a sad day for shoes

i like shoes.

and when i find a pair i really like i completely wear them out. (once i took in my old birkenstocks for new ones. there was quite literally a hole in the heel. i mean you could see through it.)

today i decided it's time to part with TWO pairs of shoes. a very sad day.

I wore both these pairs in mexico. this basically means they're worn out. mostly because i only had a few pairs of shoes there (i think 4) so i wore them everyday for a year. I tried sewing up the holes in my shoes... it never worked very well.

i bought this pair of simple shoes my senior year of college and it was a big purchase for me. i wore them out! the sole was coming off the rest of the shoe... woops.
all their shoes are made from recycled materials. i actually did an advertising campaign project about the company (in college).
oh sentimental.

my first pair of toms. my friend, sarah, gave them to me as a going away gift. oh did i love these shoes. which is part of the reason i held on to them so long.

i'm going to take them both to recycle them so new things can be made out of them.

the happy news.
i splurged and bought a new pair of simple shoes.

Comments

museum field trip

i've been doing really well on my field trip resolution . yesterday i hit up another one: the chicago history museum . it turns out it was a free day there, even though i was going to get in free anyway. that means it was busy! which is fine, i still got to take a gander around. I've never been to the history museum before so that in itself was exciting. probably my favorite part was when they talked about the world's fair in chicago (i can't remember the exact name). the buildings were so much grander than i imagined them in my mind while i read, devil in the white city a couple months ago. it was fun to see what it was really like. and wow! there was also an awesome exhibit about workers rights and such. so it was a fun little excursion.

Kitchen Safety

We moved! We're in our new place and we just got wifi. Wahoo! I definitely broke in the kitchen quickly. I was making a panini type sandwich for a potluck get together so I preheated the oven. The next thing I knew the fire alarm was going off. Let me tell you they did not skimp on a very loud fire alarm. Ahhhhhhhh I opened the oven, which I know you're not supposed to do. In the moment, I think I needed to see what I was dealing with. There were definite flames. Ahhhhhhhh So I called Mike while trying to google what to do. He was super calm the entire call while I freaked out (it probably helped that he couldn't see the smoke billowing out of the oven). He said to throw baking soda on it. I did. It seemed to fizzle but came back. I searched the apartment for a fire extinguisher (maybe I should have looked for one before this moment). This is while I kept trying to silence the fire ...

thanksgiving time

( via ) Yes, I like Santa. But why is everyone so anxious to start with Christmas? Why can't we appreciate Thanksgiving first? don't get me wrong, i'm excited to watch Love Actually again (when it's in-season. i actually watch it all year long). everyone kept talking about christmas being everywhere this month, but i really only encountered it when i walked around the mall with Greta (my sister-in-law) on Monday. it was all over the mall. it could have been december. look what Nordstrom is doing i'm actually really excited for thanksgiving this year... (details to follow) but as far as today goes... I have to share this with you because I think it's funny ( via ) actually... at 11:11 I was running around looking for a book called The Moon Seems to Change

Vida

Search This Blog