Want versus Need, Need versus Want


Not sure how many of you are like me but in some basic things I operate on a need basis and not a want basis. Like shoes. I used to be a shoes and bags person until I came to Europe and half sizes are non-existent and everyone has narrow feet.
Now I only have shoes I need. Not a big problem normally but when you are walking on sandals that are comfortable and not subject to the evil cobblestones of London but are also held together by superglue, it's time to do something.
Yesterday I went out to get me some other comfortable shoes and looking around I decided I wanted shoes that I want and shoes that I need. There is a fundamental difference there. One that I will try to explain.
See, shoes you need are sedate shoes. Probably or hopefully not boring but they are not Sarah Jessica Palmer I am hot shoes. They are need-shoes probably in neutral colours brown and black. Maybe you went crazy and you have a grey one in there.
Shoes you want are the complete opposite. These are the shoes you put on and you automatically start walking like you are Miss J on America's Next Top Model. Shoes you want. They are non-sensible, uncomfortable, fuck-me shoes.

Comments

  1. Laura JonesJuly 27, 2010 at 10:39 AM

    i so love your shoes.

    and totally agree with the shoes description. i should try to have more shoes that i really want. bought lilas ballerinas (i know, i maybe should wear more high heels), that cant match with anything. but love them.

    although, i see sometimes women who wear weird shoes but cant barely walk. maybe there some exceptions?

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Celebrity spotter 10, 9,...

Image
I added a new item to the list. Take pictures with 10 celebrities. Celebrity 10: Las t Friday we went to Jamie's new restaurant in Covent Garden. Standing there looking at the menu, I saw Gennaro. I've seen him on Saturday Kitchen before and remembered him because he said he didn't cook with olive oil; he only uses it for salads because it burns faster. Or so I remembered. After a lot of whispering I finally decided to approach him. So I asked him if he was the chef on Saturday Kitchen and if he was the one who doesn't cook with olive oil. He said No! I think that chef should be shot. I'm Italian and all Italians cook with olive oil, he says. He spoke with us for awhile and then moved on. Sitting there waiting for our food is when I added this item to my list. Gennaro is my first. After a very nice meal, we walk out of the restaurant and who do we spot? Louie Spence from Pineapple Dance Studio. Everyone loves him. He is just the most entertaining person to watch. Wo...
Read more

The Life of a Celebrity

I made the papers. Not once ... but twice! Yes y'all, my name and picture are in the newspapers and I didn't even have to commit a crime for it. All I had to do is my job. First article was all about the upcoming Census and our cooperation with the marking bureau. http://www.thedailyherald.com/islands/1-islands-news/10071-department-of-statistics-prepares-for-census-2011.html When I woke up that morning I ddin't realize I was going to be in the picture. I thought it was going to be just my Department Head but no! There I was in my bright pink shirt. Later that week we did the trainings for the Pilot Census and Bam! there I am again. http://www.thedailyherald.com/islands/1-islands-news/10214-statistics-dept-holds-final-training-for-pilot-census.html (Un)fortunately the picture is only in the papers and not on the internet. And just now, I am sitting at my desk waiting for the radio people to interview me. People here like my 'british' accent so should I thi...
Read more

Alone in the Office ...

Sitting alone in the office makes my mind wander. Maybe I have an active imagination, maybe have read too many books, maybe I have watched too much internet entertainment. I'm here working late, got to be ready for the holidays, right? Everyone has already gone home, Christmas shopping or just out having fun. Me? I am here enjoying some Ne-Yo ... One in a miiilllion parapapa. That boy is good. Even my Miss Independent self got to admit that he does make me go ooooohhh haaaaaa. Sitting alone in the office makes my mind wander. I start to think about hunky cleaners coming in after hours or an IT geek working long hours not realizing there is another person in the building. He makes himself comfortable .... really comfortable. See the air-conditioning can get very cold if you have been sitting in it for hours. I can understand that one might turn it off ... and then it gets to be sweltering hot. If you are wearing a suit and tie, you get hot. Really hot. Oh! Don't you know it .....
Read more