Newness + Absences
Even though I proudly display the blogging without obligation button on these pages, I nevertheless feel beholden somehow to explain my absence from said pages of late. Let's face it, my blogging has been far from avid. It's not for lack of material. I have finished no less than three projects since I last posted (yes, three!), have had all my hair cut off (lots of fodder there) but for some reason I just cannot get it together to document and wax lyrical.
Even this post started out as a reallllly long series of tags accompanying a photo on flickr, until I realised if I was writing that much it pretty much qualified as a blog post, and so here it is:
New boots.
I bought new boots.
A simple sentence.
Oh so simple.
And yet those of you who are similarly paddle-footed and view the very notion of shoe shopping with a level of apprehension akin only to trips to the dentist, will know the truth that lurks within that sentence. Never. That. Simple.
So on Sunday I went shopping, determined to buy a pair of boots that fitted really well. On the first browse, I thought I'd accidentally stumbled into a drag queen outfitters.
Why is everything so sparkly?
By the end of the second store and several $1,500+ price tags later, I was already hitting a mild desperation level , and I'd only been looking for less than an hour.
Third store: The first pair of boots I laid my eyes on were almost perfect and I clutched the sample to my chest so that no one else could get their greedy, unworthy little hands on it while I perused the rest of the floor. A little something inside me died as I slid inevitably towards the "Kumfy World" end of the store. There's no two ways about it, those shoes just say "Me and Style? We agreed to part ways a long time ago".
But there is a happy end to this story, as the photo can attest. Incidentally, what does a webversion2.0 gal do when she gets a pair of boots out of the box? Wear them outside? No! Take a photo of them and put it on the internet of course! What a strange universe I inhabit now. Friends who know me well would argue I've always inhabited rather a strange universe. I guess this is just a new and peculiar brand of strangeness.
But back to the one (by now quite warm) boot I was clutching. Yes there was a pair in my size (miracle) and as I slid it on (slid?! when was the last time a boot just actually slid on without a fight? I tell you this is just like butter as they say in Joisey) the saleswoman told me they were made in Austria.
"Is that a good sign"? I asked.
"Best boots come from Austria love" she replied as if I was silly to not know that, and I swear she winked at me, knowing once a customer had been bitten by the Austrian Boot Bug, there was no looking back.
And she'd be right. Best boots I have ever bought. Ever. They're by Kennel und Schmenger, and I'm wondering if I plug them enough whether they will start sending me free boots in an endorsement deal. I can see the letter now:
Marketing Department
Kennel und Schmenger
Austria.
No, perhaps I shouldn't. I can see a mangled David Sedaris-esque 'deutisch' coming out of that.
Speaking of which have you seen this pizza delivery service? Normally we would order a pizza once a months or so, but if I knew that Sedaris was going to deliver it, I would be tempted to order one almost every night just to get the monologue.
17 Comments:
I share your pain re boot shopping...and I *love* your boots (but of course!) - the perfect heel height, calf length, and not over the top buckles. Definitely perfection in a boot.
i'm killing myself laughing. nice to see your humor here again. and great boots!
my fav boots come from Australia - yes the Blundstones. guess they say me and style parted company a long time ago too.
I am up late (sick) and after laughing out loud I'm now suffering through another coughing fit.
I think you need to send me a pair of boots in consolation.
I'll send you my address shortly.
xo
Beautiful boots! And it's nice to see, well read you again! :)
I feel your pain at the shoe shopping thing. I basically buy one pair of shoes a year and wear them all year round almost every day. And it's time for shoe shopping again..
Oh, I feel your pain. And I share your joy. Lovely boots. I don't think I've ever tried on an Austrian boot myself, but you make it sound like something everyone should do at least once.
Love the boots. What is Paddle-footed?
I am a huge Sedaris fan, best T-shirt ever:
http://www.youcantkilltherooster.com/shirts.php
That site belongs to Paul Sedaris, aka The Rooster.
paddle-footed??? aHAHAHAHAHAHA!
since I have the feet of a perfect teeny ballerina, i just have no idea what you mean.
NOT.
good for you with the boots - sometimes when I find shoes that fit I think it's kismet.
don't worry about infrequent postings - we all feel your energy swirling around us even if the words aren't on the page. :)
Love the boots, dahling!
"Hands off, that's my midget." is my fave Sedaris line ever.
When you find the boot. You grab. I understand that holding on for dear life thing in a shoe shop, quietly praying no one else sees what you have and fights you for it. I sold shoes for a long time through Uni, and I can tell you some horrific shoe fight tales.
Al's right of course.
My nana was a shoe saleswoman.
The stories she had.
Fabulous boots, they really are.
Mine are German, and I would happily knife anyone who tried to take them from me.
kennel und schmenger (http://www.ksshoes.de/) are GERMAN boots - although yours are really looking good!
Austrian shoe/boot companies are e.g. Waldviertler: http://www.gea.at/frameset_gehen.html and Think: http://www.thinkshoes.com/
take lovely greetings from Vienna, Austria, Dolores
fab boots, hon! well done to you. and Austria, eh? who'da thunk it?!
Austrian (or possibly German, per Dolores) boots? Who knew? I kind of wish I didn't now, really, as I have a whole new set of footwear to obsess over. "Well, clearly I need new boots; mine are only AustrALian!"
classic post.
and on song with a ripper.
me? boots?
camper.
but i admit i haven't tried the austrian/german variety.
hee. very funny post. these boots are beautiful. i shall look them up on google.
So.....did you get the house? I've had my fingers crossed for you!
so, guess what? i'm coming to sydney in april! i don't suppose you have a list of favorite haunts? places to see? shops you love to visit?
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