27 Apr 2009

Birthday Treat for me!


It's my birthday today and while things remained pretty uneventful, I decided to treat myself to some new shoes. Well, I actually really needed them for a civil wedding I'm going to attend this Friday. I'm going to wear these with white linen summery slacks and a nice blouse I bought from H&M a while ago and have hardly worn.

The elaborate Church wedding ceremony isn't until July and I still need to buy something to wear for that. I am dreading it, quite frankly. I went to a bridal shop a few days ago to look at dresses - my god that shit was RAW I tell you! Just awful. I'll have to try regular clothing stores to find a nice dress I think. I hate shopping when you actually need to find something specific, blech!

These shoes are black suede on the outside, and lavender colored leather on the inside. It's amazing for me to find fashionable shoes in my size, and in leather too. You try going into a trendy shoe store and ask for a size 11 or 12! (Size 41-42 Europe) Damn it shoe store, carry my size!!!! That's the downside of being tall (I'm 177cm) - having large feet and finding fashionable shoes that fit.


Please ignore the orange nailpolish, which is China Glaze Orange Marmalade by the way. I'm honestly not feeling it...

55 comments:

  1. Jennifer7:42 pm

    Nice! Where did you get them from?

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  2. aww.. very cute! happy bday julia.. hope your bf have something special planned for you today =)

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  3. Happy birthday Julia!!

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  4. Happy B-day! Gorgeous shoes1

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  5. I am 20 cm shorter than you :) Lovely shoes, lovely pedicure, happy birthday. I hope you have a lovely evening tonight and nice things to eat xx

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  6. I am 20 cm shorter than you :) Lovely shoes, lovely pedicure, happy birthday. I hope you have a lovely evening tonight and nice things to eat xx

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  7. I feel your pain! I'm about 180cm tall (with uk size 9 feet) and I hateee finding good shoes!
    Pretty shoes, though. And Happy Birthday!

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  8. Those are really cute, and your feet look small in these photos.

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  9. MariellaFromBe8:27 pm

    Happy birthday!
    I have the same kind of shoe problems with my 1m75 but well, these are pretty!

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  10. Happy Birthday!! I love your new shoes :D

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  11. i definetly feel your pain....i wear size 11 too i'm 5'9. IT's NOT EASY to find fashionable shoes in that size at alll :( bah humbug! oh and happy birthdayyy

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  12. Those shoes look amazing!

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  13. Happy Birthday!♥

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  14. Happy Birthday, Julia!

    The shoes are gorgeous. I love wedges...

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  15. Happy Birthday, Julia! Hope you'll get lots of nice presents and have loads of delicious food to treat yourself! xxx

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  16. Anonymous9:03 pm

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Geburtstag Julia! Ich hoffe, Du hattest einen schönen Tag und hast ordentlich gefeiert!

    LG, Karin

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  17. Aww
    what a cute pair!
    well I wish I could be 5 cm less in height....I could wear that ! :(

    Anyway
    I hope you will look awesome in the wedding!

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  18. Lauren9:25 pm

    Happy Birthday Julia!

    The shoes look great :)

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  19. Happy Birthday! :D

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  20. Happy Birthday! :D
    Your shoes are adorable.

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  21. Happy birthday! Hope you'll be blesses with many, many more!

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  22. Happy birthday!! :)

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  23. Happy birthday Julia and nice shoes! :)

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  24. Parabéns, Julia!!
    Que coisas ainda melhores abrilhantem seu dia e que continue colhendo lindas rosas pelo jardim de sua jornada.
    Sucesso sempre é o que te desejo!

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  25. Happy Birthday!
    Luv those shoes (:

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  26. Happy Birthday!!! Feliz Cumpleanos!!!

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  27. Happy birthday, I wish you all the best, and may all your wishes come true! And in my opinion, having a bigger foot is the issue I would definitely bare with if I could just have your height :)))). So enjoy your new shoes and your awesome height, which is, in my opinion, perfect (not extremely tall, but not short either)!

