Fix It or Forget It!!

Yesterday, while walking around during and after work I saw a total of four women with broken or missing heel taps on their stilettos. For those of you who don't know, a heel tap is that little piece of rubber at the end of your heel that protects the shoe from wear and tear. When it's missing there is usually a little piece of metal sticking out and it makes a distinct clicking sound when you walk.

After watching girl number four almost bite it in the marble lobby of my office building, I knew I had to speak up. For goodness sake girls, FIX YOUR SHOES! This practice is not only dangerous, it's unsightly and you are ruining your shoes because you are too lazy to get them repaired.

A broken heel tap usually looks like this:



It's a very simple and inexpensive repair at your local shoe shop. If you like your shoes, then please spend the time and money to repair them. If your shoes aren't worth spending approximately $20 for the repair, you can attempt to do the job yourself. FabSugar, one of my favorite blogs, posted a great do it yourself piece about this very topic a few months ago. Check out "Fix It: Broken Heels!"

Now ladies, if both of these choices, sound too expensive, time consuming, or difficult, then your shoes aren't that important to you. Get rid of them and go shopping for a new pair. But please, don't walk in front of me. I don't want to have to pick you up off of the floor.

Part 2: Fashionable Sun Protection

I've gotten such a great response about the Eugenia Kim for Target hat collection that I decided to post pictures of the rest of the collection.


Kim has designed a hat identical to this one (but in off white) for her designer collection. It retails at Bloomingdales for $165! If you can live with black, then you can get this version from Target for only, $16.99.

Fashionable Sun Protection

This past weekend, my sister, Mom, and I did a little vintage shopping. We happened upon a few great vintage hats. Unfortunately, they were the right price but the wrong size. As luck would have it, in a couple weeks, we'll be able to pick up some great vintage inspired hats at Target.

My love for Target's designer collaborations knows no bounds. They are great, inexpensive ways to have designer style at affordable, fiscally responsible prices. I love hats and beginning April 18 (through June 28), Target launches it's collaboration collection with hat designer, Eugenia Kim.

Kim's fabulous designer hats, cost upwards of $100 each. She designs lots of different styles and colors for her high end line. Her Target collection includes a broad range of styles as well. This Engineer's Cap at $14.99 is a steal.



It is almost identical to a her higher line Marissa hat that sells for $195.


Some of my other favorites from the Target collection include the mint green fedora and the striped cloche.






Both the fedora and cloche retail for $16.99. There are twelve hats in the collection, including four fedoras, two engineer caps, three cloches, and three sun hats. Each is made in a lightweight summer fabric or straw. They are great ways to protect your face from the summer sun and much more fun than adding more sunscreen.