Sunday afternoon I went shopping with a friend of mine and her daughter. Her daughter had recently had a birthday, making the grand entrance into teenage-dom, and we went out to celebrate. We made a stop at Sephora for some hot new looks, then went stopped for chocolate, and then my friend showed me something that changed my life. Apparently, and I did not know this, at one of our local department stores there is an entire room for on sale shoes. It's bigger than my living room. Walking into it was kind of like this:
I tried on more shoes than I think I ever have in my life. In the end, I settled on these:
Figure 1:Bandolino Women's Serece Pump. $74.95 at ShoeMall, but $18.00 in the lovely shoe room.
But now, reflecting on my purchase, I am left with a quandary. You see, I bought these shoes thinking they'd be adorable with jeans, a black top, and my camel-colored coat. I'm wondering though if sporting them around announces my grand entrance into cougar-hood.
[Sorry about the autoplaying video. My bad dudes.}
My friend assures me that they are not cougar-y, but I'm not so sure how I feel about that....
Comments
Those shoes are so hot that my monitor is emitting wisps of smoke. I do not think shoes alone can make a cougar, though, Dr. Isis. I think you have to feel like one, be on the prowl to be one.
Posted by: Lauren | November 10, 2009 11:46 AM
As your faithful servant, I'm obliged to tell you when shoes are hot, not hot or a hot shitty mess. These, my dear, are hot. Wear them as you mentioned above or with a LBD. As long as you refrain from injecting collagen (or other products) into your lips, you'll never be a Cougar.
Posted by: JPowers155 | November 10, 2009 1:16 PM
Unless you are using these hot shoes to chase after younger men, then I think you are safe. AND you're pairing them with a "sensible" outfit? No need to worry! Nice buy.
Posted by: x-ine | November 10, 2009 1:33 PM
Not to worry Dr. Isis! You are so not old enough to be a cougar. Cougars do not have 3 year old children! Those shoes are hot. And, I think that they would look great with a black pencil skirt. Go!
Posted by: Sxydocma1 | November 10, 2009 2:25 PM
So here's to you, Mrs. Robinson...
I am of an age to be a cougar (I am in the prime of cougardom, according to the narrator), and many of my wardrobe items could be found on cougars. However, I am not chasing cubs... I am married to someone my own age.
Of course, I feel a lot worse about my body after that video. I guess if I wanted to, I could buy some procedures. But I would rather have shoes.
Posted by: Pascale | November 10, 2009 3:04 PM
No more crappy auto-starting ireport videos that let my whole lab know I'm not working, thanks. If I wanted loud obnoxious sounds to start up automatically when I went to a web page, I'd hang out on myspace.
Posted by: Jim Bob Cooter | November 10, 2009 6:21 PM
Clothing can't cause cougar-hood. Clothing might make you look cougarish, but all that means is staying hot your whole life. Go with it!
Posted by: Twewi | November 10, 2009 7:21 PM
I like those shoes, and I'm pretty hard to please. This doesn't mean I'd ever wear them (let's talk multiple foot ankle injuries from childhood...)
And you might also want to consider that I'm beyond cougar age myself. I don't know whether it's fortunate or unfortunate that I didn't find out about cougars in time to be one.
So... I can't decide whether you would want to trust my judgment because I was born with intrinsic good taste, or if you should trust it because I'm a curmudgeonly old lady that sees the value of being outrageously hot no matter age or circumstance.
Either way, these shoes are good. These shoes are not:
http://www.shoewawa.com/2009/10/not-so-casual_f_7.html
Posted by: Donna B. | November 10, 2009 7:21 PM
Hey! Why is everyone so down on cougars? I am not yet of an age to be a cougar (how old is that anyway?) but when I get there, what's wrong with being a cougar? When men chase younger women they are 'dirty old men' but when women chase younger men they are sleek, elegant creatures.
Posted by: Sara | November 12, 2009 3:06 AM
I love your shoe posts, Isis. If those hot shoes make you a cougar, then this 25-year-old must be a cougar too, because I love them.
The shoe theme in general reminds me of an awesome professor I had in college. When I took her class, the final exam had an extra credit question that read: "How many different pairs of shoes did Dr. [Awesome] wear to class this semester?" The correct answer was around 40 -- a different pair for every single day of class. Something to aspire to!
Posted by: Laura | November 12, 2009 3:19 PM
Strictly speaking, a cougar prefers younger partners; you have a son so that would make you a MILTDHSWATF (Mom I'd Like To Do Hot Science With And Then...).
Posted by: Brian X | November 13, 2009 7:56 PM