Unfortunately I must say that today's pair of shoes is another pair that I do not wear very often, and after wearing them today, I remember why. They are uncomfortable. Ugh. They kind of pinch my toes. The arch is kind of weird. The fact that they are from Target MIGHT be the reason, but I have had a lot of shoes from Target and have been perfectly content with them. So, I am just thinking that it is these particular shoes. Not fun.
What is fun is that as I was leaving to come to work this AM, I remembered when and why I bought these shoes. I totally bought them about 4 years ago to wear to my good friend Joanne (Iskarous) Azer's wedding shower. I wore them with a red dress and I looked so cute....or at least I thought I did! As I have said many times, all shoes have a story to tell. These shoes remind me of an INSANE time of my life---the first 2 of my friends were getting married (Lori&Dave and Joanne&Andrew) and it was CRAZY! They got married 3 weeks apart from one another and everyone was in both weddings...including the brides! We had such a great time planning showers, bachelorette parties, shopping for wedding/bridesmaid dresses, pushing Joanne in a wheelchair through the Ritz-Carlton in Pasadena three days before her wedding (we can't forget the epic "slip down the stairs" that resulted in a fractured foot for the wedding, now can we Jo???) It was just so fun. Little did I know that we would fast forward, 4 years later, and I would have been in NINE other weddings!
1. Joanne&Andrew---July 1, 2007
2. Lori&Dave---July 22, 2007
3. Renee&Pat---February 16, 2008 (they have a baby girl, Bailey)
4. Alex&Steve---April 12, 2008
5. Erica&Craig---September 12, 2009 (expecting Mia on May 16th)
6. Krisi&Michael---January 2, 2010 (they have a baby girl, Ella)
7. Brittany&Isaac---February 6, 2010 (expecting Scarlet on May 16th)
8. Erin&David---July 1, 2010
9. Stephanie&Anthony---October 23, 2010
10. Bianca&Danny---November 7, 2010
11. Summer&Kelly---May 14, 2011
Wow. Insanity. But awesome. It is so cool to add more people to our group of friends. The men that my friends have married are amazing. The babies that we have been blessed with are SPECTACULAR. But, I must admit that I am looking forward to Summer's wedding being the last for a while. I love my friends, but I'm ready to be done being a bridesmaid. These white shoes I wore today signify, to me, the beginning of all of the bridemaid madness. Maybe I will ceremoniously get rid of them and shed my "bridesmaid role"...at least for a while :)
On a sidenote, my work friends threw me an AWESOME Birthday Party today! (see the photos!) My dad made my special birthday cake, the cheerleaders gave me a Keurig Coffee Maker...I felt so loved. Thank you to KAREN, JACKIE, DANIELA, BIANCA, ERIN, RYAN, JUSTYN, ALLAN-TO-THE-T, AND MATT (AND DAD AND MR. HARRIS---MY BOSS EVEN CAME!) IT WAS AMAZING! I am really so blessed to have such wonderful friends. When you enjoy the people you work with, all of the other stresses of work tend to fade away---or at least be minimalized---because people are what make life better, right? I am on Cloud Nine this week. I am SUCH A LUCKY GIRL!
(P.S....I'm throwing away these shoes)
(P.P.S....Happy Birthday Dr.Joanne Medhat-Iskarous Azer! Love you!)
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