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  28. Anonymous11:02 pm

    FELIZ CUMPLEANOS, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

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  29. Happy Birthday! Hope you have an amazing day! :)
    Those shoes are so cute! Love them!

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  30. Tiffany12:25 am

    Happy Birthday!! Those shoes are adorable. I work in a shoe store and honestly more people wear that size than you think...yet companies only send one 11 or 12 at a time. Hopefully some day they'll get with the program. Hope you have a wonderful day!

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  31. Happy Birthday :D !!

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  32. Happy Birthday and many more!

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  33. Happy birthday Julia :) I love the shoes. I'm also tall but I always wear heels, they make me feel so glam!

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  34. i guess i got lucky im about 178 and i have size US 8.5-9
    enjoy ur lovely shoe :)

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  35. Happy Birthday, Julia! Those shoes look great on ya! Have a great Birthday :D

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  36. Happy birthday!!

    You are TALL! I thought I was tall at 5'10" (154cm). I have the same problem with shoes though. I have to stalk shoe stores and get there on their stocking day so all the size 10-11-12s don't disappear.

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  37. Happy Birthday!!! :) Nice shoes!

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  38. Anonymous3:59 am

    Happy Birthday Julia! Your my favorite YouTube Makeup Guru! Hope you have a WONDERFUL day dear (-;
    Kim

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  39. Happy Birthday!! Those shoes are really cute!!!

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  40. Anonymous6:43 am

    I totally feel your pain... but I'm the opposite.. I have abnormally tiny feet :( size 3 in kids, if that's any consolation to you hehehe! Hope you had a wonderful Birthday :)

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  41. Happy Birthday!!!! Today's my bro's bday too!!! LOL. I hope you had a great day!!!

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  42. HAPPY BIRTHDAY, julia! ;)
    i totally understand you, with the shoes btw. i have a 11 too. i hate shopping for shoes. but sometimes i get lucky. the other day i found really awesome shoes at goertz 17. some shoes they have in large seizes. try it!
    about the dress: i went to a wedding last year and went crazy over the dress... u should look in several onlineshop. they normally have a good assortment.(eg. frontlineshop, conley's or fashion4eva) good luck with that!

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  43. Anonymous8:53 am

    Happy Birthday!
    Those shoes are hot! I have big feet, too. I understand how frustrating it can be to find cute shoes.

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  44. Anonymous10:28 am

    I was born on the 27th,too :)

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  45. Anonymous10:33 am

    happy bday! those shoes are just adorable!! i love them!

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  46. Happy birthday Julia! I love your shoes! very pretty :)

    by the way, I know how that feels..shopping when you need something..it is so hard to find clothes and shoes that's great when you are in a rush hehe good luck on your shopping! :)

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  47. Happy birthday!!

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  48. Anonymous5:32 pm

    Happy belated birthday! I'm 1.68m and people say I'm tall! You put my "tall-ness" to shame! lol

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  49. Happy Bday! Cute shoes! I'm actually at the other side of the spectrum. I'm 4'10 with a size 6w shoe. It's extremely hard to find shoes that don't look like they belong to a bady doll, or belong to someone who feet are narrow as toothpicks. And God forbid those itty bitty granny smanny nurse looking shoes!!!

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  50. cute shoes!! and Happy Birthday!!! Hope you had a great day!! :)

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  51. Can you please post wear you bought these shoes from? I love them!!!

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  52. Anonymous12:51 pm

    Herzlichen Glückwunsch nachträglich, liebe Julia ! Ich habe die gleiche Schuhgröße wie du ( 42 ) die Schuhe sehen zuaberhaft aus. Woher hast du sie ?

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  53. Anonymous6:33 am

    cute wedge heels!

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  54. Hon! you don't know HOW I understand you! I'm 175 cm tall and my size is also 41-42 damm! here in Spain is really hard to find beautiful shoes that fit me.... :(

    I love your shoes!!!

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