Shoes

( old picture: January 2009- O likes Dad's boots the best)

As I pack for my first weekend ( just going 3 hr NORTH) away from my boys since O was born, I am trying to figure what shoes I want to bring. I hate this part of packing, I never know what shoe/shoes are most practical and will be needed. Maybe I will want to go for a run? Maybe we will go out for a nice dinner? Maybe we will be doing a lot of walking around the mall? So to cover all my basis I always bring a variety.

So as I sit here and ponder the possibilities ( I am also waiting for my husband to stop working and come watch Grey's with me on PVR), I thought I would give my captive audience ( I think there may be 5 of you) a little bit of random info....

How did pumps, stilettos and sneakers get their names?

From the ripped out pages of Real Simple

The term pump first popped up in 1550 in England, where male servants sported the style. It is said that the noise they made while wearing the loose-fitting shoes resembled the sound of a water pump. The word sneaker entered the language in the 1870s; the rubber soles made the shoes quiet and therefore" sneaky". The modern usage for stiletto, A Renaissance-era Italian word for an assassin's narrow bladed knife, made its debut in 1953. The word turned out to be especially appropriate, because the shoes' pointy heals were murder on wooden floors. ( They especially have been hard on mine...because as you know I have tonnes of stiletto's)

So the moral of this blog is bring lots of shoes ( always be prepared) and if you accidently forget a pair at home it is a great reason to go shopping, right???