Not From England

Jimmy and I went for a day out in the centrum today for some shopping and walking around. We were just walking in one of the stores, a departmental store called V&D, when we stopped to browse through some sweaters on a rack.

We didn't notice but there was a lady about 2 feet behind us and I suppose we stopped too abruptly and got in her way. We only realized when she heaved a loud sigh and shoved right past us!

Jimmy was pretty miffed and called out after her, "An 'excuse me' would be nice!". Then she turned around and retorted:

*brace yourself for this*

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"I Am Not From England!"

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Huh?!? Whaaaaa...??? Okay... It's just that I never knew that common courtesy was indigenous to England. I always just assumed that civility was practiced in all cultures. Hmmm... I've met a lot of wonderfully well-mannered and polite Dutch, so I'm don't really know where that lady was coming from...

I am not one who is easily rendered speechless but this one really did a good job of temporarily dumbing me. It took a couple of seconds before the statement really sank in and for me to come up with a few snarky remarks. I didn't manage to use any of them though, because Jimmy was ready to get into it further and I just told him "Don't stoop to that level" and he reluctantly let it go.

It's interesting how complex human nature is... Although unpleasant, it was definitely an eye-opening experience.

Now, shoes...

... that is something that's very close to my heart.

Just because I haven't posted anything about shoes in a while, doesn't mean that I haven't bought shoes in a while (that'd be the day! haha), it's just that I haven't been compelled to blog about any... until today! Because I cannot contain my exuberance!! Haha... I know if I don't post this today, I won't do it ever...

I have been trying on this pair of peep-toe wedges since some time last year but I never got around to buying it because it costs a whooping EUR74.90 and I'm not willing to part that amount with a pair of sandals that I can wear only in spring-summer and is NOT made of leather. That amount for a pair of boots or leather heels is ok, but for a pair of sandals... hmmm... I'll need to think at least twice before really buying it.

Capri Espadrilles

 Now tell me, is this not one of the most beautiful pair of wedges that you have ever seen??? It was love at first sight for me *hearts*... I love wedges, I love black and I love peep-toes... I kinda just love, love, love, LOVE SHOES!!

Even the box is pretty *swoons* Love the rich green interior of the box. It has a magnetic closing clasp too.. Nice!

 What a great pair to build up my my birthday next week.. Hehe.. I was in the store again today, trying it on again, for the umpteenth time, and I called Jim at work and asked "Should I?", keeping my fingers crossed and hoping for the best. He just said three words, three words so wonderful, that there's just no other description for it. He said, "Just do it!"!!

That REALLY made my day :)

Since I am writing about shoes, I'm gonna post some photos of other pairs of shoes that I bought in the past year, just for memory's sake.

For the warmer days of spring where the temperature went crazy and rose to the late 20's, I had the Birkenstock Gizeh in blue accompanying me. It made its debut when Jim and I went to the beach and biking in Terschelling. I didn't plan on buying this because I got the exact same pair in lavender last year and I left it at home in Malaysia, but it just got too warm and I didn't feel like trudging around town in a pair of covered shoes.

The Gizeh in Silver-Blue Leather

 

Gizeh and the Terschelling Skyline

And in winter, apart from the hardy full-leather practical boots that everyone depends on, I bought this pair of ankle boots in grey-brown.

Cynthia Lu Ankle Boots

 I ordered the pair off the internet and was really keeping my fingers crossed that it looked as good as it does on the website... My heart was thumping after the package arrived and I was opening it. Needless to say, it did not disappoint! It's surprisingly comfortable for a heel that high... I didn't take any up-close photos because I still have some muddy residue on the heels, and I'm hoping that you can't see it... As you can see from the photo, I 'strategically' covered the heel of the boot on the left so that the dirty heel wouldn't show.. Hehe..

And now, I must log off... I need to strut around the house in my spanking new espadrilles ;)

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I can totally relate to that!
Hehehe...