A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 22

Check me out shunning winter in my no-coat. I totally regretted this, I was freeeeeezing and was only crossing the road between my flat and my local Japanese restaurant.

Anyway, the shoes:

These are little leather boots and another TK Maxx bargain (did you know they were stocking the Alexa this week btw?)

They're a bit taller than this actually but I folded them over, when you're only 5ft 2 a little bit of leg goes a long way.

With my boots I wore jeans from Dorothy Perkins, top from Topshop, my bag is from Jones Bootmaker and my scarf is from a charity shop.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 21

I know, I know,  this task is failing miserably on all counts. It's not 21 days since I started this blog, I still have at least 50 (ahem) pairs of shoes sat waiting patiently to see the light of day and these boots are new.

Pony skin, leopard print Chelsea boots from Topshop. 

It's a little known fact that I could, if I wanted to, dress head to toe in leopard print. Sometimes, I kinda want to.

But today I resisted and with my boots I wore jeans from Mango, jumper dress (folded up) from ASOS, fake fur coat from a charity shop and my newly dip dyed locks (thanks Annamarie!). I was also totally sucked in by 2 for 1 coffees at Starbucks, the shame.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 20

Ok, I give in... I have been clinging on to my sandals and pumps and, well, summer. But I will concede that this weekend has been a little bit nippy.

And I deserve 2 slaps on the wrist. 1. for buying some new shoes (boots actually), I appreciate this isn't the first time this, um, week and 2. for wearing the same shoes (boots) 2 days in a row.

I bought these in TK Maxx and the brand is Infinity.

I don't know why we do it, but we all like to brag about a bargain don't we? Fifteen pounds, lovely leather, comfy as hell and heels/soles that even I can't wreck in a hurry.

I wore them yesterday with jeans from H&M, that took me about an hour to get on - biscuits are the new cigarettes, top from TK Maxx, red leopard print scarf from a charity shop and leather jacket from River Island about a hundred years ago. I know, I don't know what was going on either, I did have a fever later on - that and this outfit may be related.

Today I wore them with dress from All Saints, cardigan from TK Maxx (they've been doing well out of me eh?) and heart pendant from a charity shop.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 19

Ok, last pair of flat pointy pumps... for this week.

Another very old pair I just can't part with. These were a gift for my 20 *cough*th birthday (it's not just the shoes that are getting old).

I chased these shoes round every Kurt Geiger shop and concession in the country and ended up ordering them from Harrods. That's pretty posh when you're a student, you know? I kept the wrapping for about a month.

With my yellow pumps I wore jeans from H&M (my fold up bag is from there too), t shirt from All Saints, jacket from Primark and Miu Miu bag, as before.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 18

This looks like a bit of a paranormal blog post - excuse the blurry pics. It was early, I think me and the camera had about the same amount of focus.

Since digging out my navy Kurt Geiger pointy pumps, I've been on a bit of a roll this week.

These red pumps are from Office, a long time ago.

That's better...ish. They're red, snakeskin and frilly. What a combination.

With my snakeskin pumps, I wore jeans from Zara, t-shirt from Asos, cardi from my mum and my ghost hand.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 17

Ah, my old favourites from Kurt Geiger...

They are years old too - but they still don't seem to be showing any sign of wear, other than they just get comfier.

Apparently pointy pumps are 'in' again too, so refusing to part with anything, ever, has its (f)advantages.

With my Kurt Geiger pumps I wore chinos from Urban Outfitters in Montclair, NJ - which isn't important but it was such a fun day that I thought it deserved a mention - stripey top from a catalogue seconds shop, belt from charity shop, satchel from a car boot sale and jacket from Vivienne Westwood.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 16

I feel like I don't need to tell you where these shoes came from...

But just in case you hadn't guessed... Give us a Z, give us an A, give us an R, give us an A! Yes, ZARAaaaa. Maybe if I can't get officially sponsored I should join, or start, Zaraholics Anonymous.

