This is the story of a girl...

There once was this girl who was in love with a beautiful skirt from The Limited. It was yellow with white polka-dots, pleated, A-line skirt. The skirt was definitely out of her price range though. Then after the price, along with a coupon, dropped, the skirt was in reach. However, the only time she could find the skirt, the store did not have it in the yellow she dreamed of. The dress continued to be knocked down in price, but she could only find it online, which did not carry her size. Then, on a miraculous day in June, she was in The Limited, and saw the skirt in her size and everything. There was a slight problem, however. The seam at the zipper was ripped. She didn't buy it, and moped and cried because it seemed as if God did not want her to have this skirt. The next day, her wonderful mother bought her the skirt saying it could get fixed.

The girl now has an occasion to wear it, but cannot find shoes to go with it. White sandals would go the best. The girl and her sister went shopping for these shoes and have noticed something horrendous. Ucky fabric attached to wood, cork, or a basket. These are the sandals that exist. The girl went shopping at least at the following list of locations:

Target
Ann Taylor Loft
Ann Taylor
Aerosoles
Easy Spirit
Bakers
Steve Madden
Aldo
Lord and Taylor
JcPenneys
DSW
Nordstrom Rack
Famous Footwear
Franco Sarto
Nine West
Payless
(and even) Sears

This girl has enjoyed what the recession has done to the fashion industry, as foundation and simpler pieces are more available, leading to a much larger wardrobe because everything goes with each other, but has the recession come to a point where simplicity has turned into cave-man style? Patent leather on a piece of cork? The girl has basically one day left to find a pair of shoes, otherwise she's going to have to go to this event as a confused bee (black cardigan, white tee, yellow skirt with white polka-dots, not stripes).

To see what happens in this dramatic story, keep tuned...

In other news, my haircut does not look like Julia Roberts. It is cute though.