So, I've never had a pair of brown-hued summer sandals except for Birkenstock knock-offs. As we all know, while they may be comfy (to me, anyway), Birks are not the most dress-up friendly things, especially the $5.00 knockoffs from Walmart.
However, I am the new owner of a brown, beige and light blue print skirt, which I'll be wearing to a wedding on 9/17. The skirt was a fabulous find - Fashion Bug has a ton of stuff on sale and on clearance, and the clearance items were 70% off the lowest marked price. I got the darn skirt for under two dollars, originally $32.99.
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I'm tempted to go snatch up some more $2.00 skirts and sell them on eBay next spring
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But still, no shoes. But even with money being a little tight, I just can't bring myself to wear nasty worn-all-summer-and-falling-apart fake Birks to my friend's wedding just because they're the only pair of brown shoes I own.
I hopped on eBay to look around, only to find a great pair of new, brown leather, open-toed Easy Spirit slides for around $20.00. For anyone who has ever looked at or purchased a pair of Easy Spirit shoes, this is an absolute steal. And while some may automatically equate Easy Spirit with Grandma, it's just not the case - anymore.
Bidding was ending in approximately five minutes, and suddenly I became one of *those* people. You know, the people who hop right in at the last minute and outbid you. Apologies to the person I outbid, who bid on the item 2 hours after it was posted a week ago, and has sit as the winning bidder since then.
So, it didn't happen at the best time, but in a few days, I will have a pair of new Easy Spirit brown leather slides on my feet. Aside from the $2.00 skirt, it was the best thing to happen to me all weekend.
Posted by beenie at August 28, 2005 09:16 PM