The Devil Wears Last Season's Pink Prada Sandals
August 07, 2006
(NOT PREGNANT, PEOPLE. IF YOU DON'T STOP TELLING ME TO PEE ON ONE MORE STICK I WILL MAYBE COME PEE ON YOU.)
You know, the stuff Internet people choose to rag on you about never ceases to amaze me. Yes. I own a pair of pink Prada sandals. I bought them off-season at Filene's Basement for 40% off, and later saw them on clearance at Bluefly.com for double what I paid, and thus consider them the pinnacle of my bargain-hunting career. I did not wear them at BlogHer or anytime during our vacation. I mentioned them in my packing post because I like saying the words "pink Prada sandals." I did not realize that by doing that, I was giving someone the evidence they needed to make sweeping declarations about my character, of the I could never be friends with someone who owns Prada sandals variety, because judging people by their footwear is okay as long as you discrimate upwards, and also I never wanted to be your friend either, so nyah.
Ahem. What? Oh, here are the pink Prada sandals. Jason thinks they are ugly. He is usually right about these things, but if I did not own them I would never be able to work the words "pink Prada sandals" into conversations.
They cost less than your average pair of Nine Wests, they match absolutely nothing I own, but God help me, I am powerless to resist the seductive meow of kitten heels.
Anyway, I would love to be able to defend my shallow brandiness with some kind of declaration that I am not really THAT girly. That pink Prada sandals aside, I'm actually quite grounded and refreshingly down-to-earth! I don't give a shit about my hair and regularly enter professional belching contests! I'm perfectly qualified to parent a son! MONSTER TRUCKS! BOO-FUCKING-YAWWR!
But the thing is, I'm incredibly girly. I own 34 lip glosses and won't kill bugs that crunch.
And I love pink shoes. Specifically, pink plastic flip-flops. Nothing makes me happier than pink plastic flip-flops. I buy them "for the pool" or "for walking the dog" and then the next thing you know I'm wearing them to Starbucks and shopping and then Jason is casually raising his eyebrows because I've somehow convinced myself that Pink Plastic Flip-Flops Are The New Stiletto Heels and am trying to wear them out for dinner.
I develop a very deep attachment to my pink plastic flip-flops.
All this rambling is just to help you understand the horror of this past weekend, which is really the thing I set out to write about this morning before I got all het up about those damn sandals of the pink and Prada variety, and trust me, I actually deleted a WHOLE OTHER RANT about them and I think it concluded with the lyrics of "Why Can't We Be Friends?" so consider yourselves lucky, but anyway, SHUT UP A MINUTE AND LOOK AT WHAT MY DAMN DOG DID:
BUT WAIT! THERE'S MORE!
Behold, Amy's loves, hopes, dreams and like fourteen bucks down the drain.
If she were not so cute, she'd totally be a pair of boots right now.*
*OMG, i could never B friends w/ someone who wears shoes made out of dogs! that is like so wrong!
I, like, could never be friends with someone who doesn't like to wear pink plastic flip flops.
I feel your pain! I loved my pink flip flops so much that I wore them until the soles were paper-thin before I gave up on them. And bought new ones. Possibly more than one pair.
Holy fuck, am I first?
Damnit.
Well, I loooove the shoes, at any rate.
I don't think I could be friends with someone who lets their pets wear fur...
...oh, the HUMANITY!
Did Ceiba fully inGEST the plastic? Because wow, that is commitment to destruction.
Isn't Filene's Basement like the best place EVER!! I LOVE that place! Now if you bought Pink Prada Sandals (that does have a nice ring too it doesn't it?) NOT on sale then...THEN we'd have a problem....
And sure the dog chewed up your flip-flops, but look on the bright side, you get to go out and BUY NEW ONES! YAY!!
Buy Reefs, maybe the nylon will be too much effort for Ceiba and they do make pink ones!
Those would be the smallest pair of boots EVER.
Pink Prada Sandals go with everything! drrrrr!
No really, jeans and pink tank top, prada sandals. Jeans and white tank top, pink prada sandals. Little black summer dress, pink prada sandals... and perhaps for Jason to *learn* to love those pink prada sandals ... wearing *nothing* and those adorable PINK PRADA SANDALS.
Seriously though, I think they are cute, and delicate with that kitten heel!
You're lucky you don't wear a size 11. Well because then you'd never find shoes, EVER, but then you would be missing a pair of shoes.
I second the reef flip flop pick...I have *cough* 9 pair of them. The nylon is much better between the toes anyway.
Examples of pinked-ness
http://www.active-sandals.com/woresacoripi.html
http://www.active-sandals.com/woresagihotp.html
http://www.active-sandals.com/woresagilipi.html
or if your feet need to be hidden...
http://www.active-sandals.com/woresasepica.html
I'm not a girly girl, and I would totally buy a pair of pink prada sandals - because they would remind me of my favorite show - and I would wear them EVERYWHERE. Matching or not.
I am deeply sorry for the loss of the flip flops. I'm working on getting a whole set in every color possible to coordinate with all of my clothes. I hope that you will be able to replace them even though the fall shoes are on the racks.
