Pedicure Treat

Today I went to have a pedicure treat for myself. I am due for one since my last one was a month ago and my new nails are showing halfway up to my toes. Besides, I'm heading to Arizona for a business trip next week. Toes need to be exposed on a 120f weather. Exposed toes need to be pretty. :-)

My Shoe Fetish

Like most women, shoes are my weakness. And this is not the need to buy shoes on an impulse ala Imelda Marcos and leave it in a box or corner collecting dust.  My affinity for shoes is much related to knowing exactly what I want and need and going through odds and ends to have it.

My process in looking for the shoe I have in mind is very similar to how I look for a boyfriend.  I know exactly how I want my perfect shoe to be -- it has to be cute, looks good, works well with my outfits, works well with my lifestyle, dependable, comfortable, is in it for the long haul, comes in my exact size, comes in the color you like...and did I mention cute? LOL

I go through great pains in finding the pair of shoe I want.  Hang in there with me, because there is a method to this madness.  It could start from a fashion inspiration or a need to align with my existing wardrobe.  Then I would get a picture in my head. 

this was what I had in mind except it didn't have my size :(

Weekend Climb

Summer is a special time in New England.  It's just a 3 months in a year where we don't have to wear jackets.  It's not like in Asia where we have the sun all year long and ignore it's presence.  Around here, it is precious commodity and people tend to bask in it for as long as they can.  They take most vacations and half days off during the summer.

Also, unlike Asia, we don't go to the mall during summer to get air-conditioning (AC) to cool ourselves off.  The idea is to go out and have do something.  Vermont is one of the outdoors-ier type of places mostly because of the beautiful scenery all year long.  Every season is special, and there's no better time to be in Vermont than during the summer.  That's also the time when I don't go out of state unless I'm going to the beach.

After the much revered Friday night dinner, what better way to burn it off than by going hiking.  We've been in Vermont for quite a while but we've never hiked before because mainly of the fear of having to bring a kid.  Now she's a little bigger, so we chose to go up the nearest and easiest place to climb -- Mount Philo.

climbing up the trail