Winner of the "Shoes"!

Yay! The next lucky lady of the Sisterhood of the Traveling Shoes is: Crystal of Semi-Crunchy Mama ! It's funny, even though she was the only comment, so she totally wins by default anyway... I was secretly hoping she would win because I loved her comment. I think it would be so fun to have a Girls Night Out planned, to wear these shoes to. What fun!

I'm so glad you get to have these for a visit in the New England part of the US, Crystal! They've sure been fun to have in AZ! Email me at alenajo[at]gmail[dot]com with your full name and address and I will get these beauties out to you ASAP!

Thanks for playing, Crystal, and enjoy the shoes! It will be fun to see where you wear these shoes and to see where they go next!

The Traveling Shoes Need a New Home

Wow! Has it really been ONE MONTH since my last post? Why do I do that? Now I need to catch up a bit!


First item of business: a giveaway (of sorts). It's time for the Traveling Shoes to say goodbye to Arizona. They need a new home. I need to have a Giveaway for the shoes! I should have been done with them two and a half weeks ago, even though I have loved them and wish I could keep them forever! :-) The last time I wore them was Saturday, March 6th, to the Saturday night adult session of Stake Conference. Such a good night. Nice date with my hubby. I wore the same outfit as I did here. (If I had these shoes for keeps, I guess I'd need to go out and buy some more shirts to go with them...)

So, if you'd like to have a chance at winning these beauties to wear around for a month, then leave a comment about yourself and where you'd wear these shoes and how you found my blog. Thanks, and good luck! I will leave the comments open until this Friday, March 26th at 10pm PST. Then I will draw a name. If you leave another comment letting me know that you referred friends or other bloggers here, then let me know and I'll put your name in the drawing twice. If you put a link to my blog, on your blog, let me know and I'll put your name in three times.

These shoes are super cute, comfy and fun to wear and blog about! Who wouldn't want to win a month with them? I guess if they aren't your size, you wouldn't want them. But, maybe a friend would!

Thanks for stopping by. Good luck!

Sisterhood of the Traveling Shoes

Look what I got in the mail yesterday!


I won something! (Thanks, Thelma!!) I get to keep these adorable shoes for a month, and blog about it. Then I get to send them on to the next lucky gal!

Several weeks ago I saw a post on While They Sleep, that peaked my interest. (Actually my interest is usually peaked there. She is very talented, inspiring, and fun. And I love the title of her blog.) I read the whole post and was really wanting to find out about Thelma's shoe adventures.
I checked out Thelma's blog and entered the drawing. I also found out that we know some of the same people. I grew up with her sister-in-law and she is in my sister's ward right now. Anyway, she keeps a very interesting blog!

So where did these shoes start, you ask? I hope I'm getting this right. They started with this lovely lady Diane (Thanks, Diane! What a fun idea)! Diane sent them to Christie (a talented, crafting blogger. Check out her blog). From Christie they went to Thelma. And now they're with me!

Now my challenges are to: find things to wear them with, remember to take pictures of me wearing them (and take good pictures - I struggle with that all the time), get my toe nails painted and looking much cuter than they look right now (I also struggle with that frequently), blog about the adventures, and most importantly get enough readers that this can be fun and they can go to someone I don't yet know, who lives far away (but if I do know you personally you could still be a contender, obviously). Can you guys help me with that last one? Spread the word, will ya?!

The thing about these shoes is they're size 9. Lucky for me, I am a size 9. I used to be size 8. Then my feet got a bit bigger with each kid. (I want to be done having kids, even if it's just for that reason... j/k). Anyhoo. I tried them on right away and I think someone with narrow feet or people with size 7 1/2 - size 9 feet, could wear these.

I hope to have a giveaway contest around march 3rd, to pass them on to the next lucky lady.



A super surprise about the package was the Dark Chocolate Flipz. (Thanks, Thelma! So nice of you)! Yum! I had never tried them before, but now I'm hooked! I am loving dark chocolate these days. (That's another story.)

Where should I wear these?? You'll have to check back to find out.

See you soon!

Giveaways!!

Sorry if I fooled you with that title. I'm not hosting a giveaway. But, V and Co. is!! Go check it out and leave a comment for a chance to win! These things are gorgeous! If you don't have a camera with a strap like that, you could probably think of someone who would like it for Christmas.

Go check out *Shey*[B]'s etsy shop for all of her choices. Honestly, they are gorgeous! (I made one awhile back, for my camera, and it's okay, but nothing compared to hers!)


Okay, here's another one. The Burnt Daisy is having a giveaway. She has an adorable blog and makes beautiful decorative letters. Check out her "Believe" giveaway.

Good luck!!

House needs help!! I need a maid....

This is what my table looks like at the moment. Yuck! Yes, it's been worse... WAY worse. And, yes... this is only a small percentage of the mess you would find if you came into my house at the moment. But, I only wanted to post this small amount for you to see. I don't think anyone would enjoy seeing my WHOLE mess. So, I am committing myself to cleaning my house today! Woohoo! So fun, huh?!

Honestly, I can't believe it has gotten this bad. Well, I have been doing nothing but nursing sick kids back to health, and reading emails, blogs, etc. In other words, I've been wasting precious time! Like right now....

I am not coming back to the computer until I have my kitchen, living room, bathroom, and bedroom clean... and some laundry washed, dried, folded, and put away. So it could be days before I check my email! Well lets hope not. I need my house clean, almost as much as I need to check my email!! Right??

So, no one stop by unexpected. You'll wish you hadn't!

~~~Oh, and one more thing: Nesting Place is having a giveaway day. It started Monday and I guess she is extending it through tonight (Wednesday). There are 24 Awesome giveaway contests. Beautiful stuff! I really want to win something - though it is highly unlikely. But, I would equally love it if any one of my friends won something, also! All you have to do it comment on a specific giveaway post and you could be randomly selected! You can comment on all 24 giveaways if you like! So go check it out!

And, I'm off to clean! If I come back to check my email, you know my house is clean (for at least a few rare moments, anyway... until my kids have their mess-making way again)!!!