Giveaway: These Shoes Were Made For Walking

Jul 11, 2011 by Sara

For Periwinkle Papillon’s third giveaway we have something really special and tied in with a cause near and dear to my heart. Read on to see what it is… I’ll give you a hint: it’s from New Balance!

"Susan's Team" Victoria was there with me in 2000, walking in honor of my mom 3 months after she passed away.

As you’ve probably heard me say a few thousand times already, I’m walking in this year’s Susan G. Komen 3-Day in San Francisco. My team, Maidens for Mammograms and Margaritas will be completing our second walk in less than 9 weeks!

Walking with me this year, I am so excited to have my mother-in-law, Susan AND my sister-in-law Victoria. They are both incredibly special to me and I’m so honored that they are doing this with me.

They both knew my mother well (our families met when Alex and I were 15) and have been through all of my life’s ups and downs with me. They are not only family, they are two of my BEST friends.  I’m one of the very lucky people who has to fall quiet when anyone starts complaining about their in-laws because mine are, well – they are awesome.

My MIL Susan and my cousin Audrey Maidens in Mammograms & Margaritas

So they’ve committed to walking with me and I’m really touched and  super grateful.

When I started blogging a little awhile ago, I didn’t think anyone would read these posts other than my friend Kristina who happened to be on the phone with me when I hit publish for the first time. So you can imagine my shock when I got an email from Dana at New Balance offering my team some of their 860 special edition Susan G. Komen ‘Lace Up For The Cure’ 3-day shoes!

And the best part…

They also kindly offered a pair for one very lucky Periwinkle Papillon reader!

Here’s what they look like:

Aren’t they AWESOME!?!?

Shoes Glorious Shoes

Jul 8, 2011 by Sara

Sometimes you see signs. Twice in one day I’ve been told to go check out Marais USA.

First, PureWow sent me an email with their love of summer white which profiled these amazing shoes.

Source: Pure Wow

Then I checked out Jordan  Ferney’s at Oh Happy Day and she has a great post on what to bring to Paris which also, low and behold profiled THE most adorable pair of ballet flats.

Source: Oh Happy Day!

So I did heed the sign and now I’m totally in love.

Check out these lovelies over at Marais USA:

Bringing back the original clog

Feb 2, 2011 by Sara

I love shoes. I mean I – really –  LOVE shoes. But you wouldn’t know it from looking at my closet. Unfortunately, for a shoe lover, I’m a whooping size 10. Not a cute 7 or even an 8 but a gigantic 10. I used to be a respectable 9.5 and then after kids and my high arches started to plummet.

Because my feet are so big (and I’m kind of a klutz), I’ve always been hard on my shoes. So while I looove shoes, I rarely spend good money on them for fear of trashing them.

But I have rediscovered an old love… and I can’t wait to order these.

Dr. Scholl's Original clogs

Lately, I have been grossed out by the ugly clogs and wedges that are out there. Then I remembered the original Dr. Scholl’s clogs! Oh how I looooved these shoes. They were durable and kind of heavy but so great. If you nicked your ankle with the wooden sole it hurt like hell but they were indestructible. Now they come in totally cute colors too: giraffe, red suede, pink suede.  Yay!!