Express Yourself!

The routine things in life need not be boring.  Have fun with what you wear. Shoes have become more functional for me as my feet have gotten older then the rest of me, but I own a lot of fun shoes.  I started buying fun shoes in the mid-1980's, then I discovered Colours by Alexander Julian who made the most wonderful patterned and textured socks. I still wear the most outrageous socks.

When we moved to Kentucky in 1995, I had a year to fill before I started law school, after a few days I grew bored with being around the house and took the first job that was offered, selling ladies shoes in a department store.  It was an interesting experience.  I learned to judge a person by the shoes they wear.  Boring shoes = afraid of life, utilitarian shoes = needs comfort, tiger striped patent leather with spikes on the heels = not afraid to express him-self.  It took me several years to get to the point that I could meet someone without immediately looking at their shoes. I was occasionally mistaken for an actuary or statistician. You can tell the difference between in introverted actuary and extroverted actuary.  The extroverted actuary looks down at your shoes when they talk to you.  Either that or the person sold shoes for 9 months 20 years ago and is still trying to recover from the experience. It was a fun job, the most mindless job I have ever had.  The department manager told me one day that if she wanted me to think, she would pay me more (I didn't stay too long after that.)

Have some fun, wear something that reflects your personality.  This summer I have declared Spo-Shirt or Hawaiian shirt Fridays.