From Toe to Top

Monday: Prada burgundy tweed mules

I went to get a mani-pedi on Sunday, and instead of choosing my usual bordeaux-colored polish for my toenails, I decided, just for the hell of it, to do something a little different. After all, I figured as I walked back to my apartment in the 10 degree windchill, feet in flip-flops and toenails a clownish red, when else would I be baring my toes in public anytime soon?

Uh, come to think of it, how about tomorrow? This brutal cold is the perfect time to go shopping for mules, strappy sandals, open-toe heels — before everyone who’s in her right mind can even think of buying spring footwear — because, as they sort of say, the early bird catches the wedges. (So what if they sit in your closet for three more months before you can actually wear them?) And as you know it’s really important to make a good impression in the shoe salon. We’re talking about your salesperson, that all-powerful one who can decide to tell you when the first markdowns are coming . . . or not . . . and who can put that last pair of Pradas in your size on hold for you . . . or not. You want this person to see a bad pedicure? You might as well be wearing socks with holes in them. What if that salesperson decides your feet are not worthy of all those beautiful shoes you want to buy?

That’s right, get thee to the nail salon, stat!

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