Ginger vs The Husband - Please Vote!
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Topic: Ginger vs The Husband - Please Vote!
Posted By: ginger
Subject: Ginger vs The Husband - Please Vote!
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 4:21pm
Ginger and The Husband have gone to war  Again!  Hehe.
The husband said I was allowed to buy some winter boots, and I found some fab ones today, except he thinks they're weird. But, he's agreed (kind of) to bow to public opinion if it goes against him, so I'm rallying the troops!!  Clever husband - he's making me run it for a week, just in case it's an impulsive thing and I'll get bored 
Please, please, puh-leeeeeeease go to my blog and vote (for me, obviously! Unless you think I really have gone bonkers of course.)------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
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Posted By: surfergirl
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 4:31pm
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Voted!
Totally the coolest Ginger... I have similar red ones, with rainbow stripe velcro fasteners. I LOVE them, super comf-y and people always comment on them (and how they would never be brave enough to wear them) Go on, buy them NOW - (not that you need the encouragement!) |
Posted By: cuppatea
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 4:31pm
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I'm sorry I voted against you, I really don't like those boots.
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Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 4:40pm
Sorry I voted against you too  I really really tried to find something about them I liked.-------------  
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 4:43pm
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MMmm not my style of boots...lol sorry ------------- |
Posted By: peanut butter
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 4:44pm
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I voted for ya! Not the coolest I have eveer seen but still pretty damn cool!
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Posted By: hooper
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 4:45pm
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sorry i voted against ya. ------------- Desiree 
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Posted By: almostthere
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 4:48pm
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I voted you deserve them :) every one needs an aweosme pair of boots they love! ------------- http://www.fertilityfriend.com/home/2128f6"> 
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Posted By: katie1
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 4:51pm
| LOVE the boots! Hope you win. |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 4:57pm
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Noooooo!!! No no no!!!
You're not allowed to vote against me! Sisterhood! Solidarity!!
Surely the husband can't be RIGHT?
Keep voting!
(and thank you everyone ... maybe I am losing it They just look sooo comfy - and then there's the polka dots!)------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: Kazzle
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 4:58pm
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ummm i voted against, im sorry they are the most hideous boots ive seen for a while, BUT im sure they will look good on you, but i just couldnt vote for them :O) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 5:01pm
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Very tactful Kazzle ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 5:08pm
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Oh, and Freesia? What about the lovely shiney red buttons? ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: EmDee
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 5:12pm
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I voted for you, not THE coolest boots, but still pretty cool and (OMG how old do I sound?) they look really comfy ------------- DS 8 DD 6 DS 4 DD 2 |
Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 5:18pm
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well i voted for the last option...not sure about them really and thank goodness the polka dots are on the inside!!! eek! is all i can say. but i could see you in them ginger... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Aprilfools
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 5:25pm
| I'm against too. Sorry. |
Posted By: Mazzy
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 5:26pm
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I love them! Polka dots sold me, and the buttons. I voted for you! ------------- Mum to two gorgeous girls! |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 5:30pm
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I voted the last option also...while they are not my style they are so totally you!!!!! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 6:08pm
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The husband thinks it's cheating that I had 2 options in my favour because I'm adding them together to beat him
GandT ... you can actually fold the tops down so that the polka dots are on the outside But, since you voted for me, I'll pretend I won't do that if I win and I'm allowed them ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 6:09pm
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I did the last option, coz you did very well not buying them straight away. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: Kellz
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 6:09pm
| last option too! |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 6:41pm
| Hrmmmmm... I like them but do you have stuff to wear with them? Have you tried them on? Are they for work or home? |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 6:52pm
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Oh Nikki you are so practical, stop spoiling the Ginger's fun!
