Day 1067 - Shoesday Tuesday

Shoes: 'Coco' clown platforms Terry De Havilland 

Yay, it's Tuesday, my favourite blogging day! If you are new to The Shoe Girl Diaries, then willkommen and let me summarise what I do here. I used to blog outfit posts, several times a week, with the emphasis on the shoes. Actually, I began the blog with the challenge of wearing and photographing my extensive shoe collection. With a different pair each day and no repetitions, but that's a story in itself! Due to my health deteriorating a couple of years ago, I was no longer able to get dressed regularly, thus Shoesday Tuesday was born. Every Tuesday, I choose a pair of shoes I haven't previously shown on the blog and try them on, detailing information such as fit, heel heights, fastenings etc. I buy all my shoes online, so I know it's handy to have this information. You'd have thought (indeed I did) that I'd run out of 'never seen before' shoes, but my first Shoesday Tuesday was back in June 2014 and we've had 84 Shoesday posts since then! On my last count I have plenty of months ahead, so no need to panic just yet!

Day 955 - Never Understood This Life

Shoes: Green lace 'Ella' Terry De Havilland 

My Tumblr and Facebook pages got a peek at these shoes earlier in the week. However I've not been able to write the full post up until today. The shoes are amazing and well worth waiting for! One of my favourite pairs for sure. I kept the rest of my outfit fairly simple, aside from my sparkly hairband to cover a really bad hair day (it was so ridiculously soft it wouldn't do anything). I don't have much else to add really, so a short post today : )

Wearing: Crochet collar dress Pearl Lowe, black tights and hairband (limited edition) Primark.
Fit: True to size. Heel 5 1/4" and 1" platform.
Comfort: No issues with these, other than the laces are very 'slippy' and can come undone.

Day 908 - I Was Kissin' Valentino By A Crystal Blue Italian Stream

Shoes: Turquoise 'Margaux' Terry De Havilland 

Man, it's hot! Like really hot (30ish)! I'm fast running out of suitable clothes to wear, which I didn't think was possible given my huge wardrobe of dresses and rather large shoe collection. I know I keep going on about it, but I just don't feel built for this weather (in more ways than one). I must've changed outfits four times today and that in itself is too much in this heat. This dress is actually very good because aside from it's non-creasing fabric and general coolness, the armholes fit right up under my arms (whoopee), so there's no flashing of underwear or jibbly arm bits. I don't mind my arms, but have to say I do still feel a little self conscious about exposing them. Just being silly I suspect. It was too hot for any other accessories and curling my fringe so it's off my face, has been a God-send. Can you believe though, that for the 5 minutes I was outside, it rained. Proper big spots of rain!! So I had to cut my walk short and 'run' off home, rather miffed that my hair was all fuzzy and that I was still hot and bothered! It's the first bit of any rain we've had in weeks, so I'm sure the gardens will appreciate it. How are you coping in the sun?

Wearing: Floral dip hem dress H By Henry Holland.
Fit: True to size, adjustable buckle. 5 1/2" wedge heel and 1 1/4" platform.
Comfort: No issues with these.

Day 810 - Tonight I'm Not Takin' No Calls, 'Cause I'll Be Dancin'

Shoes: Pewter 'Lulu' Terry de Havilland 

I took the last couple of days as 'jammie days', to catch up on work that needed doing. Plus I got tired of getting dressed, only to find it rained for the rest of the day and I didn't make it out at all, as that's happened too much recently! As good as it's been to concentrate on Pink Haired Princess this week, it's nice to be back here as I miss getting to do my outfit posts. We actually had sunshine today, like that big ol' yellow thing in the sky? It was pretty momentous as I've almost forgotten what daylight is. It was still cold, but I thought I'd celebrate slightly with peep-toes, albeit with tights. I love this dress, have worn it loads and I love that it's so versatile and I've worn it tonnes of different ways already.

Wearing: Grey leopard print shift dress and purple tights Primark, belt Dorothy Perkins.
Fit: Narrow fitting. 5 1/4" heel and 1 1/4" platform.
Comfort: No problems with these.

Day 701 - Neutralize, Every Man In Sight

Shoes: Turquoise 'Margaux' wedges Terry De Havilland 

What a beautiful day today!  Heavy showers in the early morning, then stifling heat later.  I was babysitting my youngest nephew for a few hours, so didn't have a lot of time to get ready and when it's really hot, I'm not keen on wearing loads of makeup anyway.  I just swept my hair up into a big clip and decided to wear this gorgeous linen dress I'd pined after for months!  It's rather...'booby', so I need to to invest in a pretty camisole that can be seen popping out the top, rather than the pile of cami's I have that are for wearing under things and not so pretty.  Anyway, hope it's good weather beside you and that you get some sleep tonight...I can tell already it's going to be muggy!

