All posts tagged heel

  • If The Shoe Fits, Wear It – Size 11 (10 1/2) Shoe Giveaway!

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    Everyone who knows me, knows I have an affinity for shoes and I never wear anything shorter than a 3 inch heel. Considering that I’m about 5’10, in heels, I usually tower between 6’1-6’2, depending the height of the heel.

    These are a my new work staple, and they’re about 5 inches:

     

     

     

     

     

     

     

    My coworkers are forever teasing me by saying that I don’t walk, but strut every where I go, which is probably true. The taller the heel, the harder the strut. My friend Pele, says every step I take should end with “boom chicka wawa”.

    Now being tall, and loving shoes can have it disadvantages, especially when you wear a size 11!  The bigger the foot the harder it is to find shoes and not all size 11′s are created equal, which is what I’ve recently learned  over the past few months. Even my usual stand by shoe store, Nine West, has recently seemed to “resize” their shoes.  Usually they were my go-to shoe store when I needed something in an 11, but recently, it seems as though their size 11′s are now measured for a size 10 foot. Boo. Hiss.

    Another one of my favorite shoe stores is Piperlime. I think I may have purchased about 5 pairs of shoes from them over the past few weeks and out of those 5, only one has failed!

     

    Well, my loss is your gain.

    This is the pair that I’m giving away. The shoe retails at $69.99, but was on sale for $49.99. A few details about the shoe:

    • Coconuts Oliver Sandal
    • Greyish/Greenish color
    • Wedge sandal
    • 4″ wedge heel
    • Peep-toe
    • Cut-out detail
    • Synthetic lining
    • Synthetic outsole
    • Zipper closure
    • Upper: 100% synthetic

    This shoe states it’s a size 11, but I would have to say it’s more like a size 10-10 1/2.  The shoe comes in it’s original box and has never been worn.

    To enter the giveaway just follow these 3 steps:

    1) Leave a comment in the comment section, make sure you use your correct email address when filling out the comment form.

    2) Join my “fan” page on Facebook ~Fly Black Chick & Leave a comment on the page letting me know you want to win.

    3) Send me a tweet @Flyblackchick with a simple “I love shoes!”
    A winner will be picked randomly on Sunday and notified on Monday!

     

     

  • Who Rides A Segway Near A Cliff?

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    You can’t make this shit up. Really.

    Apparently the company’s owner, Jimi Heselden does, and unfortunately met his demise as he fell off a cliff while riding his very own Segway. Not to make light of someone dying but, who the fuck rides a Segway near a fucking cliff???  I can’t count how many times I’ve seen people fall off of these two wheeled gyroscope vehicles, and yes I laughed. The last time I saw someone fall off was during a walk around the Washington Mall and one of these fools zoomed passed my friend and I. We wondered why he was ahead of his pack of Segway tour, but we figured he was just trying to show off. A few seconds later, he hit a bump on the sidewalk and went flying. He laid there for a few seconds and then hopped back up. We laughed after we saw that he was ok.

    Unfortunately for Jimi Heselden, you just can’t hop up once you’ve fallen off a cliff.

    Let this be a lesson to all of those Segway drivers. Stay away from cliffs. Better yet, stay off of Segways, because you look pretty stupid anyways, lazy asses.

  • Takers, Rock The Bells & Lauryn Hill

    My weekend in a nutshell:

    Takers:

    • I only went to see the movie because Idris Elba was in a pair of underwear.
    • The movie was like Tyler Perry’s version of Heat. Chris Brown and T.I. should stick to music.
    • Idris Elba should stick to walking around movies in his underwear, preferably with his British accent.

    Rock The Bells:

    • Women, when you’re attending a concert at an outdoor venue, do yourself a favor and leave the wedge heels, stilettos & platforms at home, when you fall, people will laugh. Never mind, go ahead and wear them comedy relief is always good.
    • Last year I attended RTB and I did notice the drastic changes this year in regards to the access the “press” was allowed. Basically, next to nothing.  Because of the last minute credentials being sent out it left no time to secure interviews with some of the artists and it was a rat race to the front of the press pit to get your two song allotted photo time.
    • Ticket prices: Uh, apparently they’ve never heard of this thing called a recession.

    Lauryn Hill:

    • She’s not the savior returning to save hip-hop. She’s an artist and free to express herself any way she wants. Even if that means she’s singing songs at 10000 RPMS a minute.
    • I’d still rather listen to Lauryn at her  worse than  Nikki Minaj at her best.
    • So what she has 6 kids. Unlike another artist, she doesn’t have 3 kids by 3 different men.