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March 15, 2006 5:16 PM- romance, intrigue & ghosts
First, for those of you following along with Lovefest 2006, a card was received that expressed both thanks for a wild party (notwithstanding the ass-biting which was not appreciated) and interest in a dinner date. Woot.
One small hiccup in all of this, only this morning I received a series of phone calls from B* who was also interested in contacting the doctor. I assumed she had already discussed this with Tara so I passed along his contact info.
What?s that they say about ASS. U. ME.?
That?s right. Tara called me this afternoon (what? You think I come here to work?) to discuss our upcoming trip to NYC when lo and behold! She was quite shocked to learn of B?s morning adventures seeing as B would?ve had to go through Tara?s phonebooks to get my numbers.
And? Tara is away to Tahoe for a week and B has the place to herself. Wonder if I should call B and recommend some DVDs? Hmm.
Anyway?enough with all that?I sat down to ask you something. You know how if you get an organ transplant you get spirit energy from the person whose body had the part to start with? Shut up, it?s true. Anyway, here?s my question: do you think it?s also true for shoes?
On Saturday I went to one of my favorite haunts on Newbury Street: Second-Time Around. (If you think that I?m embarrassed that I regularly shop at a consignment store, you would be so wrong. I love this place because you can get such great stuff at ridiculous prices. Example A: as I type, on my feet are a pair of black Prada shoes that were made for my feet and mine alone AND were marked down to the ridiculous price of $30. They are beautiful. They are mine. They are like new.
Or, sort of. That?s to say they LOOK brand new?but I?ve been wearing them all week and I?ve started having flashes of walking down city sidewalks (when I pass through cubieville here at work) and sometimes I find my feet going pigeon-toed (which is not one of my failings). In short, there?s a spirit in my shoes. There?s life and memory in them.
What do you think? Would this be a good way to get my boyfriend to notice me?
*B is a friend of Tara's and is staying at Tara's for a couple of weeks while she relocates from London to Boston
got 2 cents?
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lizardek says:
Ha! I was right! I KNEW that new banner meant post coming soon and I clicked back a few minutes later and there you were! I just missed you :) And shoes totally have spirits. As do body parts. woooooooo oooooo! *spooky singing noises*
posted on: March 15
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Erica says:
I don't know about shoe spirits, but I know that shoe shopping makes me cranky. Perhaps the shoes sense that I do not treasure them as others will and try to scare me off. Still, as long as your flashbacks aren't of the "I was wearing these when offed by a serial killer" variety, you're probably good to go.
posted on: March 15
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Coquette says:
Ohmigod M Night Shyamalan is ALL over nice shoes from what I hear.
posted on: March 15
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Coquette says:
especially the haunted Pradas. Those are his favorite.
posted on: March 15
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bp says:
oh Coquette! " The Haunted Pradas" -- is this not going to be his next movie?!
posted on: March 15
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ozma says:
OK, I didn't know that about the spirit energy. You mean our spirits can divide? Are they in our hair, too? Or just organs? So we have infinitely divisible spirits or does our soul walk around without the donated organ?
So complex this spirit energy thing. I'm new to this concept.
But not at all about the used clothing thing. Answer is yes, TOTALLY.
Now I need to find someone with size 9 feet who is organized and sane and balances her checkbook and I'm all set.
posted on: March 15
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Milly says:
I love Newbury Street and miss my New England home. Enjoy the magic shoes.
posted on: March 15
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Heather says:
OK, not much in way of comments - I think I'm too zoned, but I wanted to say thanks for stopping by and I LOVE the new banner - lilacs or wisteria? Either way, they're so uplifting.
posted on: March 15
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steph says:
You've got an accomplice here, when it comes to thrift store love. But the one aisle I don't walk down is the shoe aisle. While I'm not a particularly supersticious person, I do belive that you wear a little something "extra" when you put on another's shoes, unless the shoes are given as hand-me-downs from a friend or relative (both of whom you get along with).
