When real things happen to imaginary people

I have been rather lax for a while now about going for walks during the day. Yes, I have been using the Wii Fit (off and on), but I need to get back in the habit of a half-hour walk every day. Today, I couldn't bring myself to leave my office, but I did pace around my office for almost the entire length of an episode of Pushing Daisies. And then my iPod battery ran out. But, it was a walk (of a sort), and I think I'll find briskly pacing around my office while watching Pushing Daisies is something I'll be willing to find time for every day.

Earlier today, while staring forlornly at a topic one of my writers had handed off, there was a knock at my office door. The super-cool senior editor I work with had gone to run some errands, and brought back cupcakes. Mmmm, cupcake.

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Tonight: start writing the next GCS on the bus home. Dinner, then possibly watching Let The Right One In (yay vampires!), and writing an email concerning perfumes.

Sometime before Thursday, I need to go through my petticoat collection and find the few that are mid-calf length, because my skirt for the Vampire Ball is above ankle-length. Yes, people will be able to see my feet, which is not my usual standard at a fancy dress-up event. But my black leather granny boots with the pink ribbons will be perfect with the outfit, so yay.

Dear Powers That Be, if you could somehow manage to make either this black-on-black stripy top hat or this black and dark red stripy top hat (clicky-links!) belong to me, that would be WONDERFUL. Please note that they are full-sized top hats, and therefore the Stroppy One has no reason to sigh, roll his eyes, and say "More mini top hats, Jilli? Really?" I covet both of those hats desperately. And you must admit, a stripy top hat is FAR more practical for me than a tiny tricorn with a pirate ship on it.

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Boots! I didn't have my favorite black lace-up granny boots for a while, as they were having the soles and heels rebuilt by my mad cobbler. So I needed functional, yet cute boots. A while ago, ashbet linked to the Stark style boots by Jump; they were slightly taller than ankle boots, zipped up the sides, had cute button details, and had a rubber wedge heel. I liked them, but not enough to pay over $100 for them on Zappos. Then I went and looked on Amazon (clicky-link!), and discovered that certain colors/sizes of that style were on sale for under $40! Well then. So I got them, and marveled at the comfortable-ness of them. Plus, super-cute!

I decided to look at what other styles the Jump brand offered, and discovered the Bjork boots (clicky-link). Flat, with a rubber traction sole, bigger button details on the side, and oooh, the same sort of discount for certain colors/sizes! Yes, you guessed it, I got them too. Both styles work very well with my Victorian Gothic/Steampunk/Pirate-y wardrobe, and good lord, comfy! Soooo comfy!

There seems to be no rhyme or reason to the discounting of the various Jump brand boots. Some sizes and colors are full-price. Sometimes none of them are discounted, and then a few days later they are. But if you're looking for new boots (and are willing to purchase them online), I recommend checking Amazon every week or so to see what the current prices are.

I now no longer need to purchase any more boots. No, I do not. And I'm contemplating selling off some boots that aren't quite what I wanted. Because I need to finance taking the purple pair of Bjork boots to the mad cobbler to have them dyed a more wine shade, and having the white granny boots that I found dyed cupcake pink. (Oh yes. I am going to have pink boots.)

But I DO need more top hats. Yes. There is no question of that.

A co-worker just asked me if I knew what the best "haunted house" -type events or attractions were in the Seattle area. I told him I had no idea, but I'd ask some friends for recommendations. Help me, LJ hivemind! I have no idea what groups even host haunted house attractions anymore.

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In other news, please remind me that I cannot deal with 3" heels for long stretches, no matter how pretty or gothy the boots may be, so I should just stop looking at the Fluevog site RIGHT NOW.

(Yes, I periodically visit the Fluevog site and sigh wistfully over the Countess Olivia and Dame Agnes boots. (clicky-links!) I know they'd kill my feet. But gracious, they're pretty.)

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In other other news, hey, who else is going to Bats Day in November? Because we're going! Yes, the combination of it being in November (instead of August) and it being right before my 40th birthday means that we're going. Direct some sympathy toward stroppy_baggage, because he's not a huge fan of theme parks and really didn't want to go to one again for a couple of years. But he loves me, and knows that I've wanted to go to Bats Day for aaaaaages.

I'm betting the answer to this question is "No", but boy, I'd feel silly if I had been making the wrong assumption.

Is it possible to have the heels on a pair of shoes or boots completely changed? High narrow heels removed, and replaced with lower, more stable heels?

(jola, I am blaming you for my thoughts along this line, because you keep reminding me that these boots exist, and ohgodohgod, do I covet them. Even though they're insanely expensive.)