Boot. You meant Boot, rather than "pair of boots," I think, because Ceiba is probably only big enough for one, unfortunately. That fact may be what saves her, in the end...
dear god,
that dog is either engaging in a cry for help or really hates pink and wants to kill it.
p.s. anyone who bitches about your sandals should be forced to suck on the rubber soles of your destroyed flip-flops.
I can relate to the brandiness and love of shoes. I once bought a pair of lovely kitten-heeled pointy-toed tan BCBG shoes at a discount store. I was over the moon about these damn shoes. Then my husband had to point out that they weren't really BCBG, they were fakes. Whatever. I still treat them like the awesome shoes they are, and I don't own anything that matches them either. Although right now my most beloved shoes are tan leather flip flops from American Eagle. Ten bucks and they're the most awesome shoes I own. Until I wear them the hell out, of course.
Yeah. Totally not enough skin there to make any decent pair of boots. Might as well keep the dog.
Plus- chewed up shoes=EXCUSE TO BUY MORE FREAKIN SHOES!! And what could ever be wrong with that?
Oh, the Carnage! Not one, but two.
Tell them to suck it! ;-)
Pink Prada sandals is kind of fun to say.
I love my dog. I may even go a little overboard with my love for my dog. But if he ate two pairs of my shoes, I'd probably threaten him with bootdom too.
I just wish you had stolen them. Then you would have street cred.
My 12 year old daughter thought for the longest time that kitten heels were made out, of, um cats. Specifically, kittens. Really shitty person I am I told her "only the ugly ones." Meaning kittens, not shoes. I did eventually (5 minutes later) tell her the truth. It was funny. And it only took a partial family therapy session to recover from it. I can't wait to figure out a way to work dog boots into a conversation.
I am a flip flop addict. I can only imagine your loss... My grandmaw call's them thongs. In the middle of Wal-Mart. At the top of her lungs. "Are you going to buy me some thongs?"
But the point of this comment are the Pink Airwalk Flip Flops that have saved my bacon this summer. Heaven in a shoe. They're pink, they float and my toes can breathe in this stupid southern heat. I'll post a pic at my site just for you.
I love the pink Prada sandals, personally. And Ceiba committed a heinous (HEINOUS I say!) crime by munching those so-cute pink flip-flops. No wonder he's hiding.
I'm not sure whether I agree with you or Jason here about the Pink Prada Sandals - think I need to seem them in the context of their usage before I can judge their awesomeness. In the photo, they just look kind of weird. I'm thinking jeans or non-black bottoms with a neutral or pastel top - gorgeous with the blondeness and the glowing whiteness...
If I owned those pink Prada sandals, which by the way, I hate pink, I would find a way to wear them with every outfit I own. Those are some seriously cute shoes. Just slightly less cute than Ceiba. I also try to pretend my flip flops are fashion forward, luckily my husband doesn't notice.
Aw, poor cute little flip-flops!
I'm dying here - was that "I could never be a friend..." comment because the writer a) has some kind of wacky association going with Prada and thinks that if you buy Prada you're inherently a bad, stuck-up person, or b) one of those "OMG, if you have those shoes, you can't complain about money!!!," or c) both, and is a nutjob?
As I was reading your post, I was sitting at my desk (the kind of desk that happens to be in an office that requires business attire) tapping my pink plastic flip flop against my heel to create the most annoying slapping sound ever. This morning I woke up and rationalized wearing my pink plastic flip flops to work because they match my skirt and top and they're not dirty. Apparently, as long as they're not dirty they classify as office wear?
Also, for some reason, the pink Prada sandals rant reminds me of the movie '10 Things I Hate About You".
Girl 1: There's a difference between like and love. I mean, I like my Skechers, but I love my Prada backpack.
Girl 2: But I love my Skechers.
Girl 1: That's because you don't have a Prada backpack!
Girl 2: Ooooh, I get it!
Ok so it's funnier in the actual movie. I'll stop rambling now.
Amalah,
Thanks for making my day brighter:) This post helped me to forget that a trained monkey could be doing my job right now and that I should have just become a dental hygenist instead of majoring in Communication.
I think your pink Prada sandals are quite swanky especially since you got them at a kick ass price.
Screw those who cannot understand the joys of bargain hunting and Prada.
Have a fabulous week!
Al
Ugh the memory of when my dog was a puppy. The many shoes I lost.
Now I'm depressed.
I'm deeply sorry for your loss. But you know what this menas, right? At least 3 good excuses to go shopping.
Love the pink prada sandals! You need to find an outfit to go with them! So much fun! I love colored shoes like that! And love flip flops! i have pink ones too and my husband laughs at me! It does suck when you dogs destroy something, but they are so damn cute!
Screw the people that judge you on your shoes. Why do people care taht much? Your better off not having them as your friend! They are jealous of your shoes!
they were on sale.
they are prada.
they are pink.
they are yours and you love them. sorry about the flipflops, been there..but who doesn't love a flipflop? and just saying flipflop!
Might I suggest my footwear of choice, Reefs? They are virtually indestructible, and though I have caught my dog chewing on them MANY MANY TIMES, she has yet to inflict the slightest bit of damage to them.
