Shoe Trauma!!!

The age old question, comfort or beauty?

Ok so I had a long weekend of walking around all day and my feet got kinda tired by the end of all of it. This got me thinking maybe it is time for some "actual" sneakers instead of the cutesy colored ones I buy. My favorite pair is "Sugar" brand so I am sure that hardly counts as an actual athletic shoe!!! Also I am going to Yosemite next week and a better shoe to hike around in might be smart, and I am going to the gym more so I guess a good shoes would not hurt there either...

So I heard Road Runner Sports has this thing where they "test" your foot and then tell you what shoe is best for your specific foot. Well you have to sign up, then wait around for them to call your name, then they do it and they give you the results (which don't really mean anything to me) and then you wait around AGAIN for someone to help you. Then they help you and they have to have your shoes brought up from the warehouse so then you wait around AGAIN.

So the first pair was soooo cute, it was gray and purple! But it was very uncomfortable.... The second pair was kinda ugly, it was white (I hate white, it gets too dirty) with a bright blue Nike swoop on the side which I also find kinda silly!

I told the guy the Nikes were more comfy but the purple pair was way cuter and he yelled at me that cute doesn't matter and immediately took away the purple ones! He brought me some purple and white ones, not as cute, more comfy but not great and then some brown ones that were ugly and uncomfortable. They also recommended some insoles to mee, and they had them available to try on, but somehow I never got that far....

So it took an hour and I had only tried on 4 pairs of shoes so I decided to go, the Nikes were $92 which is a bit much! Even if they are comfy. I went to Big 5 and tried on some shoes, but they were not any better than my "Sugar" shoes.

So I went back to work very dejected.....then I decided to see if I could find the Nike's anywhere else... I looked online and I can get them for $80 but I kinda want them immediately so I can wear them to Yosemite! Places in town, like Footlocker & Sports Authority all seem to be $90. Then I looked at REI and they have them for $60!!! Suddenly that is a price I can handle (kinda, my normal cutsey shoes are ussually only $20 but I gues quality costs more)! I called and they only have one in my size so I don't know if I should run and buy them now, or if I should go home and get my "sugar" shoes and try out the insoles at Road Runner, but I feel really silly going back....especially since I don't intend to buy anything (I have seen the insoles cheaper at Kaiser of all places, but I can only try them on at Road Runner).

Ahhh, such tough desicions!

Too Hot

What a long hot weekend, this weird part of me is happy to be back to work because my building here has air-conditioning and my house does not. It was over 90 degrees in my house! It gets this hot in August all the time, but never in June!! I mostly feel bad leaving my poor cats their all day! And they have fur! Well it has cooled down a little so hopefully they are doing better!

The UCSD Craft Sale starts today!!!!!

I am very excited because the UCSD Craft Sale starts today! I just set all my stuff up, the best part about that is I get to see everybody else's stuff before it goes on sale!

It is a really fun sale, there is TONS of cool pottery, plus jewelry, handblown glass, paintings, ect... Everything at the sale is handmade! It is a really great way for some of the teachers at the Craft Center to also show off and sell some of what they have been doing. I am also blown away by how good some of the prices are! The pottery starts at $1!!! Can you believe that? And they have everything from $1 - $100 and every price in between. Last year I got a neat handblown glass cup for only $8, I ws so excited! Ans the jewelry is neat too! No 2 artists have similar items, it is nice to see how everyone has a very different style and you can really tell by looking at their work!

Today is the 'preview day' of the sale so the hours are only 2pm-6pm but Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday the hours are 10am-6pm.

The sale is located in the UCSD Craft Center which is part of the Old Student Center complex, here is a map!

Crafts, TV, Karaoke, & City Beat

Well my Craft Mafia has been very very busy!

We have monthly craft shows the first Sunday of every month (that's THIS Sunday)!!! And the TV station Fox 6 asked our founding members, Svea, Penni, and Teresa to come on and promote our craft show! They got a whole 5 minutes to demonstrate how to jazz up some eco-friendly shopping bags! It was awesome!

Our next craft show is this sunday:
Sunday, June 1st, 2008
1 2 Noon to 5 p.m.
@ Filter coffee house
4096 30th St., SD 92104

I am so bummed I cannot be there, I will be getting ready for my UCSD craft show which runs Monday-Thursday on the UCSD campus. But there will be many other neat vendors, check out our website for a list! http://sandiegonorthparkcraftmafia.com/events.html

We were also asked to sponsor a karaoke night at U-31, a neat bar in North Park. So that will be lots of fun, it is Tuesday June 10th, but I will have more details soon!

Also we made it in the City Beat's "Summer Guide" as one of the 6 coolest Summer Shopping Events! (we were number 2, yayy!)

What an exciting 2 weeks it has been!!

Hot Weekend!

Well I had a long hot weekend! I had a garage sale Saturday and no one came because it was SO hot! Then Sunday I was selling at the Escondido Street Faire, but it was 100 degrees!!! I did not sell much, but I met some other crafters and I got very tan!

An Early Weekend is Coming!

Escondido Street Faire is this Sunday!! I am very excited, I think my spot is quite well located! I am on Grand Ave, right in between Escondido and Maple, closer to Maple. I am on the South side of the street. Overall this seems quite centrally located so I am happy! I am ~not~ happy about my set up time, by oh well! My st up time is 6am, which means I should leave my house at 5:30am, which means I should wake up at 4:30am. EEEKKKKKK!!!!!! Too early! Oh the torture I endure for my art!!!! If you are in the area com check me out! The faire is from 9am-5pm in downtown Escondido on Grand Ave. It is the 2nd biggest street faire in the whole state with over 600 booths! Cool, huh?

And Saturday I am having a garage sale at my house, so I have to be up by 6am!! So it is a very early weekend for me!

Becasue low-cut jeans are just not enough revealing!

These are bikini jeans!!!!! That's right, now you can have the comfort of wearing jeans, but the (awesome?) fashion of wearing a bikini. I just simply cannot believe that these exist and I really have nothing further to say on the subject, I am just too horrified!