Pour Aujord'hui (okay, yes, technically yesterday)

I started cleaning out my Shoe Closet already.

Unfortunately, I seem to have some sort of attachment to every single pair, especially the one I'm wearing here.

I used these shoes for the first (and up until today, the last) time way back in 2004, for my sophomore Homecoming Dance.

I rescued them from the donation basket by wearing them today and swearing to not ignore them again ... we'll see how that goes.

Traducción:

Ya empezé a limpiar mi clóset de zapatos.

Desafortunadamente, parece ser que tengo algún estilo de cariño con cada par, especialmente el que estoy usando en estas fotos.

La primera --y última vez-- que usé estos zapatos fue en el 2004, para mi baile de Homecoming cuando estaba en mi primer año de prepa.

Así que decidí que para "salvarlos" de la caja de donaciones, los usaría hoy y que no los volveré a ignorar ... ya veremos que pasa.

Top/Blusa: The Limited

Skirt/Falda: random

Shoes/Zapatos: J. Renée

Bag/Bolsa: thrifted ($3 USD)

Watch/Reloj: Betsey Johnson

Blast from the Past

Way back when I was still a toddler, it would have been easier to think of me as a little boy than a little girl. I spent my days running around with the boys, riding bikes and racing in our scooters (the normal ones that you had to get your "speed" from your actual feet, not a motor).

So how I became interested in fashion and the joys it has to offer is still somewhat unknown to me.

I didn't actually wear a dress until 9th grade, when I got invited to Homecoming (by one of my swim team buddies). And even though I had two pairs of "heels", I never wore them. So I got a new pair to go with the dress.

After that I went back to tennis shoes and whatnot.
Then right before sophomore year of High School my mom literally made me participate in a Debutantes' Ball ... again after wearing that white wedding gown, I went back to my tennis shoes.

I would get my Homecoming dresses and Prom dresses and I liked buying heels, but I never wore any of them. I preferred my tennis shoes, jeans, and tshirts.

It wasn't until I spent a summer in France that I realized I was tired of literally being "one of the guys", and from then on my style has had constant changes and has been in a perpetual state of evolution.
However, I love the fact that even though I wasn't such a girl since I was small, I got to live and have so much fun ... the kind of fun you cannot have while wearing a dress and a hat.

 

5th grade, Lizzie McGuire phase

7th grade, tomboy phase

My first Homecoming dance

Debutante Ball (with my family, here) .. that was six summers ago. Damn, I feel old.