Posted by squeak on January 11, 2010
I am so tired of snow. I thought my cute little lake house was perfect until the snow started. Over Christmas I was snowed in for almost five days, yes five. At the present time I am still snowed in and the drifts in my driveway are so big and so many that I am at the mercy of someone hauling me to and from work. But thank God, it’s better than being stuck there again. Anyway I have scooped a lot of snow and do not own snow boots. I’m thinking these Clarks Bold Crystal boots would be perfect. They are waterproof and designed to keep feet warm and lightweight. On Sale at Zappos.com, $123.20 (regularly $140).
Posted by kim on October 21, 2009
While in Las Vegas, Squeak and I bowled at the Gold Coast – Squeak is quite the bowler! Me, on the other hand, am not. I don’t think I even broke 100. I always says I can’t be good at everything.
We posed to get a picture of us in our bowling shoes. Even though we both wear a 7.5, the shoes are obviously old and stretched out that we both ended up getting a size 7. I’m glad we remembered to bring socks as I didn’t want to put my bare foot in those well-used shoes, and it was $4 to buy a pair of socks from the vending machine.
I’ve always thought owning a pair of bowling shoes would be cool, so I set out to find some online. They are hard to come by! The only retro style bowling shoes I found were on closeout at BowlingShirt.com, and they didn’t have my size.
I did up finding a pair of bowling shoes that I did like and would wear (on a bowling league, probably not in public) in my favorite color of pink – Dexter Groove Bowling Shoes in Pink/White, available from OnlineShoes.com, $49.95 with Free Shipping. Get in the game with the Dexter Groove bowling shoe. The vintage design elements of this sleek women’s bowling shoe merge with hip modern style to create a fun look. A synthetic upper lends durability, as the classic rubber outsole accompanies you through your game. The raised heel and microfiber S8 slide soles of the Dexter Groove bowling shoe give flash and panache day or night.
P.S. Did you notice our bowling shirts from BowlingShirt.com? They are even in our favorite colors (me=pink, Squeak=red)!
Posted by kim on October 20, 2009
I just got home from BlogWorld in Las Vegas where I was a speaker and spoke about this very shoe blog! When I was in Vegas either this year, I took a tour of Zappos, and have recommended it everyone I know that visits there! And it’s free (and better than most other paying tours available in Sin City).
So when my friend took Squeak and I out to dinner on Friday night at the Wynn, he gave me one of the free books he received on his tour the day prior – Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Sandals, Slippers & More by Linda O’Keeffee (shown above and available at Amazon, $11.16). He thought I’d like it, and he was right!
Afterward hearing him talk about his experience and how the tour was even different (and sounded better) than the tour I took, I thought it’d be even more awesome for Squeak and I to tour it together. I immediately looked up Zappos‘ phone number and called. They don’t do tours on weekends, darn it. But the guy was very nice and suggested we simply email tours@zappos.com when we know the next time we’ll be in town to set up a tour for then. Cool beans, I will!
