shoooooes!

So one of the local shoe stores was having a three-day 30%-off-everything sale; and as I am in desperate need of some nice black dress shoes that actually /fit/ (the ones I have now are at least a size too small), I figured it was worth stopping by.

I didn't end up with any black dress shoes. There were several that looked promising but had humongous heels, which I can't really deal with easily, and one that looked promising but was meh on my foot, and a bunch that I wouldn't wear unless I were getting paid for it (and in some cases not even then).

But.

I did end up with some absolutely adorable shoes. :D

( pics! )

Not-successes in craftstuff

I figured that, having frogged the damn sock anyway, I might as well make proper stitch counters¹ while the loom was empty. What I had previously, red twist-ties, was functional but the tips kept snagging on the yarn. Plus, they were, well, beat-up old red twist-ties.

So I dig out my beading supplies, and also take a run to the local bead store to pick up magnetic findings (since I needed fastenings that could be easy to open and close one-handed but that wouldn't fall off accidentally).

... in case anyone's wondering, magnetic findings are a fucking /pain/ to work with, given that all of my tools are metal.

Long story short: I spent all day futzing around, hurting my arms a bit, to end up with something that a) doesn't really work, b) managed to break, c) doesn't work, and d) is generally an utter failure.

I am feeling all emo mopey self-pitying miserable.

Also, I can't figure out how the hell to do what I want to do.

1/ETA: See this post for clarification / more information / etc