Queen of the 21st Century

Surely, the formula to success is not one of working hard, or involving great brainpower, but of simple fashematics. And what does patent, androgynous shoes + a 1980's vest + a utterly vivacious EDT combining notes of raspberry, rose and vanilla equal? Why, a frickin' queen of the 21st century, of course. The auctions end just five and a bit days from today, so make like Speedy Gonzales and bid on these pieces of awesome over here.

I love these shoes. If I weren't gettin' all intercontinental and moving back to Australia in a week and a bit, I would definitely not be selling them. See them featured (i.e. see me wearing them) here and here.

Today's Lesson

Today marked the climb of the Eastbourne charity shop count from 19 to 20. Did I mention I'm in heaven? Definitely in some kind of heaven. Whilst I found very little on the clothing front (only a white blouse. Albeit an awesome double-breasted white blouse), I bought more shoes than I have in the past year. TWO pairs. I know, right? Don't laugh. It's far more difficult than one might think when you're a size 41 veggie lady who's heart won't let her buy new leather goods and refuses to get a proper job. Life is hard. Today's lesson, straight from charity's mouth to my attentive ears, is that vintage men's shoes hold the future. So expect much of them as I tot around in androgonous patent things and second-hand leather. Along with the shoes of today, I'm also very much in love with the backpack. And the owls. And everything.

From left to right: Patent shoes, £1. Handbag, £1.50. Owl vase, £1. Pearl necklace, 50 pence. Back pack, £3. Little owl (he packs a punch, such a heavyweight little guy), 50 pence. Blue sectioned shoes, £1.

All together, I came away with change from a tenner. Rather, Bobby came away with change from a tenner. The English are yet to give me a bank account (apparently, what with the recession and all, having me stimulate the economy by spending my foreign money in the country is a BAD thing). Oh well, who cares? Where are your two pairs of shoes HSBC? On my size 41 feet, that's where.