with tradition, this year I am wearing one pink and one purple stiletto, and my trusty birthday badge. What do you think?

Oh and check out the awesome cake from the girls at work? Does that semi decent face look familiar hehehe

Grace xo

Sale time

Attention ladies, it is the time to buy shoes!

Summary of the sales:


*Rubi Shoes
Free shipping on orders over $50, with plenty of shoes and clothing items to choose from in their sale section.
These bad boys are only $20 now. They look similar to a pair I purchased in November last year from Rubi. Check them out here.

 

*Novo 
Free shipping on orders over $60, with plenty of shoes to choose from in the sale section

 

*Pulp Shoes
Buy one, get a second for half price, this includes the sale items

*Shoe Box
Free shipping on orders over $30, and +500 shoes on sale. How are these for a night on the town? I reckon some shoe cushions would be in order though, read about them here!

Hope your weekend is full of happy shoe purchases!

Grace xo