Shoestringin' my way

It was twelve o' clock and Cinderella had to leave. The clock was striking, the carriage was waiting and Mr. Right was just a few few "footsteps" behind. Miss goody-two-shoes Cinderella had no choice. Before the carriage turned into pumpkins and the stallions into mice - she had raced her way away from the palace. Alas, she left her glass slipper!!

When Carrie (Sex & The City) realised she had no savings, she traced back to where she had spent all her money. The answer was glaring at her. She was standing in front of two big cupboards with the loveliest shoes I have ever seen. That is what Carrie did. When she wanted to take her mind off something, she bought flip-flops. When she wanted to put her mind to something, she bought dress shoes. When she wanted to watch the new recital, she bought ballet flats. When she wanted to go dancing, she bought strappy sandals. And when she was simply out of her mind, she bought really expensive boots. It's amazing how many shoe brands Sarah Jessica Parker could have been ambassador too. Alas, we could only drool for the half/hour that the show lasted.

So, today, I watched In Her Shoes. & if you bother looking online for reviews to this movie, you'll find a hundred and one. Though the number would fall a little short of the shoes that appear in the course of the film. When Cameron Diaz opens the cupboard to her sister's shoes, you want to dive right into the screen & take those home. They're beautiful, they're coloured, they're different, they're classy, they're divine, they're SHOES.

From Cinderella's fairy tale to the sitcom, from reel life to real life, we're waiting for the other shoe to drop. Here's my own little theory: Clothes we outgrow of, make-up will die, but if you care for your shoes the right way, they'll be yours forever. :)

After all, Cinderella did find her man only on stepping into the right shoe. & Carrie won the way to her men's hearts with her Jimmy Choos. & Maggie got to keep the Manolos. When you put yourself in someone else's shoes, the world is a different place, dolls. Don't we all leave footprints in the sand and sand in our shoes? ;)

Interesting links:
http://www.shoes.com/shop.asp?ShopID=GLOSSARY
http://www.shoesforher.com/shoes_for_hercom/
http://shoeblogs.com/

Do you believe in happy endings?

I cannot stress enough on the fact that I am a hopeless romantic.

Sometimes, when I am in a bad mood, I say to myself "I need to watch a chick flick". Of course, I am not implying that that is what romance is all about. Surely, there's ulterior romance out there that cannot be captured in chocolate covered candy and hearts. Or even in the sappy tales of middle-aged women who go looking for Mr. Right and find him, or happiness. (The pursuit of both together would be a mission, not a pursuit)

But is there really romance out there? And like, everyone out there who asks themselves this question, at least once in a lifetime: "Will our life ever turn out like the movies?"

Are movies just dreams put up on 35mm celluloid? Do they show you the improbable so that you can live those moments for 2 hours?? Are they selling something that cannot be achieved in real life?
Or are movies a reflection of our very lives? Are they stories told by the fortunate who have been lucky? Are they poetic renditions of the truth, of happiness??

Like Hannah Montana sang:
If we were a movie/ You'd be the right guy
And I'd be the best friend/ That you'd fall in love with
In the end we'd be laughing/ Watching the sunset
Fade to black/ Show the names/ Play the happy song

I guess what I'm trying to say here is we all have our own little movies playing in our heads. We're pretty much contemplating what the next scene is going to be. We also keep changing the stars according to our fancy. Yeah, in there, our lives really our multi-starrers. So, the big question is, do we believe in happy endings? Well, we have all our alternatives sitting right there, hoping to be picked. We can have our own little credits rolling. But then again, if everything turned out like the movies, where would the surprise go? :)

As the great John Lennon said, "Life happens when you're busy making other plans"!

Twaddle

Well, literally, twaddle implies "silly talk"

So, anyway, as I begin writing my blog afresh, i do realise that this forum may be best suited for "silly talk". I mean, for all the serious stuff, we have the classic novels & newspapers, right?

Right! Now, that we have established that my posts may be sweet musings, I am going to leave everyone to discover the adventures of the sweet twaddler!! Ciao.