I voted last option coz whilst they aren't THE coolest boots I've ever seen, they're not hideous, AND you showed enormous restraint in not buying them on impulse! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: james
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 6:54pm
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voted for you ginger not my type o boot but if ya love em ya love em ------------- <a href="http://lilypie.com"><img src="http://b4.lilypie.com/nLJ5p13.png" alt="Lilypie 4th Birthday Ticker" border="0" /></a> |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 7:21pm
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They're for casual only Nikki (they're not reeeaallly good legal office shoes! ) and they would go perfectly with jeans for winter, and I have a hoodie which is brown but has red polka dot fabric inside! Hehe!! They'd even go with all my winter jerseys and wil make my super old comfy sloppy jeans look very cool.
(Yes, and justifying flat out!!) ALSO! They're nice'n'wide in case my IVF works and my feet get fat. Hehe. I was too scared to try them on in case I bought them, so I lusted from a distance. Knowing my luck, I'll win the poll (not looking likely at this point - sad!!) and then they won't fit 
Could be wrong though!! But, rules are rules. The husband made me promise, and he's so good, I have to be honourable  ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 7:29pm
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hmmm ok so i havent voted yet....and am not convinced either way til i see them...but does hubby mean that these are THE ONLY winter boots you are allowed to buy? cause that may make a difference...
HECK WTF you need his permission girl???? - i knew i shouldnt have let BSDH take him away from us on our botany night and talk macho man stuff to him....bugger!!! and sorry!
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Posted By: Bombshell
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 7:31pm
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OMG i just saw the boots....seriously ginger are you planning on going farming or something cause unless you are a city slicker has NO need for such ugly boots...
sooooo can i delete cookies on that one and keep voting NO???
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 7:47pm
Agreed, sorry hun, but they are kinda fug... I do like the dots and the buttons tho, but the soles... mmmm each to their own. And WTG with the willpower!!! Good Ginger!! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Bombshell wrote:Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 7:57pm
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I heart them Ginger and voted first option "THERE ARE COOLEST!!!!" ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: shaz
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 8:03pm
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I don't mind them actually.
Not my style at all but who said I had any style anyway. You should see the boots I used to wear in my "Surfie Chick"/ "Cook Street Market" hippie clothes days. They were pretty similar in shape but had big hand painted purple flowers on them. Anyway I voted for you. If you love them and will wear them go for it. ------------- Mum to Natasha Aroha 9/12/1995, Alexandra Makareta Waimarie 22/4/1998 and....Alyssa Frances Hopaea 18/03/2007 
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 8:22pm
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I bet BBS would think they are cool BS I'll place a 'yes' vote on her behalf ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 8:22pm
And, at least it's not another ladle!  ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: kabe
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 8:26pm
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I actually really like them, so you have my vote ------------- http://alterna-tickers.com"> 
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Posted By: Snickerdoodle
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 8:31pm
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While they're not my style, they look SUPER comfy!!
I think you deserve them 
You get my tick! 
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Posted By: newmum
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 9:02pm
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I like them!
I wouldn't wear them myself but think they look comfy and cool
I voted last option (oh and posted a comment saying I like them before I realised there was an actual poll thingie, d'oh) ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: emachan
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 9:08pm
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I chose the non divorce option because although I personally wouldn't buy them for myself, they suit your personality and would definately suit you, but your DH may not want to be seen in public with you and I don't want that!! ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  DD#1 Sept 08 DD#2 Oct 09 |
Posted By: clare00
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 9:13pm
I love them ! I want them! Where are they from????? I have totally voted for you, you have the best taste in shoes
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Posted By: josephnia
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 9:19pm
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After reading the posts first I had the most hideous picture in my head of what these boots would look like and I'm happy to say they weren't nearly as bad as what I'd imagined so i voted the last option -------------  
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Posted By: Shorty
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 9:21pm
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Not half bad. The red domes don't do it for me tho :)
I could see my mum wearing these (I mean that nicely, she is a pretty fab dresser) I took the last option! |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 9:39pm
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Clare00 - Camper ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: Konagirl
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 9:57pm
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Buy them!!!! I have 4 pairs of Camper shoes/boots and love them sooooo much! Comfortable, cute, a little different. Perfect.
