Darlings! Good morning! IS IT ADVENT YET? I’M REALLY READY FOR ADVENT! I’M LISTENING TO CHRISTMAS MUSIC ALREADY AND I CAN’T WAIT!
Oh, darn. It’s not Advent until next week. Meanwhile, we have Thanksgiving to celebrate and 1 Thessalonians to exegete (“whattya MEAN, praise God in ALL THINGS?”) and food to collect and deliver and interfaith Thanksgiving observances to participate in, or EVEN ORGANIZE AND HOST THIS YEAR (*cough, me, cough*).
I will see you on the other side of all of this for more posts on clothes and image and self-care and such, but I just wanted to let you know that I found a decent pair of shoes for our work and I had to share. They’re called Wyoming by Naya, which I think is a subcategory of Naturalizers.
They’re a leetle frumpy, but totally manageably so. They have a nice slightly pointed toe so as to avoid the dreaded too-round babyish look. They have a little bit of patent leather that dresses them up a bit. They are a bootie-Oxford hybrid style that I think looks great with pants and maybe with skirts but I haven’t tried that yet. They have a little heel, YAY. But best of all for me is that they have a rubber heel with a little bit of a traction but the traction isn’t visible, which makes these perfect funeral shoes. You can walk quietly and confidently across polished wood floors in them and not fear slipping, then you can walk across uneven ground, pavement and even slightly icy or wet surfaces to read a Committal at a cemetery.
I was looking very Ruth Bader Ginsburg yesterday, I’ll admit. It wasn’t intentional.
The shoes run a little bit small. I got a half size up. They were easy to break in (I just wore them around the house for a few hours with a pair of socks) and comfortable to stand in for a long time.
These are lovely! I especially like the non-skid bit as there’s nothing worse than walking back into the worship space after being outside in the wet and slipping…no dignified way to do that.
now what do you recommend for men? just went to a memorial service where one of the officiants wore running shoes with 3 brilliant white stripes running down the side – otherwise he was well dressed in a suit, nicely cut hair and a suitable robe and stole – and he officiated well – why did I notice the shoes and why did it bother me?
I don’t think I’d heard of Ruth Bader Ginsburg before – what a woman!
RBG indeed. You rock the frock! Please share details of your collar or blouse. Lovely!