Tuesday, July 1, 2008

The Open Toe Shoe Pledge

It's officially summertime in the city so I figured I'd post a favorite pledge of mine. So my sisters, PLEASE, raise your big toes and repeat after me below...


As a member of the Cute Girl Sisterhood, I pledge to follow the Rules when wearing sandals and other open-toe shoes:

1) I promise to always wear sandals that fit. My toes will not hang over and touch the ground, nor will my heels spill over the backs. And the sides and tops of my feet will not pudge out between the straps.

2) I will go polish-free or vow to keep the polish fresh, intact and chip-free.

3) I will not cheat and just touch up my big toe.

4) I will sand down any mounds of skin before they turn hard and yellow.

5) I will shave the hairs off my big toe.

6) I won't wear pantyhose even if my misinformed girlfriend, coworker, mother, sister tells me the toe seam really will stay under my toes if I tuck it there. If a strap breaks, I won't duct-tape, pin, glue or tuck it back into place hoping it will stay put. I will get my shoe fixed or toss it.

7) I will not live in corn denial; rather I will lean on my good friend Dr. Scholl's if my feet need him.

8) I will resist the urge to buy jelly shoes at Payless for the low, low price of $4.99 even if my feet are small enough to fit into the kids' sizes. This is out of concern fo r my safety, and the safety of others. No one can walk properly when standing in a pool of sweat and I would hate to take someone down with me as I fall and break my ankle.

9) I will take my toe ring off toward the end of the day if my toes swell and begin to look like Vienna sausages.

10) I will be brutally honest with my girlfriend/sister/coworker when she asks me if her feet are too ugly to wear sandals. Someone has to tell her that her toes are as long as my fingers and no sandal makes creepy feet look good.

11) I will promise if I wear flip flops that I will ensure that they actually flip and flop, making the correct noise while walking and I will swear NOT to slide or drag my feet while wearing them.
I will promise to go to my local nail salon at least once per season and have a real pedicure (they are about $15 or $20 and worth EVERY penny).

12) I will promise to throw away any white/off-white sandals that show sign s of wear... nothing is tackier than dirty white sandals.

3 comments:

rashad said...

#5 is disturbing...

Papier Girl said...

i cannot promise to have one mani/pedi per season...it's too time consuming. And I don't like those foot scraper things. no thank you.

actually, the foot crime I find most disgusting is when women have that hard callused skin on their heels...and it's really dirty...gross! I think that actually comes from the foot scraper.

Say "NO" to the foot scraper!

£ said...

Ok number 1. Growing up, i had a neighbor across the street whose toes would CONTINUALLY be hanging over her shoes niagara fall style.

She wore those original dr. scholl wooden sandals and her toes would be gripping up that sole something serious. I remember asking my mom why her shoes/feet were like that and my mom just laughing. It was horrible. I wonder how her husband could stand it.

I think im good on most of these ...number 10 will be hard for me though. I don't like hurting feelings. :(