Magic slippers

1. ASOS (v) 2. Newlook (v) 3. Office 4. Office 5. ASOS 6. Office 7. Office (v) 8. Topshop

Presenting: a selection of lovely comfy looking potential wedding shoes for your consideration. If you're pernickety about not wearing leather like me, there is still a fair amount out there (see those marked (v)!), as well as some good dedicated shops like Vegetarian Shoes amongst others. That said, I do sometimes wish I could just buy a pair of shoes without worrying about whether they're leather or not. I have fallen in love with the turquoise ones bottom left for example, but alas they're made of suede.

The shoes I'll actually be wearing to wed my beloved are the two tone brogues top left, I bought them in the summer and they're really comfy, and generally awesome. The options did befuddle me somewhat though. The thing is, once you've made a decision, even about something relatively minor like a pair of shoes, it's soooo nice not to have to think about it anymore. Is it just me that really doesn't enjoy shopping as much as I sometimes convince myself I do? I have a tendency to give up attempting to buy something if presented with too much choice, honestly, this happened in the biscuit aisle of Sainsbury's the other day. I really am a terrible shopper, so it's a miracle I have any shoes at all. And they're a tick on the ever expanding wedding to-do-list, hurrah!

Balance

So, I have a bit of a confession to make: It appears I'm not very good at this work-life balance thing, as evidenced in my not posting for a virtual eternity. (I put this in the 'life' column by the way!)

I don't see the sense in whining to lovely people of the blogosphere who want to be uplifted, not dragged down with me, but I think a bit of honesty is in order. These last few months have been hard. Really hard. Not in a tragic life altering way, for which I am grateful, but in an every day grind you down sort of way. Apparently organising a wedding whilst trying to complete the masters year of a maths degree, tutor students, and live in a house with a criminally insane cat aint so easy. I really struggled to keep up with things, I tried writing more schedules, but there just weren't enough hours in the day. So of course my manic 'must not fail' attitude was to JUST WORK HARDER. But there's a limit to just how hard anyone can work, and just how busy anyone can be. Don't get me wrong, I am certain that my work load pales in comparison to some people's, but for me this was HARD.

Long story short, I was very busy with work, so I let play go by the wayside. And I include in play things like organising socials for the vegetarian society at uni, and of course this poor neglected blog. But, quelle surprise, people need play, and no play makes me less than upbeat. Some hard thinking ensued, the sort of 'I can't carry on like this, what am I going to change?' hard thinking. Which unsurprisingly, was also HARD.

Now here's the positive. What I am going to change is to start valuing the things that I enjoy more, rather than jumping to the conclusion that anything enjoyable is inherently less 'good' than something less enjoyable. I've re-realised that life is all about the fun things really. And the best fun things are the long term fun things, you know the projects you enjoy doing but also give you a real sense of achievement. So I'm vowing to take time for projects like that, and that means more blogging, so keep tuned!