This year, in an effort to not let myself down, I signed up. A day late of course, so I started the race already 1200 words behind...Today I am sitting at 1528 words, but I've gotten my chapters lined out and feel really good about it.
So in an effort to get my 50,000 in I may be absent from the blog for a bit. Not that I've exactly been a daily blogger. I just didn't want my long-distance friends to think I had fallen off the face of the earth!
And so before I head back to my skeleton of a novel, I give you today's shoe...
These are my black and white polka-dotted ankle-buckle Mary Janes. If a shoe can be creative, these are my most creative shoes.
Their story:
I was invited to a swanky cocktail party at one of the oil company headquarters in Houston, TX and I was almost broke. So I searched vintage shops in my area for a great dress. I found a black mini dress with white collar and cuffs and large white buttons down the front. It was adorable in a very 60's Twiggy sort of way. I knew I would be able to wear it to the party and not blend in with the rest of the crowd (very important to me at the time). I searched high and low for the perfect shoes to go with the dress and came across these. With the money I saved buying the vintage dress, I splurged a bit on these, knowing that I may not wear them as often as I'd like. It's been 12 years since then and I still love them! (After writing this, I may have to bring the dress out of the back row of the closet and let it make an appearance this holiday season!)
*stepping off my shoebox*
-Jenn
