tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post932971480377406926..comments2023-05-22T07:26:41.841-07:00Comments on Doing the Compossible: If The Shoe FitsE.G.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04739450222683170149noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-68464496552568785222008-06-29T23:29:00.000-07:002008-06-29T23:29:00.000-07:00Mary - I honestly did wonder if I'd broken some ki...Mary - I honestly did wonder if I'd broken some kind of record, let alone stereotype. Of course now I find myself having purchased 3 pairs of shoes in the very short time we've been here, 2 of which I'll never wear (too high! too glam!) and the remaining makes me some kind of social misfit.<BR/><BR/>Anon - loving the neo-bogan expression. I am on the look-out for Veronicas.<BR/><BR/>Poppy - our E.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04739450222683170149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-86867849040910634692008-06-26T05:56:00.000-07:002008-06-26T05:56:00.000-07:00"Am I the only woman in history to have been frog-..."Am I the only woman in history to have been frog-marched to the shoe shop by their partner?"<BR/><BR/>- no!!! well, sort of no. My husband does the same with me and clothes shops. In fact, i totally relate to all of this (except for footwear, substitute body wear. I mean, it includes footwear, but when the rest is so far adrift, you stop worrying about the end-y bits so much.)<BR/><BR/>(i love Poppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01161406051315774253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-32207745449701404992008-06-26T03:55:00.000-07:002008-06-26T03:55:00.000-07:00The veronicas (the teenage girls so described, not...The veronicas (the teenage girls so described, not the band) are a bit neo-bogan in my little town. The sort who wear hipster jeans, thongs and T-shirts in the middle of winter (perhaps not as sensible as the ugg-shod), some of them have mullets, all of them huddle over their mobile phones. <BR/><BR/>But I'm not specially grumpy about them; they're just another tribe.<BR/><BR/>PS: thong = Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-66181713057873786612008-06-26T03:43:00.000-07:002008-06-26T03:43:00.000-07:00Your husband actually pushed you to purchase shoes...Your husband actually pushed you to purchase shoes? Send that off to Guinness World Records now! I've only got about seven pairs, but to hear my husband you'd think I was Imelda Marcus.Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-82864288698057746022008-06-26T00:18:00.000-07:002008-06-26T00:18:00.000-07:00Hmm, why so grumpy about the Veronicas? I'm findin...Hmm, why so grumpy about the Veronicas? I'm finding this all very interesting. But you may well have better things to do than educate a Pom :)E.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04739450222683170149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-70876903790312566782008-06-25T21:52:00.000-07:002008-06-25T21:52:00.000-07:00A lot of the teenage/early twenties girls in my to...A lot of the teenage/early twenties girls in my town seem to be imitating the look of The Veronicas (yes, the band). That's for the brunettes. The blondes seem to be little Paris Hiltons.<BR/><BR/>In my grumpy way, I tend to refer to them all as Veronicas. Lotsa make-up and flat hair and sullen looks. Y'know: teenagers.<BR/><BR/>Your uggies can, apparently, be fashion items. I've seen little ads Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-53969950811021240262008-06-25T02:53:00.000-07:002008-06-25T02:53:00.000-07:00"all the little Veronicas" - please, please expand..."all the little Veronicas" - please, please expand! Aren't The Veronicas a band? They look like a band I am way too old for. <BR/><BR/>Although I'm hearing it loud that Uggs outside = a no-no here, I feel loathe to keep them as thoroughbred slippers - I would never spend that much on slippers!E.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04739450222683170149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-59506905027491268922008-06-24T21:29:00.000-07:002008-06-24T21:29:00.000-07:00Uggies were big in the 70s and beyond - surfies an...Uggies were big in the 70s and beyond - surfies and bogans, mainly, but these days all the little Veronicas seem to be wearing them in the streets. At our place, there's a strict rule: Uggies are OK but NEVER outside. Not even to the mailbox. There are some lines we will not cross.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-90735885816230569262008-06-23T03:31:00.000-07:002008-06-23T03:31:00.000-07:00Gondal-Girl, I am in fact a closet heavy metal fan...Gondal-Girl, I am in fact a closet heavy metal fan so it's all starting to make sense...as for bogan - does this mean I'm the Aussie equivalent of a chav? Well that's different at least :)<BR/><BR/>Nik, that's exactly what I was scared would happen! And Irene, I almost took the sensible road but in the end I wore the wedges, drank my weight in champagne and found that the booze somehow enabled meE.G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04739450222683170149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-87979645001444436452008-06-22T05:09:00.000-07:002008-06-22T05:09:00.000-07:00i keep thinking, bbq is in the garden - HEELS! jus...i keep thinking, bbq is in the garden - HEELS! just say NO to the wedges and wear ugg! xslippingthroughtheworldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06131941977247826324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-53559815903647114652008-06-20T10:40:00.000-07:002008-06-20T10:40:00.000-07:00After seeing this, I think sensible shoes are defi...After seeing this, I think sensible shoes are definitely advisable:<BR/><BR/>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sVfcI7utOc<BR/><BR/>NikNik Perringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07426321804560400335noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6155313218057815442.post-301532714192358592008-06-20T05:54:00.000-07:002008-06-20T05:54:00.000-07:00Hi - I was born in the early 70's and yes I do rem...Hi - I was born in the early 70's and yes I do remember ugg boots, but maybe they were more of an '80's 'bogan' thing - I remember all the heavy metal types wearing them with their ripped jeans and black hellish t-shirts and greasy hair...<BR/><BR/>Remember those cork wedges, used to attempt to wear my mums.<BR/><BR/>Goodluck with the party and Melbourne - brrrrrAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com