Saturday, August 20, 2011

Musing on Shoe Shopping (and feet!)

(Be forewarned, the first portion of this post may be more suited for ladies...gentleman may choose to skip past the extensive flurry of cute shoe photos).

I need an assistant shopper.

Remember these beauties I flipped out over yesterday?


Well, after much begging and pleading, I convinced my grandmother to allocate me $200 for new shoes. Immediately, I rushed the purchase them. But then remembered my trusty gold ballet flats are now sole-less and could really use a replacement. Thus, sending me on a multi-hour internet shoe shopping spree in a desperate attempt to find the perfect pair - ideally two pairs! 

But I simply can't decide what to buy!

I picked out a number of beauties - 

Sold out.

Sold out.

  Sold out! *sob*

While my true dreams tend toward the world's most insane-looking shoes, they are rarely found under $400 dollars and I'd most likely topple to my death when wearing them. Examine:
$400

$600

Good luck even finding these!

Leaving my selection limited to more sensible choices - such as...






(my apologies for the grainy images.)

Speaking of shoes, I'm often asked if I sell shoes. This is a tough call, as I'm very partial to my shoe collection. I get inquires about buying the black pumps features with the pale pink panties, but there's no way I'm getting rid of $350 shoes! I do have a few pairs I'm willing to part with, but they're few and far between. I never know how to respond to these inquiries.
I'm also often asked about socks. So, far I've only offered two pairs of socks for sale. White and pink striped - 

 (these were quite popular)

 ...and red and black striped - 

(these were pretty much ignored)

I do love socks, but like everyone else, they disappear into the forbidden land of the washing machine, where pairs turn into singles. Thus, I have loads of singular socks. And all the sets I have are dark colors! Dark colors, I've learned, are generally unwanted by sock fetishists. I do offer foot-focused photos, however, and they are rather charming, in my opinion:



But fear not, sock fans!

I don't buy any socks during the summer, but end up placing plenty of orders in the fall. And wearing a lot of tights. So expect a sock-filled future!

In the meantime, I've met a lovely lady who specialized is stockings and totally has that leggy, vintage look down pat. May I suggest Love My Feet? (check the links!)

Or, to expedite the process, a kind reader can always jump to the cause and check out Sock Dreams' fine and extensive collection of knee-highs or your friendly blogger, Kammi, to enjoy! I'm partial to anything from the brand "Sock It To Me." Witness:


Gah!

 

Sometimes, you have to let go...


...on panty auctions.

I've been waiting on my pale pink lace panties to pick up some steam on ebanned. I've added online photos. I've thrown in "extras" to the package. And my total looms at a total of $12.00. 

Sayonara!

I decided to abandon them and throw them to the wolves. By that I mean, I've given up hope on them. This happened once before with some cute red and black striped socks - 


  
After much bemoaning and hair-pulling, they ended up going for a mere $10.00. At that point, I'd spent so much time wearing them for various poses - 


...I almost would've rather kept them than accept the entire $3.00 profit; those fees are really high! Luckily, they went to a very nice gentleman who was perfectly pleased and didn't demand a ton of extras, e.g. days of additional wear, elaborate photos I don't want to do -

(quick side note here: I am happy to pose nude. I do full frontal in my auction photos because I have a Flickr account and though they allow nudity, they'll pull it out of the public view at a hint of pubic hair. Want proof?
...I'm just not into full-on spread-leg pussy shots! And if you haven't figured it out yet, I don't shave...anything!)

After that extended parenthetical, I'll return to the subject...the lackluster interest in my pale pink panties - 


 

Which is a real shame.

So, I went ahead and did something drastic...posted the white cotton bikini-print panties I'd been saving up - 


I'd been saving these until the end up summer, as a special surprise. And hoping I could generate interest in something BESIDES cute cotton panties, as I have plenty of classy lingerie, like this red and black thong I've been photographing/talking about for ages - 


But I'm sensing something is a little awry in the land of ebanned...

My bikini-print panties got a bid within the first hour of posting them - "Great," I thought, "back in business!" But nothing today. And I've been noticing the site as a whole seems to be slowing down. I like to follow various sellers, not necessarily to eye out the competition, but just for fun. And even the girls that usually seem to do very well aren't getting the sort of action I've noticed in past weeks. Not to mention, the auctions don't even seem to be viewed as much...by now, I usually have at least 400 views on an auction, and I've barely past 200...not to mention, the email flow has decreased as well.

Something seems fishy...

I hesitated posting the bikini-print panties at all, but I'm still crossing my fingers and trying to pin-point what's off. Is it the start of the school season? The end of summer?

Keep my and my bikini-print panties in your prayers, dear readers!