I've actually had these years and dig them out every summer (I am still clinging on to summer by the way), I've even tried to buy 'replacements' that are similar to these as these shoes have had it really, but they're just not the same.

With these shoes, I wore a Top from Zara and jeans from Mango - again at ridiculous Spanish sale prices. My belt is an old M&S men's leather belt, from a charity shop.

.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 15

Day 15 - that's a lie. What Beki actually did was abandon her blog for weeeeks! But I'm back and ready to play catch up.

Can I stick with day 15 though? Just for simplicity's sake? Thanks.

Originally, I was planning on just working my way through my existing shoe collection but unfortunately, I have no will power so these babies are newbies and all the way from Spain.

I managed to time my visit to Gijon and Oviedo to catch the end of the sales and picked these up in Zara - obvs. How do I get officially sponsored by Zara?

With my new Zara shoes, I wore my new Zara top and my new Mango leggings (I found a Mango outlet in Gijon) and my bag is from River Island.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 14

Gosh, you'll have to excuse this post and the terrible photos but after an exhausting week and the biggest Brazilian feast ever at Nossa Casa* (followed by a Milka bar and a Daim) I actually cannot move.

Ah, they're nice aren't they but how pointy? I wondered why we got treated so well at the restaurant, I am assuming the waiter was scared I might take his eye out if I left with even a hint of a hunger pang.

I will never, ever, ever grow out of snakeskin or leopard print.

With my pointy snakeskin shoes, I wore my jeans with the top button undone, a nice baggy blouse and 2 tired eyes.

ZZZZzzzzzzzzzzz.......

* Formerly Tropeiro, Mancunians. It's amazing, go go go!

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 13

I didn't wear these all day, but this evening I went for a run. Yeah, that's right, a run. Anyone who knows me will be laughing out loud at this and probably making a joke about how you can't run in a taxi but stop it, now.

On my run I wore these:

I would love to say that I bought these with a practical head on but no, I bought these back in the day where I wanted to be the 1,254,689,684th member of the So Solid Crew and do guest vocals on Envy (I am still up for this by the way).

L(iiiiii)isa Maffia was wearing these in either Dazed and Confused or Jockey Slut, I can't remember now, and I wanted to be her so buying these seemed like a step in the right direction.

I don't have bumpy ankles by the way, they're my super cool socks tucked under my super cool leggings and you don't even want to know what else I wore on my jog.

You do....

Wow! Check out that beauty! Hipster or 90s market trader, you decide - but don't tell me. Perfect for taking essentials out running - keys, money, phone... or nothing, I just like to wear it whenever I can.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 12

Well, whatever about my shoes, this blog is teaching me that I wear a variation on the same outfit almost every day. On this day (12) with my skinny jeans and blouse type top, I wore my Carvela kitten heels:

I don't have much to say about these really, not because I don't like them though. I bought them to wear with a specific dress for a wedding...

...but they're so comfy and pretty neutral so they've seen the light of day more than a lot of the shoes tucked away  in my wardrobe.

God, I look weird/boring - it was an early start... Jeans are from H&M, fold up tote also from H&M, blouse from Zara, Jacket from Primark.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 11

Well, it would be nice to not have to wear thick black tights and winter boots mid-June but...

These hiking boots are from Jones Bootmaker. A Christmas present from my Dad who didn't just click on the link I sent him (I'm not a total princess, he insists we do this) he noted the product code and went out to buy them so I had them in time for the big day. A for Effort, Dad.

They were actually lighter/grey but I used black polish on them to dull them a little bit.

With my boots I wore 7 for All Mankind denim shorts (these are actually my favourite jeans that I'd worn literally to shreds, I couldn't bare to part with them so gave them a new lease of life), top from Matalan, necklace was a gift from my sisters though from Accessorize I think and bag, Miu Miu as before.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 10

Ok so this is not strictly day 10, as in, this blog has existed for more than 10 days, I've just neglected it this week. This is mainly because I've done a few repeats and no one likes repeats, unless they are of Friends.