I live in flip flops. In fact, it's the only thing my feet have been cradled in in MONTHS. Florida weather, casual, blah blah blah. It's this fact alone that may keep me from moving back to Massachusetts.
grrr. I wrote a big long comment that was not very nice because I was rather bothered by the tone of the comments as of late but I deleted it because I fear I would have been banned permanently from your site. All I have to say is this: I will personally take a second job just to keep you in pink prada anything as long as you stick around.
People are ridiculous. I LOVE your sandals and could care less if you paid full price or got them for free... you have a job, for chrissake! People need to bug off.
On another note, I can't believe your dog not only chewed up your flipflops, but she pretty much ate them for dinner. That's insane!
Well, I could never be friends with someone who one a pair of pink prada sandals. I require all of my friends to own at least 2 pair.
As for the flip-flops? It saddened my heart because they were sooo cute -- the first pair, especially.
I love lip gloss, too. I have close to 20, I guess. And I refuse to squash anything crunchy.
I must admit to wearing a pair of pink crocs every single damn day. I justify this by saying that it's because me feet are prone to blisters (they are!) and these shoes are just so fricking comfortable and they can't be THAT ugly.
Meanwhile, my best friend refuses to go out in public with me when I'm wearing them and my boyfriend openly mocks me every time I put them on. I know I have a problem, but I just love them too much to wear something else.
If it makes it any better, I own some other very cute shoes that are actually cute (some with kitten heels! I love kitten heels!). I occasionally wear these. And then I get blisters and go back to wearing my crocs.
Dude, my dog chewed up my plastic pink flip flops, too, but just the heel, and yes, I still wear them. Out of the house, even. My sister brought mine back from Australia telling me that they were not sold in any country but Australia. No kidding, saw the same dang flip flops at DSW or something not too long ago. But I'm still wearing the chewed-up heel ones that have a dirty foot print imbeded in them.
Today, I am wearing new shoes to work. New totally-not-flip-flop shoes and they are KILLING my poor tootsies and I would sell my soul to the Devil for a pair of those in your signature. Becuase while I have virtually almost no class, that little bit that I do have is all the prevents me from walking barefoot through this office. Sigh...
Flip flops forever (FFF).
BAD DOGGIE!
I love the pink prada sandals and maybe just becuase I like Pink, Sandals, and Prada and I dont care if people dont want to be my friend becuase I buy name brands. I also buy no name shit as well.
Love the pink flip flops...so sorry about what the dog did to them
She is so lucky she is cute!
what kind of dog is ceiba?
Don't feel bad - I broke down and bought a pair of Uggs. My best friend threatened to disown me, but good lord they are comfortable.
Pink Prada Sandals is Very! fun to say...would totally match what I have on right now. I totally get the shoe thing. I used the Virginia tax holiday to buy 3 pairs of shoes this weekend - how can you pass up 50% off AND no tax?? That's 55% off, right?
I have the solution. Just send me the Pink Prada Sandals, and all will be good. I'm happy to be the fall guy on this one.
I had a pair of Naot sandals, back when their designs were cool, about 4 years ago. (The new styles horrid looking.) I bought them and spent too much on them because they are comfortable. . . so comfortable. My FIL's dog ate the heel off of one this summer, and I have not been the same since. I totally feel your pain.
Please. There is nothing more fun and wonderful to say than Pink Prada Sandals. There should be a song. Love. And I think they are way cute by the way. Jason is wrong.
Love the pink prada sandals! But, what kind of flip flops are those? I sort of have a flip flop addiction and those look comfortable.
I have lost more money in shoes to dogs than I have ever spent on shoes total in my whole life.
Also? Did Jason encourage the eating of the shoes by the dog? Because Donnie has threatened to feed my favorite sandals to the dogs on a number of occassions and if they ever ended up chewed up? I would assume he was to blame.
I could buy about 4 pairs of full price Pink Prada sandals with the amount of money I have spent replacing shoes that one of my dogs has chewed up. One Saturday I lost 2 pairs, one of which I had only worn 2 times.
So now, all closet doors are shut and if you take off shoes outside of the closet, they must be off the floor. We put our shoes on the table.
And I always knew when said dog had chewed up shoes because I would get a phone call at work very early. And it would always be about the cats knocking shoes off the table and Pete eating them, while my lazy ass husband was still in the bed.
dog shoes are totally the new pink flip flops.
We can still be friends though, right?
Hello, my name is Katie and I am a shoe whore. Specifically, a flopaholic. And a brand slut.
Reef, Polo, LLBean - they're all good flops. All colors, although I truly appreciate the weakness for pink.
However, I refuse to pay full price for my addictive sweetness and find satisfaction in the slap-for-a-vein kind of way when getting a great deal on a new pair of shoes.
I stand with you in solidarity.
Awww, so sorry about the flip flops!
What's wrong with pink Prada sandals with jeans? Looks like it'd be a perfect match. (Provided, of course, that your jeans are not worn Britney-style, dragging 6 inches below your ankle. But, you know, duh.