I'm all over the Golden Globes for the red carpet fashion but beyond the monologue, and actor/actress/movie/director categories, I don't watch it all. I did check back in a few times because I wanted to see more of two of my favorites, Tina Fey and Amy Poehler. They were hysterical; just wish they had been on camera more.

I took a break in watching because the 2nd episode of Downton Abbey started at 9 pm and that is a can't-miss series in this house. Maggie Smith (Violet Crawley on Downton Abbey) won a Globe which was well deserved. I think she steals the show.

Elements of Style always has a great recap of the Golden Globes. Go check it out.

I know, I'm such a deep thinker at times

it's embarrassing

 And finally, they even come in narrow sizes. Lovee.

The color of 2012

Tangerine Tango is the official new color for 2012.

I like it.

But I bought a big flower pin in Texas earlier this year in the same color

so credit goes to Texas for being ahead of the fashion game.

images: Forever 21 and H&M

High-heeled pain

"We conclude that long-term use of high heeled shoes induces shortening of the [calf] muscle fascicles and increases [Achilles' tendon] stiffness, reducing the ankle's active range of motion," the researchers wrote in the Journal of Experimental Biology.

When I was little, I remember my mom always wearing skirts and never leaving the house without her red lipstick and high heels. As time went on, she traded in her heels for tennis shoes and skirts became slacks. She never wore jeans until later in life.

I used to dress up when I went anywhere but now it seems that I've fallen into the same mode; foregoing fashion for comfort. I think it's because I don't work in an environment anymore which kept me out meeting with new prospects and a client base. And I am constantly involved with kids' activities and working around the house and cleaning up little mishaps...

I still don't wear tennis shoes out side of the house much. I reserve them for work and exercise but I still feel like I have clown feet when I wear them. Isn't there a high heeled tennis shoe??

So where do you stand: (pun completely intended) Heels or flats?


On a side note...

Photo courtesy of the Washington Post

I love weird roadside attractions, don't you?

RIP shoe tree...

BOISE, Idaho U.S. Forest Service officials in northern Idaho said the rubber-soled decorations that made the “shoe tree” a beloved Priest River landmark also helped fuel its demise.

Tourists and locals since the 1940s have dressed the tree with hundreds of pairs of shoes, nailing sneakers to its trunk and hanging work boots from its branches.

Firefighters found the tree engulfed in flames late Thursday, and the blaze was difficult to extinguish because the sizable cedar was covered in melted shoe rubber.

Officials have long discouraged people from adding shoes to the tree, which had become a roadside attraction featured on various travel websites.