Before I begin, check this out for a shoe story - I had a meeting this morning and mid-way through a very important (obvs) sentence, I looked down and realised that the lady I was in a meeting with was wearing the exact same shoes as me (a few years old, from Office) and the same colour nail polish! Weird or what? Yeah...

Anyway, day 10's shoes (not the ones I wore to the meeting, the ones I wore to my dinner date):

Another pair from Zara, though a less laborious task than my wedges. This shopping spree went more like this:
Me: Oh My God, I neeeed these
@nbeevz: Do you though? Really?
Me: Yes, I have nothing to wear to my birthday party
@nbeevz: I think you do
Me: I'll be back in 2..

SOLD to the lady with the red bank balance!

I'm not even going to pretend these are comfortable, I only wore them this evening as I knew I was going to a restaurant across the street and even on the 30 second walk home I got a stitch and the hiccups which I blame entirely on these shoes. They are filed under 'no pain, no gain'.

With my painful, beautiful shoes, I wore jeans from H&M, 2 vest tops from... I'm not sure? Shout?, necklace from Accessorize, blazer from Gap and bag from 4 of my lovely friends (@thehippriest, @tuloulah, @facefacts & @dum3dum3) which I think is River Island.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 9

And here are today's:

Cheap as chips Primark faux (god, that's so Ebay, I mean FAKE) leather and patent pumps. It doesn't take a genius to work out what they were trying to do here...

I went a bit criss cross crazy actually...

With my pumps I wore socks from... I actually don't know. Dress from Matalan, Kenneth Lane necklace from Net-a-Porter and that jacket slung over my bag is another magic, fabric, waterproof wonder, this time from Old Navy.

I am far too old to dress like this but people who know me expect it and people who don't know me are non the wiser, so, everyone's a winner.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 8

So, yesterday, I slacked off.

I was so busy playing in the sun and stuffing my face at @timinmanchester's bbq (nice burgers) that I forgot to take pics of my shoes.

Don't worry though, you didn't miss much, I was just in my favourite flip flops. My Havaiana black 'Fit' flops to be precise.

Since I forgot to photograph them yesterday I thought I'd treat you to a little story -

One (very) hot day in Nice I was on the beach and decided to have a dip in the sea. The beaches in Nice are pebble beaches. I was always taught, you should wear your flip flops (or Jelly shoes - up to you) into the sea on pebble beaches so you don't hurt your tootsies. So me and my Havaiana's went in.

Me and @fikle were just having a little swim and then from out of nowhere came a massive wave. I started to run back to the beach but the wave pulled me down and, more scarily, pulled off one of my flip flops and took it back out to sea.

I could have cried. Actually, I did a bit.

So I sat on the beach mourning the loss of my sandal for a good 20 mins, and then I looked up, and then I looked across the beach, and then I spotted something black and flip flop shaped on the pebbles about 40m down the coastline, so I ran/limped - one flip flop on, one flip flop off - towards it and there it was! It had come back to me!

I think me and these flip flops are meant to be. I took this picture just after we were reunited. It was emotional.

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 7

Today I wore my fancy brown leather heels from Adolfo Dominguez.

They started out feeling pretty comfortable but by the end of the day/evening, we weren't such good friends.

Verdict: Keep, for sure, but not for whole days out.

Worn with ASOS green skinny trousers, tie dye top from All Saints (well it's a dress actually but I tucked it in) with cami from Mango underneath, bag - Miu Miu as before. Ultra stylish hair bobble round my wrist, probably from Boots.

Arty, eh?

A Woman's Right to Shoes - Day 6

I always wanted to be a ballerina but the day my mum sent me in to my first exam sans wraparound cardy and with my hair down, was the beginning of the end.

I can still wear ballet pumps though right?

These are just from Oasis but I would buy out French Sole if I could.

Are these the comfiest shoes on the planet? Yes they are. Is this weirdly identical to yesterday's outfit? Yes, yes it is.

Jeans, ASOS. Top, charity shop. Bag, Miu Miu.