Shoes and Tattoos

Shoes: I am obsessed with them. I want too many, I buy too many, I own too many. I love seeing the shoes other people wear, what they paired them with, if they got a good deal...because then...I can buy them!

Tattoos: I am equally obsessed with them. I love seeing them on other people, but I do not have any, and I do not want any. I love hearing the stories behind people's tattoos: why they got it, when they got it, how old they were etc. etc. It's like meeting and getting to talk to a live piece of art!

And so, I present what I hope will become a recurring series, and I hope you have as much fun getting to know each of these people as I do. They get to pick one tattoo (if they have several), tell me about it, and then I take a picture of the shoes they are wearing. Simple, yes. Fun, ABSOLUTELY.

Meet Cass! This is her tattoo (on her right foot):

It is a sunset surrounding the phrase "to live" in Greek. Her mom actually encouraged (and went with!) her to get her tattoo when she was 18. The first night she met her one-day husband, he asked her what it meant. She told him, "to live", and he quoted to her the bible verse she had taken it from. She said she immediately thought, "MARRY ME!"! She picked the sunset to go around the letters because she loves how sunsets show the beauty of God's creation.

And these are her shoes!:

Red peep toe heels, blue lining. She has no idea where she got them, but I LOVE them (I almost accidentally took them with me...)! Isn't she stylish?

Thanks for being the first to show off your shoes and tattoos, Cass!

YAY!

My store threw me and this wonderful lady (I shall call her Mrs. London!!) below a going away party!:Although I am staying here in Nashville, Mrs. London is heading off to...yes! London! She married a Brit (oh, the accents!!). We all had so much fun getting to talk and eat these delicious things:

(all it is is fruit loops and melted white chocolate...YUM!)

and watch this little cutie:

try to be a couture model. I think she did a pretty good job, yes?

I hope you all had a fabulous holiday weekend!

Happy Labor Day weekend!

I hope each and every one of you has a fantastic Labor Day Weekend! I am going to try to relax in between working! Do you have any exciting plans?

If you have time, check out this fabulous giveaway at adele's blog, poptart!

If you have more time, check out THIS fabulous giveaway at Penny's blog, Diet Coke-Fueled Life!

Happy Labor Day :)

(thanks ffffound for the picture!)

Would You Rather...

(photo: nickwheeleroz)

1. see everything upside down

or

hear everything backwards?

(photo: Rachel.am)

2. have a jar of jellybeans that never goes empty

or

a magical stereo that can play any song you want to hear?

(photo: Catherine Dunn. This adorable little boy's name is Carson. He has a serious heart condition. I found his oh so cute pictures on his Aunt's flickr stream, but you can visit his "carepage" HERE. Then put in "carsonjacobdominick915"!)

3. have x-ray vision

or

be able to fly?

(photo: sandsational)

4. wake up tomorrow with a jack-o-lantern for a head

or

with tree limbs for arms and legs?

(photo: iwantvintage)

5. live in a world with no chairs

or

no tables?

Me? I'd rather:

1. see everything upside down

2. have a magical stereo

3. be able to fly

4. have a jack-o-lantern head

5. live with no tables

What about you??

(I got these fun questions from THIS fun game!)

School Day Sunrise, morning 1

"Who taught the sun where to stand in the morning

And who told the Ocean, 'You can only come this far,'

And who told the moon where to hide 'til evening

Whose words alone can catch a falling star?"

-Nicole Mullen

Love Letters, Chapter 4

Dear One-Day Husband,

I've had a few bites, but none of them were you. Could you swim faster, please? I'm not impatient, but...ok, I'm impatient. You just get here whenever you can. I'll be the one waiting with the fishing pole.

Love,

Me

(thank you bigcitydreams via Deviant art for the picture!)

First day of school!

Highlights:
On my walk to my first class (at about 7:41 am), I was attacked by a killer demon bee from hell and I ran away from that sucker like he was pointing an uzi at me. I'm sure it gave anyone awake at that hour a good laugh. That's what I love...bringing joy to others through my own clumsi/crazi-ness.
Biology class: The professor is short and frumpy and when he talks, he makes huge, awkward gestures, but the gestures don't match what he is saying or when he is saying it. Think Will Ferrell in Talladega Nights, but grander:

Also, there was a boy in front of me wearing a purple checked button up with a grey vest over it and blue jeans...it looked awesome!
Psych: I adore this class. The professor is this 62 year old woman who half squaks (she kind of even looks like Jimmy's teacher in Jimmy Neutron, if you've seen that...), half laughs every word she says. NO JOKE. Think that guy from Mary Poppins who sang "I love to laugh". SHE LAUGHS MORE THAN THIS. And the thing is, she is so ridiculous, we all laugh too! She told us that she hasn't watched TV sicne 1980 and that this summer she tried out for a play as the ...she whispered..."whore", but they gave her the grandmother role instead. She was disappointed.
A and P lab: AGHH! T-O-R-T-U-R-E. The professor is what I like to call a SECT or Shifty Eyed Chin Talker. Meaning, when he talks, instead of looking at you with his eyes, it's like he is looking at you with his chin (it's slightly raised). And his eyes shift around (I thought that was pretty self explanatory.) Also, no one taught him how to be socially acceptable. He says things you know he thinks are funny, then stops for someone to laugh, but no one does. STOP! Don't pity him! He always then looks as if the only reason we didn't get it is because we are actually 5 year olds...which is how he talks to us. Like 5 year olds, or rocket scientists. He kinda hops back and forth between big words no one has heard of (and that he KNOWS we haven't heard of but he uses them anyways to make us feel dumb) and words like "teensey" and "ootsey (???)".

On my walk back to my car from all this madness, I realized I had two huge blisters on BOTH of my heels.
My days are never boring.

(thanks Ohio barns and Covering the mouse for the pictures!)