Shoes (Gals) – Page 2 – Beauty Tips For Ministers

May 24, 2016May 24, 2016

Shoes Despair

I just want to go on record as saying that I HATE all the shoes this season. I do not have HOURS IN MY DAY to do up all the complicated little ties and buckles on all the straps all shoes suddenly have, I can’t keep a shoe on my damn FOOT if there’s just a strap around my ANKLE and nothing around the HEEL. It’s all just a recipe for a BROKEN LEG, if you ask me.
Let’s also talk about the WOODEN SOLES AND HEELS that are as comfortable as walking on a BOOKSHELF and if I wanted to dress like a little Dutch child in wooden clogs I’d let you know, thank you very much, shoe designing people.

Would it KILL you to design cute shoes that come in colors other than brown and black and tan? Some of us would certainly APPRECIATE it.

That’s all for now. You can tell I’m IRRITATED when I have to USE CAPS to make my POINT.

March 16, 2016March 16, 2016

Living Up To the Unexpected Corsage

Celebration is so important. Sometimes we forget, don’t we, chickens?

I attended an event tonight at which my congregation was being honored. Such things are always pleasant once you get to them, and I’m sure I am not alone in finding them to be humbling. It is a deep honor to represent a church that itself is being honored. You’re standing there on behalf of a lot of good folks.

So I always dress thoughtfully for such occasions, and tonight I was grateful that I decided to wear a skirt instead of pants even though it was chilly and drizzly because the organizers pinned a beautiful corsage on me when I arrived! A corsage is FANCY, so you bet I was very glad I had done my hair and make-up and put on pretty earrings and pantyhose and such. I really didn’t know what to wear, but I remembered that PeaceBang always advises to err on the side of formality and I am so glad I did. Had I worn the less formal option I had considered, the corsage would have looked like a silk purse on a sow’s ear. That PeaceBang gives some good advice sometimes!

Here’s what’s extra wonderful: I wore a cool pair of Jeffrey Campbell shoes and was complimented on them by two women at the event, so of course we started chatting shoes (and hair). I introduced myself and then they introduced themselves and one of them is a local blues singer who I totally love and I was able to shower her with fan girl admiration and then all of us made a date for tomorrow night to hear music together and she’ll sing and maybe I’ll even sing. AND she wants to come to our church on Sunday.

Shoes bring people TOGETHER.

July 17, 2015

And The Shoes Of the People Did Cause Lamentation Unto the LORD

And they were clad in the shoes of grief and sorrow:

For those who did manufacture the shoes respected not the Beauty of the Lord or of God’s people:

And they did walk in the day grievously shod,

And by night did they also look down to their feet and cry upon the LORD, Why have you forsaken us?

Selah.

November 23, 2014November 23, 2014

Clergy Woman Shoe Recommendation: Perfect For Committals

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.

June 23, 2014June 23, 2014

Merrill Evera Shift

I recently found a pair of Merrill Evera Shift shoes at Marshall’s for $30 and am amazed at how comfortable they are, even for my plantar fascitisy feet. I will be wearing these a lot for church this summer. I can’t say that they’ll be great for tromping around the convention center at GA, but no heel of any kind of going to be that for me.

(If you see me in black trainers or Tevas it’s because I’m in pain and can’t even manage to get around in loafers with gel inserts in them. May the hoof gods smile on us all).

So anyway, Merrill is fabulous and smooches to them, because this a beautiful design. See, comfort and style CAN be done! These are apparently designed especially for commuting by bike, so somebody better tell “young, hipster religious leader” the Reverend Laura Everett about them!