Life is Too Short To Wear These Shoes...

While I was busy surfing the web for some hot new shoes, I came across these.  I'm going to tell you...just say NO.  I mean, they don't start out that bad...Even the second shoe photo...hmmmm...not my style, but... Then it's all down hill from there... Maybe it's just me, but this is what my grandmother used to call a clodhopper.  Which I always translated into the Austrian term for big, ugly, shoe.  Yep, definitely a clodhopper.   And for the low price of $19.99, you should probably run...not walk to another store.

But in order to calm my Cole Haan addiction, I'm probably going to have to buy this hot, functional, sexy, shiny mirrored shoe.  I'm in L-O-V-E.  I'll take 1 pair, size 7.5! 

Vino or Acqua? Hard to tell...

I'm all for innovative & sleek packaging but I'm also a firm believer that different isn't always better.  Enter the newest bottle to hit the wine market by Voga Italia. 

Personally, I think the bottles for the red & white wine look more like liquid you might find in an adult boutique (& yes, I feel that about Voss Bottled Water, too).  I mean, the bottle obviously makes the model happy. 

I'm sure that the only thing that keeps them from violating trademark is the cap is a little bit smaller on the bottle and the white wine has a black top.  Those sneaky winemakers! 

The wine comes in Merlot, Pinot Grigio and Sparkling Pinot Grigio

Now, I do LOVE their take on a sparkling wine bottle.  I think that bottle is AMAZING - reminds me of a perfume bottle a little but being able to see the capsule inside is pretty genius.

 

Glad This Hasn't Crossed the Pond...

 

So, there are many things that I see everyday in this business where I think... "OK, What were THEY thinking?"

In fact, I have a phrase for it..."Different isn't always better" and this is a perfect example of it.  Maybe you like it but I think it looks like the cake wants to cut you.  It's saying..."stand back with that knife or I'll shoot one of my feathery barbs at you." 

And, to boot, it's expensive.  470 British pounds for 94 servings.  In US Dollars that's $920.16 (before tax & delivery), or about $10 per slice, and that's if it doesn't break the end off the cake knife and you have to buy a new one!  Woof.