My Cup Runneth Over

Saturday, February 13, 2010
So our very first day in Seattle is done, and my cup runneth over.

Nathan is exactly how I'd imagined him, and it tickles me no end that his on-line persona so perfectly matches who he is in real life. He makes me laugh even more in person than he does on-line, and I forgive him his complete inability to get excited over a pair of REALLY AWESOME SHOES.

Tom is an incredibly nice man (in the best sense of that moniker), and was so patient with our girly pursuits of yesterday I've decided he may even be eligible for sainthood: He thought that shoe shopping with us gals was fun.

Tania is just as lovely, funny, smart and AWESOME as I remember. My fellow Trollop from the North!

And of course there's the lovely and generous JERI. I love Jeri. I wish she lived closer, as every time I see her, I miss her when she's gone. That's both good and bad, of course.

And then there's SHOES. The shoe store I couldn't remember the name of is Fluevog Shoes here in Seattle. They make the funkiest, funnest shoes, and for Valentine's Day, my Smart Man bought me not one, but two pair.

Hmm...SHOES.

 

Those are mine there on the left, the blue and white pedestal heels and the black and cream sling-backs. These are the kinds of shoes I'll wear for the next twenty years (and maybe longer) because they're such high quality and so fun. I've already decided I'm wearing the blue ones to my 60th birthday, because I want to and I'm quite sure I'll be ready to say SUCK IT to the whole aging thing by then.

Those are Jeri's on the right. The red ones are Fluevogs, and the black are a pair of professional Danskos from a previous outing. Jeri and I share shoe-love, which makes me happier than it should.

Today we'll be hitting Seattle Center, home of the Science Fiction Museum, the Experience Music Project, and then off to dinner for some more awesome sea food. 

We still miss Michelle and Michael, and wish they were here, though. (sniff.)

3 comments:

kimby said...

More pics! We need to live through the pictures!!
Glad you guys are having a wonderful time..sure wish I was there.
(It will happen, this year..that is the goal!)

Jerry Critter said...

Did you know that Nordstroms started in Seattle as a shoe store? My mother bought me shoes at Nordstroms when I was a kid.

Janiece said...

Jerry, I did not know that, but it's apropos that you should mention it, since we were there yesterday. Tania got two pair and Jeri a pair of boots. I considered my haul from Friday sufficient and begged off.