Wearing:  'Postcard' linen dress Monsoon, pearl cardigan Dorothy Perkins, contrast highbrow sunglasses ASOS, horse necklace Topshop.
Fit: True to size, adjustable buckle. 5 1/2" wedge heel and 1 1/4" platform.
Comfort: No issues with these.

Day 658 -They Fall Apart Like Marilyn Monroe

Shoes: Turquoise 'Margaux' wedges Terry De Havilland 

A quick look above at my blog banner and you'll notice I've worn these shoes with this dress before. I was aware of it when I picked it, but the other option was yet another pair of shoes I'd already worn with the dress. Given that the last time this duo was seen was September 2010-I think you can forgive me! I was keen to take advantage of the decent weather last week and get my maxi-dresses out. I have no issues with wearing maxi's with boots or more wintery shoes in colder weather, it's the coat/jacket situation that limits me. I think they work best with a short jacket, denim or leather for example and I don't own either. I have tonnes of coats but they are all reasonably full-skirted and that in-between length and I run the risk of looking like I just stepped off the Dr Quinn set! It was quite a lazy-thrown together outfit and yet another day without makeup because of the heat!  I think I may just have one more outfit post then I'm caught up, you'll be pleased to hear ; )

Wearing: Parrot print maxi G21 at Asda, black cardigan Be Beau at Matalan, sunglasses Prada.
Fit: True to size, adjustable buckle. 5 1/2" wedge heel and 1 1/4" platform.
Comfort: No issues with these.

Day 612 - I Just Want You To Father My Young

Shoes: Green lace 'Ella' Terry De Havilland

Whilst on the subject yesterday of most treasured shoes-it reminded me that these are another pair that I would do anything to 'save', if their life were in jeopardy!  I just absolutely adore them and don't wear them enough (which is something I'm going to remedy, because there's no reason not to, they're so comfy and I think you should wear your fancy shoes whenever you want).  Say 'goodbye' to my hair, which started the day like this (below) and ended up extremely blonde bordering on white (see FB or Tumblr for pic).  Today I'm putting the colour on, I keep changing my mind between two ideas-so I'm not sure which I'll pick or if it will even work.  I have to say the more I see the blonde, the more that's growing on me!

Wearing:  Polka-dot dress New Look, cardigan, leggings and hat all Primark.
Fit: True to size.  Heel 5 1/4" and 1" platform.
Comfort:  No issues with these, other than the laces are very 'slippy' and can come undone (even in double knots as I found!).

Day Four Hundred & Fifty - Hello, It's Summer!

Shoes: Turquoise 'Margaux' wedges Terry De Havilland

This day was one of the hottest last week, was it Thursday? I decided even although I looked like a crap that I would venture out. Beforehand, I couldn't take the mess in my room a moment longer and proceeded to rearrange my wardrobe (not something to be done on an extremely hot day I realise, but hey when the moment takes you..!). I was boiled (only made worse by my spring clean) and why is it when you go outside, you always get even hotter and never quite cool down again? Anyway, as the majority of the UK savoured that one hot day (surely not our entire summer?), I realised something....I can't hack the hot weather. I really can't! I'm clearly a snow bunny, or at least I like sunshine in moderation; I just don't like frying or melting or sweating in it! I can't even dress for summer, as any big boobed girl will sympathise with, strappy dresses are the enemy. I don't want my thick, ugly bra straps showing, so it's a cardi for me, always (fyi sleeveless dresses always gape at the underarms on me because the dress has to be big enough to fit across the chest but is always too big for my thinner arms, so no luck with them either). Then there's the leggings, my absolute staple (seriously, what did I wear before leggings?), ok, so I could be pushed to 'get my legs out' but they hadn't been shaved for a fortnight, so leggings it was. This outfit in no way promotes the sunshine, it's what I would wear any other day-I'm hopeless! However isn't the print of this dress glorious?

Wearing: Strappy beach print dress (can you see all the little people?), black cardi and leggings, palm tree sunglasses (which I bought on my most recent trip-like I needed more!) and cameo scarf all Primark.

Fit: True to size, adjustable buckle. 5 1/2" wedge heel and 1 1/4" platform.

Comfort: No issues with these.