But MAN, I still would have snagged myself a $30b pair of Pradas. Screw supersticion! A deal's a deal! Enjoy!
posted on: March 15
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Lynn says:
I used to buy shoes at a consignment shop, but they were never haunted. Perhaps shoe ghosties didn?t want to be anywhere near my silly feet with their ridiculously long toes.
posted on: March 16
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tinker says:
Have you tried clicking your heels 3 times to see what they might do? I wouldn't doubt that shoes might be haunted - I've known some haunted furniture before & shoes are way more personal than sideboards!
I can't wait for Shyamalan's "Lady in the Water" film...If you snag him with the shoes, can you get us tickets to the premiere?
posted on: March 16
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Lil says:
Haunted shoes? Now there's a thought. Just hope it isn't an evil spirit... ;-)
posted on: March 16
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wee says:
i awoke scant minutes ago from the most luxurious incredible OMG velvet dream in which Johnny Depp was my Lover. The reason I just had to tell you? Our secret meeting place was the roof of Soliden (and also on a dock in the Muskokas and somewhere elsewhere location I'm pretty sure was England which i realize is a bit of a hike from Soliden, but did you know that when you are secretly smooching on Johnny Depp, you can transport yourself MAGICALLY anywhere on the globe? Yup it's true. I'm not sure if that also applies to M. Night but you should try to find out.) Just so you know, we might have knocked a couple shingles loose.
posted on: March 16
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bp says:
I THOUGHT I heard something going on the roof this morning---
posted on: March 16
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la vie en rose says:
i think you might be on to something here!
posted on: March 16
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bad penguin says:
I was just reading Harper's this morning while I waited around to get my blood drawn, and I thought, now here's a magazine full of stuff I would either never wear or could never afford. There was this one pair of Lanvin shoes I absolutely fell in love with, but really, really, way too much $. Now I know the secret! Consignment stores! I would put up with a little haunting for those shoes.
Love the new banner!
posted on: March 16
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love squalor says:
my only evidence for second hand apparel ghosts is that episode of dharma and greg where greg finds an old hat and becomes possessed by its previous owner. . . i think it went something like that. so be careful.
posted on: March 16
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Andrea says:
This post (and the comments on it) are hilarious! Too bad about the lovefest disaster, though. Will there be a fight over the doctor? Sounds almost soap-opera-ish. Personally, I think I'm rooting for Tara.
posted on: March 16
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Jecca says:
Love the new banner and adore the haunted Pradas! Wait . . . didn't I see you in that Amex commercial??
posted on: March 16
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stephanie says:
I'd totally go consignment shopping with you, ANY. DAY. Anyone who looks down on us bargain hounds is a fool in very expensive shoes.
posted on: March 16
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Joy says:
I love Second Time Around, too, but I only go there after going to Garment District first. (That tells you I tend to not dress up too much.) Now I'm thinking that maybe I'm carrying bad relationship mojo from discarded and unwanted clothes! I need a shopping trip at a regular new clothes store to fix my relationship life!
posted on: March 16
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saltwater princess says:
Prada at any price is still prada right? I hope those shoes bring tons of dancing to your life. As for the doctor tug-of-war, please post the goings-on of the single and fancy free!
posted on: March 16
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violetismycolor says:
This is an interesting question. Maybe you are doing 'remote viewing', where you see through someone's eyes far away...kind of like channeling them. Honest to God, this has happened to me a couple of times. (and I am NOT crazy)...Once was a friend in Venice, another time was when I was thinking of a friend in Rochester, NY and I imagined him in this coffee shop...later I saw a picture of the coffee shop that I 'imagined' in the someone's blog and found out that said coffee shop was about 2 blocks from the friend-I-was-thinking-of's house, and the third time was with my son, Adam)...and it really is sort of freaky...
posted on: March 16
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pomme says:
Thank you for the Lovefest upate, although I'm bummed about B (breaking at least a couple of cardinal rules of friendship there for sure) ... Haunted Prada shoes? ha ha!
posted on: March 16
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