Do you match your bag to your shoes?

That was the question of the day....

I have to say...sometimes. It's not something I think about. If it happens, it happens.

It just so happens that my bag and my shoes have been coordinated as of late. Mostly because my 2 favorite pairs of sandals have seen better days and i'm not wearing them to the office anymore. Now i'm wearing some super cute, super flat sandals that just so happen to work with the purse i've been carrying for ummm too long now. I have lots of shoes. I have lots of purses. It's not normal for me to wear the same shoes and carry the same bag for an entire week, but that's what's been happening lately. 

Here's the current favorite.

The sandals are not as bright gold as they look, much closer to the color of the purse. 

The bag is Steve Madden and I love it, except for the inside. The lining is a mess - it's not attached anywhere other than the zipper, so you have to use two hands to open the zippered pocket inside because when you pull on it, the whole inside of the bag moves. It's got 2 open pockets in it, but I don't like them either. They're not tall enough. My cell phone flips out of the one wide enough for it and always ends up in the bottom of my bag. Maybe if the lining were attached they would be more functional. I still love the way it looks on the outside. It has vertical ruffles on one side and the other side is just plain with a metal "Steve Madden" tag in the middle. I found it at Ross. I wasn't looking for a new purse, but when I cut thru that department it jumped off the rack and onto my arm....along with 2 others. The shoes also came from Ross. They're Dollhouse brand. I don't know who normally sells Dollhouse brand shoes, but I always find them in the discount department stores (Ross, TJ Maxx, Marshalls) and they tend to get their merchandise as buy outs from other places. At any rate, when I get them, they're super cheap and they're always comfortable. These sandals were a whopping $12.99.  I get compliments on them ALL the time. Last Friday the regional director commented on them when she and I nearly got stuck in the freight elevator together. I swear that elevator is possessed! Now this is a woman making uh way more money than I will ever make. A woman who wears beautiful, expensive clothing and carries $1000 bags. Frankly, she doesn't usually talk to anyone. So for her to comment on my cheap shoes - wow LOL. Of course I just thanked her and didn't say "oh I got them at Ross, they were cheap" that's not Southern.

So - do you match your shoes and your bag? Does Vera Bradley make anything other than flip flops because i'm not sure you can truly "match" shoes to her bags.

These are a few of my Favorite Things!

Joining the party over at Laurie's place today!

 

The cart escalator at the Super Target. The ST isn't two story, but it's attached to a parking garage that is - because it's downtown and well, they built a lot of other stores there, plus some condos. They also have an elevator and regular stairs, but who wants to deal with that with a cart full of crap really cool stuff from Target?

  My Puccini print curvy tote from Vera Bradly. Actually  anything in Puccini. It's brown for starters. I am a big fan of brown. And it also has pink. And a nice spring green. And anything that is sort of swirly falls under "paisley" according to my dear redneck genius husband. I do love paisley...and while this is obviously NOT paisley, I love it anyway.

Old barns. Even better when it's got a quilt square on it. This one is somewhere between Sevierville and Knoxville TN. I snapped this as we were passing by on our way to dinner at Ye Olde Steakhouse in Knoxville. Best steak ever. You can add it to a list of my favorite things too. They bring crocks of port wine cheese to the table and big baskets of all kinds of crackers and crisp bread sticks. Mmmm...and they make some fantastic homemade desserts. Cakes that rival Pete's Bubble Room. 

This sight. The one from the heated passenger seat of the F350 as we're pulling in at the cabin. Yep - there you go - a peek at the outside of the cabin. I think this shot was taken last October when we first moved in (guessing based on the trailer sitting there on the left and the fact that it looks wet - because it rained like crazy on the trip up there).

And my last two favorite things for today (because I have a TON of stuff to do around the house - remember, i'm the procrastinator and I have like 40 people coming to my house next weekend) My husband and my mom!  There's a bonus peek inside the cabin - this is the living area. Keep in mind that this was taken last October, FOUR days after we first set foot in it after closing. It was in foreclosure, 90% of what is in there was hauled from Florida in the rain uphill...both ways...and hubby and I were there just 3 days before my mom and her two sisters showed up. Suffice it to say that it was NOT move in ready and that we slept on an air mattress and folding twin size bed the first 2 nights. It actually looked like we lived there (aside from no appliances - other than the dishwasher) when they rolled in. We cleaned it top to bottom, floor to ceiling...very high ceilings, on our hands and knees and on 18' ladders with lots and lots of Murphy's Oil Soap. Totally worth it of course. You'll see in future posts!