One man’s sin…

…is another man’s hilarious stand against closed-mindedness.  Check out Chris Pesto, my new hero:

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A student at Syracuse, Chris was walking through campus and noticed some protesters holding signs bearing the perennially enlightened view “Homosexuality is a sin.”  And because Chris is a freedom-of-speech lover, he chose make his own sign.  According to Chris:

“This woman was wearing a ankle-length corduroy skirt, which, as we all know, is a fashion nono. So, in order to make her feel uncomfortable, I stood next to her and held a sign that said Corduroy skirts are a sin! I don’t think I have ever drawn so much attention in my life. SO many people asked to take a picture with me, I got laughs, high fives and there were the few that even cursed off the woman standing behind me.”

How awesome is this?

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Newly added to the fold of “things I don’t need but lurve nonetheless”:

Alloy Link boot

The negatives: they’re faux suede, which, while better for not having killed any cows to obtain, means that the quality is lower and the end product will likely die sooner than later.  There’s also the chance that – since this is a manmade material – the shoe itself won’t breathe very well, leading to uncomfortably toasty tootsies.

The positives: At a mere $46.90 (plus FREE shipping!), this shoe is a bargain hunter’s gold mine.  The small heel will keep the bottom of the boot from wearing too quickly (like the poor girl I saw getting on the metro yesterday – her’s were totally flat and utterly ruined looking…so squashed in that she was literally walking on the rounded heel part of her shoe as though it was a slipper than had slouched down too much…shudder) and the details on the shaft make it look more expensive than it actually is.  They’re also versatile in that you can wear the shaft fully up or turned down – see the pic above.  Finally, the Alloy.com site has a pretty awesome interface – very easy to use AND – best of all – well organized, thoughtful product reviews from customers (I find customer reviews to be enormously helpful in shopping online – read them to get the best idea of fit and unexpected quirks in the product).

It’s taken me a long time to embrace the flat boot trend.  I feel like I need heels to elongate my frame and distract from (in my mind) my pear-shaped figure; but these are just so cute that I had to give them a try.  I’d planned to go brown all the way but ended up getting them in taupe…hopefully they’re as versatile as I expect!

Louboutin for Less?

I have always wondered how in the hell Carrie Bradshaw could afford to live in a (relatively) huge one-bedroom in NYC, eat out so frequently that she literally had no food in her house, and still spend every cent of her money on couture.   I guess that lifestyle is one of the perks of being a fictional character?  Sadly…um?…I’m of the non-fiction persuasion, and so I have to actually save my money, if for no other reason than that is usually what real people do.  On top of which, there is just no way I’m spending 3-4 digits on shoes  (full disclosure: I can’t be persuaded to spend $200 on jeans, which I’d wear every day, let alone some freakishly painful, though oh-so-fab shoes).  And so imagine my joy when I saw these:

Forever21 Strappy Platform Sandal

Notice anything?  Sure, they’re pleather (or, as Forever21 so delicately calls it “Leatherette”) and sure, they’ll only last about 2 months.  But at $24.80, who cares?  Because believe me – the dim light of the Mad Hatter hides a multitude of sins and that girl standing behind your barstool is going to see nothing but the trademark red bottom and hate you with the fire of a thousand suns.

Forever21 Strappy Platform Sandal