Foot Fetish

I'm not really into feet per se, it's just that they seem to catch my eye. I'm drawn to wild shoes, socks and bright colors. They make such interesting photos.

Recently, I was doing a family photo shoot and everyone was dressed up nice, right down to the shoes. Funny thing was, I wasn't taking full head-to-toe shots. Then we took it outside where I might have done full pics and it was at that point that Mom decided to change her shoes. Fabulous! I just had to capture it.

Rockin' Crocs!

Quite Fetching!

This little doll baby was so bright and cheery. I could just eat her up!

Fashion Plate

Fun Mod Boots

My mother-in-law has a great sense of style!

Great Color Combo

Cute feet don't even have to be clothed.

Chubby Nummies!

Little Feeties!

We got a little crazy at a family get together.

Dog Pile

You put your left foot in....

Hokey Pokey

Polka Dot Orange

Softy

One day, years ago, I was cruising through Ross and I came upon this display and was so glad my phone had a camera. I wonder if they ever sold any of these.

Bright Plastic Boots

This look struck me as quite different for some reason.

Clod Hoppers

I was at a baby shower and looked down at my sister's feet and said "I must take a picture!"

Matchy Matchy

One time I was getting undressed and it all came off at once.

Kind of like Firemen's pants

On my morning walk one day, I stopped by my friends house to pick up some mint and her daughter was going to Magic Mountain dressed as Superman/Clark Kent. The whole outfit was quite clever, but this blog is about shoes. Maybe I'll show you the rest another time.

So Cute!

I went to an engagement party and we were all supposed to wear blue and white. Some people took that right down to their toes.

This was Grandma

And this was my niece.

Blue Suede Shoes

This was another pair of my nieces shoes.

Bright Pink!

These were next door over my back wall.

Abandoned Work Boots

You can't have a crazy shoe blog without a pair of these babies.

Bowling Beauties

Wear cute shoes!!!!!

Tinkerbell Kicked My Butt

Yesterday was the Tinkerbell Half Marathon at Disneyland and I foolishly entered it. I'm 52 and out of shape. What was I thinking? It seemed like a good idea at the time. I guess I love a good challenge.

Actually, I did it in support of my niece who had started running and was all excited about it. She wanted to run a marathon. I knew I would never do that, but I thought maybe I could do half. And, if you're going to be motivated to run/walk that far, what better place than The Happiest Place on Earth? I did a 5K there a few years ago and it was quite exciting.

I already had the name for today's post last Wednesday. I was finishing up a grueling training session on my treadmill when I realized that no matter what the outcome of the race, I was going to be beaten up by that little pixie. Part of me wanted another week to train and the rest of me wanted to just get it over with.

My goals for this race were a little different than the Calabasas 10K I did a couple of months ago. I know I can walk 13.1 miles, but this race has time constraints. If you get too far behind, they pick you up. They do have an amusement park to open. You know, money to make. So I can't take my sweet time. I made up my mind that it didn't matter if I finished or not. I, at least, wanted to finish the portion that is in the park which is the most interesting and then up to and past the six or seven mile mark which is over a 10K and then whatever I do after that is just gravy. The rest of the race is running along the streets of Anaheim and then back through the backside of California Adventure. Oh, and did I mention that the race started at 5:00 am, so I had to get there at four o'clock in the morning!!!!

Well, those were my thoughts BEFORE I got there and reviewed my 10K results (in retrospect, I didn't do half bad, for me). Once I entered the Expo, I got caught up in all the excitement and I wanted to finish and not get picked up.

So how did I do, you ask? Well, at least I'm alive to report about it! And let me go on record to say that that was my first and last half marathon. I'm a 10K max girl.

Okay....I did it!!!!!!!

13,065 Runners Entered

Net time 3:09:55 and 4,881 left in my pixie dust

And so the countdown begins...

Tink spreading a little Pixie dust

Picking up my Bib

Mickey at the Expo

Enjoying some Art

Yummy Lunch

Me and My Coach

Line em Up

My Goal

Pasta Dinner

Four A.M.

So Pretty

Just one of the Tink's

Tink and Tank

Great Hair

Pixie Dust was Everywhere!

Lots of Ladies and a couple of Men

Amanda did great too!

She left me at the eight mile mark to do her thing.

Watch me Fly!!!

It's daylight now and we are out on the streets of Anaheim and the Red Hat Brigade are out there cheering us on.

Hey, you're not cheering!

Going Strong

Still Alive at Mile Eleven!

 Back to the Land.

Lots of Signs and Cheering Squads

Second  Time through the Tunnel

There were some great costumes

Mission Accomplished!

Billy checking out the Medal

Winner!

What a great experience!

Coffee Break

This week I have been extremely busy on my off time and I've been mysteriously sleeping in. Usually when I have a lot going on, I wake up extra early. Maybe it is the nature of my busy-ness that is making me sleep. But you will find out all about that on Monday. So, today I'm taking a coffee break. This will be short and sweet.

When I hit the bank to make a deposit for the pools, I have to go inside. At Wells Fargo they have a delicious little machine that gives me some yummy hot flavored coffee to warm my day. I was taking the last sips of my hot java, when I noticed that there was art in the bottom of my cup.

Swirly Goodness

I don't normally stop for coffee, but at this time of year The Coffee Bean makes this wonderful peppermint coffee and I decided that I needed some.

Daily Grind

But wait, I was going to make Espresso!

One Fold Sleevy...

Coffee Coasters

Really, they've been around that long?

A tile I made for my kitchen.

Cup of Joe

And now for something completely different.

Just for fun, I thought I would share a couple of pics that Zach took of me on his phone with some crazy app that makes me look all artsy.

I'm a Rock Star!

Pop Art

Mmmmmmm!

Okay, break over...back to work!