A Personality Pressing to Show Itself

For as long as I can remember I have loved to go shoe shopping. I remember as a little girl, when it was back-to-school time, my grandmother would take me to the shoe department at Macys and let me pick out a brand new pair of navy blue or black shoes. I went to a private school, so my shoes were the only part of my ensemble that remotely allowed me to express myself. So in a sea of navy blue and green plaid uniforms, my feet (and my hair) were the way I showed my personal style. I can remember how excited I was to get my shoes. You see, I was very shy child in school. My grandparents actually had to come to school and conference with my teacher because I didn't talk enough. (I definitely haven't had that problem since then!) Actually, I did speak, I just didn't use my words at that time. I spoke through my creative hair stlyes, the accessories I wore and my shoes. :)

As I got older and I shopped more, it always seemed as the pair of shoes that made me heart flutter at first sight were the last pair in my size, on sale! LOL My grandfather would say that they were meant for me and I believed him. I do believe that there is a special energy that attracts us to those tangible items, people things and experiences that make us happy. I find that I consistently have positive experiences with shoes. When I find that perfect pair, no matter what the cost, or what anyone else thinks, my insides smile. Its that one pair of shoes that no one else would touch and people pass by with their faces kind of distorted wondering what the designers were thinking when they came up with this pair of shoes. It's those shoes that I try with a perfect pair of dark jeans and know that all is right with the world. And when I slip those shoes on my feet, I am in my Cinderella moment. All the women stop to look and start to reconsider their swift dismissal of the shoe they had just written off.

Shoes have been my mouthpiece when words just don't do it. They offer a glimspe into my personality for the person I might never meet or speak to. They tell my mood and how I feel. My shoes are much more than a fashionable accessrory, they are a reflection of me.