Follow Friday – ShoeBlog
I don't know if it was exhaustion from my full day of shopping with my Mom on Monday, or the sudden start of summer. But the inspiration has been gone a bit this week. Had a complete fashion meltdown yesterday trying to find a sundress to wear to work. A sundress that was appropriate for work. A Sundress that didn't require nylons. A sundress that still fit me from last summer. I work a skirt and blouse instead!!! So hence no Thursday post and a short (and rather disjointed) Friday post. But I have a great piece that I am doing on a local retailer that I love - including an interview with the 2 owners. That will be coming Monday, so something to look forward to.
For today, I've been slowly working my way through the 99 Most Influential Fashion Blog ranking at Signature Style 99. Today I checked out ShoeBlog.com. In the position of 95 on the list, this blog is run by a fairly long list of shoe-aholics. I usually am more interested in the smaller blogs. But when you run videos like this and you are ALL about shoes, how can you go wrong. They have a shoe forum so you can discuss your shoe angst with other shoe-aholics. Plus they run shoe contests and have a long blogroll featuring other shoe blogs. Sharing the shoe love is what gets them on my Follow Friday list.
I'm also now following them on twitter @shoeblog.
Now I am off to try and not commit too many fashion crimes in my efforts to stay cool this weekend.
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July 9th, 2010
Thanks for the mention!
Right now we (shoeblog) have the most writers we've ever had (5!) who all write their own shoe topics & interests. I'm not sure if we're really a 'bigger blog'? though we'd love to get there someday
I've loved interacting with readers and watching our readership slowly grow in the 2 years since I came on, first as a reader & later as a writing contributor. We try to keep it a friendly place, & have, I think, a lot of heart to go along with our shoe-obsessive posts.
Maybe I'll catch you on twitter sometime, though I tend more to retweeting other shoe & fashion blogs than chit chat at the moment - what with 3 kids out on summer vacation to grab much of my current time and attention.
Oh, and I just turned 40, so I'll definitely be reading some back-posts on your blog. No longer young, not yet old, I'm "in the middle" now & figuring out what that means to me.
Best Wishes.
July 9th, 2010
You are very similar to many of my other readers (and me). Right around 40, trying to balance kid(s), life, budget and gravity. I still feel youthful and want to look stylish and together. Unfortunately we are an age group not taken seriously enough by the fashion industry. And I totally understand little time for e-conversations and I only have 1 little person to chase around vs your 3. I look forward to reading more of ShoeBlog.
July 10th, 2010
I'm the 40ish one the blog. One of the other ladies is a grandma & I think she is 7-12 years older than me - not that we have exchanged ages or anything. We also have one gal firmly in her 20's & one in her 30's. The other is somewhere in between...So it's fun getting different perspectives on what we all like while still trying to keep things entertaining & informative for readers.
And on that whole gravity thing...one day at a time & all that. If I could get rid of baby & allergy weight I'd be happy...but that's a whole, ongoing, slow process. Dang it's hard getting back to a healthy shape when it was never a problem eating whatever I wanted before kids & now it's a whole different ball game where I am still re-teaching myself how to eat since now it apparently matters. And budgets, well - kids definitely make you re-work your spending and saving priorities, that's for certain. For me, blogging is one of my grown-up outlets that helps balance out the mommy-me time that is so present with kids not yet in their teens.
BTW, I try to chat back with anyone who comments on the blog when I do daily spam cleanups so maybe I'll run into you there now & then.
Have a great weekend.