Flippity flop

It’s been awhile since my last post and I feel like so much has changed. My business is up and running, I’m now only a little over 3 months away from getting married, and I finished a 21-day detox helping me feel healthier and cleaner. The weather has even changed slightly. Even though we had an incredibly mild winter, it’s getting even warmer and the days are longer.

Lately I’ve been spending more time down in Orange County (or The OC) and I forget how clean and beautiful everything is down there. I recently found a pair of my old Rainbow sandals that brought me back to my high school days. While I wouldn’t trade anything in the world to go back, it was fun to have the nostalgia while driving down to Laguna with my almost husband.

The joy of finding my Rainbows and walking along the beach after lunch at Las Brisas was wonderful. After an incredibly stressful few months we were able to just relax and enjoy the sights. The only eye sore of the day was the obnoxiously rude and poorly dressed family sitting next to us at lunch. I’m not sure why, but when people are rude I tend to not forgive their attire. I’m all about not judging a book by its cover, but sometimes the cover doesn’t lie. My fiancé became more irritated than I was with the family and started a conversation about men and shoes.

Lavandar Roses outside of lunch

He has the same theory as I do about shoes. His goes a little farther where he believes after a certain age a man should never wear open toed shoes unless they are at the pool or at the beach. I sometimes disagree with this, mainly because I grew up in The OC where all guys wore flip-flops everyday, but when I think about it, he does have a point.

Men who wear flip-flops after adolescence on a daily basis, who are not a professional water sport athlete or surf shop owner, tend to not take life very seriously. While some may find this a good trait, I think it ends up backfiring in a way. Like the almost 30 something son in the annoying family next to us at lunch, he just didn’t want to grow up. His mom was still coddling him and his wife wasn’t much better. He was throwing a fit over the incredibly busy waitress and pouting. MEN SHOULDN’T POUT, it’s incredibly unattractive. Besides what are they doing that allows them to have their toes hanging out all the time? If they aren’t one of the above professions, are they just constantly at the beach? If not, how is that footwear appropriate at work or even on a first date at a restaurant? Occasionally for lounging flip flops are great, but something about them just makes you not take them too seriously So while my fiancé is a bit old fashioned, I think I might have to agree with him.

My keychain rainbow

Once again, my theory on men and shoes proves correct! Check out my blog about Dating and Shoes and how you really can tell a lot about a person by his or her foot wear.