I wish I lived or visited Auck more often so I could go to the Camper shop... Sigh.... |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 10:07pm
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OK. I like 'em.
I do have a ratio of money to be spent on work clothes vs money to be spent on home clothes based on proportion of time at each place
I want new boots too. Jealous. |
Posted By: yummymummy
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 10:08pm
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Not what I'd buy but, if you want them, I think you deserve them ------------- http://lilypie.com">  http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 19 February 2008 at 10:09pm
| Actually feck. the more I see them the more I want them for me! ARGH Ginger!! |
Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:18am
| Meh - they are blimmin ugly! lol |
Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 7:34am
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Sorry not my kind of thing... but if they are what you like by all means go for it. ------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 8:11am
 Sorry Nikki! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: Freesia
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 8:16am
Oh, I LOVE the shiney red buttons ... just not on these boots -------------
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 8:33am
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Fresia!! That's just being close-minded!!
I forgot to say Nikki that I'm a bit the same re the work vs home wardrobe. I work more or less full time, 5 days a week, so I have lots of worky clothes and a basic shell of weekend clothes eg. I have 2 pairs of shorts (there are 2 days in the weekend, 1 for each day! This only falls down in xmas holidays where I have to wash them a LOT) buuuuuttt, althoguh I know I'm being a complete fool, I'm thinking to when I may be home next year, with a mini-me, and I'm putting a few things away. IVF is next month. I know I'd never in a million years be able to afford stuff on our single wage (yay for the mortgage just going up $500 a MONTH!! ), so I've made a list of sorts and been tucking things aside. Just basics. There was a pair of jeans a few months ago, a pair of sneakers on sale about a month ago, a new pair of sunglasses at Christmas. I want to get a nice winter jersey or 2 (or 10, but you know, 2's good!). That sort of thing. Al has bought me a new handbag for my birthday. I got a gorgeous 'weekend' top/floaty shirty thing yesterday on sale - $270 down to $30!! That'll be fab next summer!
So, obviously, the husband and I are taking the boot thing seriously because these may be boots that go a lot of places with me for the next few years! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 8:34am
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And, I know it's silly, but it's keeping my mind occupied. I even did a wardrobe inventory the other day when I was pacing the carpet threadbare as realisation that the IVF cycle may only be 2 weeks away from starting kicked in ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 8:35am
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There is no way I'd let them anywhere near my wardrobe but I love shoes so much that I generally never walk out of a shoe store without two pairs (last time to please DH I bought one pair and layby'd the other so technically I only walked out with one pair) so for your amazing self restraint I think you totally deserve them.
I voted the last option GOOD LUCK------------- http://lilypie.com">   http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 9:05am
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I love them. Are they Campers? ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: Redbedrock
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 9:06am
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OOOps just read back and answered my own questions, really should start reading the whole thread before I ask silly questions ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com">
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 9:22am
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Redbedrock! Honestly, I'm amazed that I'd never come across the brand before they opened their Newmarket store. Apparently they're fabulous and last forever! A friend of mine was telling me that her black Camper boots have done her 5 winters, wearing them all the time!
That suits me down to the ground because although I loooove new clothes, I hate buying new shoes. Adored shoes should last forever! You can never ever find the same thing again either once they wear out ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 9:32am
And that's why you should always buy two pairs you adore because then you can alternate and they last longer. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 9:39am
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I'm worried about my doc boots wearing out. I love them with all my heart but they are looking a bit scuffed because of constant wear.
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Posted By: Bel
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 10:07am
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WEll I had great pictures in my mind of what these hideous boots could be like... and they were OK!! I voted that you deserved them! They are pretty cool really... ------------- Mum to two beautiful kids
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Posted By: MummyFreckle
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 10:30am
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I am so angry at myself for not buying my dream Camper shoes when we were working in London, they were so much cheaper over there! I just LOVE them. These boots are super cute too! I desperately need some practical winter boots, but can never find any that will fit over my calves!
