Foot Pneumonia

I’m currently on vacation in San Francisco California with my husband and the in laws and somehow the trip out here wasn’t worthy of a post. It was honestly the most trouble/annoyance free trip I’ve ever made.  And there hasn’t been too much here that’s been on my nerves either… which I suppose is the point of vacation. Though we all know they don’t always turn out that way.

I did however see something over and over again on the streets of the city today that did tweak at a pet peeve of mine.  Today was windy, cloudy and a high of about 58 in the city. I myself was wearing skinny jeans, flats, a camisol with a cardigan over it, and a matching beanie because well… I have no hair to keep me warm.  And while it wasn’t “cold” I kept seeing women wearing everything from long wool peacoats to scary Lion Witch and the Wardrobe fur coats, paired with flip flops, or sandals. Now… if it’s cold enough you need a jacket… aren’t your poor naked feet freezing? This reminded me of two things.  First, the time my mother yelled at me for being barefoot in the cold because I was going to catch “Foot Pneumonia”… my Mom is nuts, in an unbeleivably adorable way.  And second, another similar pet peeve of mine… sleeveless sweaters. If it’s cold enough for you to need a thick sweater on your torso… aren’t your uncovered arms cold?

All I’m saying is, shouldn’t all the items of your outfit be in the same season?  Or at least not functionally retarded and nonsensical? I’m trying to save the world from a Foot Pneumonia Pandemic.

What a Croc

The topic of Crocs shoes was recently suggested to me as a blog topic and well… I couldn’t agree more. I must admit they are a phenomenon I have never truly understood. I wear a pair of flats all day without stockings or socks and my feet sweat more than is socially acceptable for any woman, so the thought of sticking my feet in rubber shoes does not appeal to me in any way. Sure, they have little ventilation holes in them but unless they also come with a clip on foot fan I don’t see those doing a whole lot of good. It seems like you might at well buy a tube if tough actin’ Tenactin when you buy your Crocs because athletes foot is nearly inevitable.

It would seem the only true justification of rubber footwear involves protection from water, a pair of rain boots for puddle jumping, some hip waders for fishing… you get the idea. But these can’t even suit that purpose given the previously mentioned holes. Ok, so then maybe it’s because they’re presumably non-slip being as they are made of rubber. I can understand therefore the appeal for restaurant employees to a certain extent, but honestly the only person who has truly ever owned that look is Mario Batali with his signature orange Crocs. And I have a feeling that’s due more to the fact that the Iron Chef looks like a Viking who could rip your head off, than anything else. I mean who’s going to tell him he looks ridiculous?

Lastly, it annoys me that this idea is seen by some as so unusual or special… rubber shoes people?  Yeah… we’ve done that before. It was the late 80’s and they were called Jellies, and THOSE were awesome. I mean at least my cute little clear purple rubber sandals had glitter in them… beat that style!

Top Five Things I Find Annoying…Today (Episode 1)

I was thinking of things to rant about in my latest post and I realized there are lots of things I could rant about, but none that I necessarily felt deserving of their own post (at least for now). So I decided instead to share with you a list of the five things currently “grinding my gears.”

#1. impractically long acrylic finger nails (they remind me of the Guinness World Records lady… super creepy)

#2.  People who wear sandals with gross cracked heels and chipped off nail polish and long gnarly toenails… basically if you haven’t had a pedicure (even one yo u did yourself) in the past year keep those dogs under wraps.

#3. When you go to pass someone driving too slow and all of a sudden the guy you just got behind slows down and the guy who was dragging his ass all of a sudden wakes up… how does that always happen?

#4. People who stand in line at fast food restaurants right in front of the huge menu signs hanging from the ceiling and when it’s they’re turn to order they have no idea what they want and only then consult the previously mentioned huge menu as if it has just materialized before them… get it together people! (I realize that was an incredibly long run on sentence, and I simply don’t care.)

#5.  Women who over pluck and/or completely remove their eyebrows and then draw them back on.  There is something very disturbing about the look of perpetual surprise resulting from this action.

That’s it for now, but I’d love to hear your thoughts on my list and also what’s been in your top five lately.