These shoes were made for walkin'

Heylo There!!

I've been a bit of an absentee blogger haven't I??

Well, I'd love to say that my lack of blogging is due to single-handedly
ending world hunger or something,
but the truth is that I just haven't had much to say...
or atleast not much I wanted to say outloud.
Silly, huh...even on my dumb little blog read by approximately 1 person
who already knows all my garbage ;)
I still feel the need to sensor the negative feelings and stick to 

the light and fluffy things of daily occurence.
The things on my heart as of late have felt a bit heavy
and let's be honest, light and fluffy blogging is a lot easier
(although maybe not as interesting)

as the heavy-hitting stuff....

That being said...

Here's some light and fluffy...

I caved to the hype.
I'll now be rocking what I was previously mocking.

Karate shoes.

I own some.
Hi-Ya!!

Still not the cutest things in the world, but they grew on me...

like so many styles that you initially scoff at 

(pointy toed shoes...skinny jeans..to name a few)

and then find yourself slinking off to the store to buy.

Well, I slinked...and I bought. 

But dangit they're comfy and I'm excited.

My motivating factor was the upcoming San Diego trip in

10 days.... (happy dance!)

I'm setting a goal this trip to tone down the overpacking and I 

felt I really need just a single pair of shoes that I could wear 

casually to dinner, but were comfy enough to walk or to go bike riding in.

And these TOMS fit the bill...

This by no means implies that I will be packing only a single pair of shoes...

(this is me we're talking about after all!!)

But I am hoping that they will take the place of needing tennis shoes and

several pairs of not-as-comfy ballet flats. 

oh!...before I caved for the TOMS I thought I'd run by

  DSW to see if I could find any alternatives...

and some dummy at Sketchers actually went and

made a wanna-be TOMS and named it a "BOBS". 

How lame is that?

and yeah...I tried them on, cause they were cheaper...

but even I'm cooler than that!