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Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 10:32am
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I think they're pretty funky- not something I would wear but I can see the appeal I voted the last option! Its looking good for you ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3 
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Posted By: miss
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 10:40am
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If you love them then you should have them. I never find shoes I love, if I did I would buy them no matter what! Imagine if when choosing your DH you were told by people that he wasn't the best looking DH and you shouldn't have them. You would have chosen him because you loved him, not because he went well with your clothes!
And OMG, I am so out of the loop about your IVF, I will have everything crossed for you! -------------  
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 10:46am
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Ooooohhhh ... I like that argument miss! My parents were against me marrying the husband initially so I can remind him of that and say that I married him no matter what and that's turned out ok! (Hehe. Well, he might not think so in the midst of this boot business!)
I usually end up buying shoes I like, and trying to get them on sale as much as humanly possible. I even try to wait until last-gasp sales (I love how some boutique shoe stores get right down to about $20 towards the end!!). But, if I go head over heels, all bets are off. You can't believe the IVF thing? I can't believe Lily is over 7 months old!!!!!!!!!! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 20 February 2008 at 10:46am
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Ooooh! 4 pages! Wicked! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 8:53am
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Ok. The verdict is in. Almost. I think the poll runs out at the end of today ...
BUT! Regardless of the result, after all that, I've decided to be really good and not buy them. I love them, but a winter coat would probably be a better buy, adn even if I bought another pair of sneakers, they're not going to cost what the boots do so it'll help the budget along. I think the husband is expecting me to run out today and get them, so he'll be surprised when I come home empty-handed. Unless I find a coat of course! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 10:07am
| You aren't going to buy them?!?!? Why why why?!? |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 10:08am
| I mean, I know you gave reasons, but they just don't stack up for me. |
Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 10:21am
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They're $440 Nikki.
It gives one pause
How else could I better spend $440? Plus, everyone falls off their chair at the price so I feel really embarrassed! As I probably *should* feel.------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: Jennz
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 10:26am
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lol ------------- Jen, Charlotte 7 & Kate 3
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 10:36am
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You see! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 12:09pm
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Good on you, Ginger. It's a real sign of grown upness when you just can't quite justify spending that amount of money on something - usally shoes, in my experience, as a fellow lover of expensive (and non practical) shoes... You do however, deserve to buy something! ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 1:39pm
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Oh wow Ginger, I am so impressed!! You're getting all practical on us now ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 1:46pm
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OK Ginger. You're too good!!
I don't want to put a spanner in the works of your grown-upness but just wanted to let you know I bought my $400, black leather, knee-high, rouched ankle, high heel boots (I love them) before getting pregnant with Michaela and I am so glad I did because I can't imagine spending that much money on myself ever again now that my expensive little darling is in the picture. I am ultra impressed that you are being so practical! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 2:03pm
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Don't worry ... there'll probably be a winter coat to make up for it! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 2:06pm
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Good girl. Did anyone see the red one Katie Holmes was wearing in this weeks issues of Stars (in the sunday news). I loved it!! Now I just have to find one. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 2:45pm
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I'm head over heels in love with the yellow jacket Jane is wearing on Men in Trees at the moment. I WANT IT! ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: The_Stuarts
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 2:53pm
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Oh, I wish I could wear yellow. It's so pretty but makes me look jaundiced. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> http://lilypie.com">
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 3:00pm
I KNOW!!! I saw it and drooooooled aplenty. P.S. $440 is a VERY good reason to not buy boots. |
Posted By: nictoddie
Date Posted: 25 February 2008 at 3:14pm
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Well a bit late but I did vote cos I think they are pretty cool, but I would never be able to spend that much on a pair of shoes and I llluuuuuuuurrrrvvvveeee shoes hehe!! ------------- 
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