It's spring (officially, unofficially, and groundhogially), and my mind has turned to sandals. This recent shoe dream was inspired no doubt by my trying on of all my sandals and shoes last week. You know that feeling, when you put on your summer shoes, and you can't believe that you are able to walk around with your tootsies thus exposed for half of the year? Seems incredible.
But lo, sandal weather is on its way.
Above you will see three pairs of shoes that I found in my dream at a drastically reduced sale price. Obviously my dreams are being affected by the recession, too. (Everywhere you look, there are sales! Last week in waking life I bought a pair of boots at 76% off. I wonder if/how goods will ever return to their formerly inflated prices. But they will.)
The sandals in the dream were magical and strange. They had a black footbed and very, very, very skinny staps made of elasticated leather. The toe-cover featured tiny bands of coloured plastic as decoration, coloured red, black, green and white. The heel bed also featured these plastic cords (uncomfortable, I thought). Two wooden buttons, very rustic looking, dangled at the ends of long strings that attached to the toe-pin. Unwearable, but fantastic.
Then there were some hideous, white, round-toe flats with brogue detailing at the toe and two strips of metallic silver leather too. Absolutely horrifying--they looked like Sketchers.
Maybe my boyfriend is making an impression on my shoe dreams too, because I don't usually dream about men's shoes. This time, however, I dreamt of these beautifully simple, russet suede boots...they were notable only for their unusual colour and their perfect proportions.
And that is all. Let Spring begin.
