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	<title>The Island Shoe Girl&#039;s Blog</title>
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		<title>Standing on Shoe Principles</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When given the choice between a part-time job and shoes, I chose the shoes.  Is it silly to leave a job because it interferes with my fashion— yes.  But this was not about fashion alone.  This was about standing up for my belief that if I do what is asked and work hard the height of a heel shouldn’t be held against me.  This was about knowing when I have compromised enough.  And while a job doesn’t have to be fun, it shouldn’t drain the fun out of my own personality.  <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theislandshoegirl.com&blog=7028389&post=328&subd=theislandshoegirl&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theislandshoegirl.com/2010/03/07/standing-on-shoe-principles/</link>
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		<title>I am the New Fashion Trend!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to smirk as I read yet another glossy-page fashion magazine telling me about the new way to shop during the recession.  Sorry clever editors, you are preaching to the choir.    Every struggling fashionista-in-the-making has learned how to be stylish on a budget.  For generations, twenty-somethings have worked creatively in order to balance a checkbook running on empty in a pair Michael Kors stilettos in order to keep up with the latest trends. We have forgone meals for Prada and endured gut wrenching e-bay auctions; suddenly we the “chic but broke” are the new trend!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theislandshoegirl.com&blog=7028389&post=324&subd=theislandshoegirl&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theislandshoegirl.com/2010/02/28/i-am-the-new-fashion-trend/</link>
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		<title>Creating Our Own Shoe Happiness</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I pondered how one missing package from Jimmy Choo had distracted me from the pleasure that waited in the many other shoe boxes I already had in my possession, I realized that it is not just with shoes that I sometimes allow others to determine my happiness.  I couldn’t help but wonder if this wasn’t a Choo metaphor for so much else in life.  Do we constantly look for what we don’t have and ignore what we do have? <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theislandshoegirl.com&blog=7028389&post=321&subd=theislandshoegirl&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theislandshoegirl.com/2010/02/21/creating-our-own-shoe-happiness/</link>
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		<title>Future Shoe Girl Needs Your Vote NOW!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My friend&#8217;s super cute baby Genevieve is in the top 10 of the Parent&#8217;s Magazine Cover Baby Contest&#8230; While she is not able to stand or walk she already shows a love of shoes. The winner gets a scholarship so this little shoe girl in the making can save for Manolos instead! So vote for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theislandshoegirl.com&blog=7028389&post=318&subd=theislandshoegirl&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theislandshoegirl.com/2010/02/14/future-shoe-girl-needs-your-vote-now/</link>
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		<title>Getting Her Mrs.</title>
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Valentines Day has traditionally been a day of showing love and devotion through candy, flowers, and jewelry sold at mall chain stores.  I prefer to go with Stephen Stills advice and love the shoe I’m with…okay maybe he meant love the person your with but I am taking poetic license with this one.  I am [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theislandshoegirl.com&blog=7028389&post=309&subd=theislandshoegirl&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theislandshoegirl.com/2010/02/14/getting-her-mrs/</link>
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		<title>PARTNERING UP</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do I believe that you have to have a partner to be in happy in life?  Probably not.  Do I believe it makes life easier to have a partner?  Some days it might; some days it might not.  Do I believe that as long as I am not with a partner that I will be questioned as to where that partner is? Ugh…yes.  Do I think married girls still deal with the partner question? Definitely. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theislandshoegirl.com&blog=7028389&post=302&subd=theislandshoegirl&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theislandshoegirl.com/2010/02/07/partnering-up/</link>
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		<title>The Modern Day Wonder Women</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes, Wonder Woman did have an invisible plane that was always on stand-by without the requirements of airport security.  And she had that super-fabulous pair of running shoes known as the “Sandals of Hermes”.  (And if those are anything like a Hermès bag, I want on the supply list even if they are for running!)  I am only on a small island and I have a hard time zooming from one end to the other in my 1997 Honda Accord to get to the next meeting on time.  No doubt I could use a little assistance from a superbly accessorized Super Hero to solve the problems in my small portion of the world. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theislandshoegirl.com&blog=7028389&post=298&subd=theislandshoegirl&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theislandshoegirl.com/2010/01/31/the-modern-day-wonder-women/</link>
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		<title>3 Rules of Employment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As a teenager it was changing diapers, in college it was smelly summer campers, and now as an adult, my college education has not relieved me from some of the less enjoyable tasks of life.  No level of education or seniority has given me the golden ticket that allows me to pass off unpleasant jobs to others.  As one might imagine, working with the homeless can sometimes lead to conversations about less enjoyable topics with those in desperate need of a shower.  Thankfully, I was given a few good work rules that keep me humble, employed, and in my place, even when that place means in a flooded dorm room with a water vacuum.   <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theislandshoegirl.com&blog=7028389&post=294&subd=theislandshoegirl&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theislandshoegirl.com/2010/01/24/3-rules-of-employment/</link>
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		<title>Saved By the Bell Therapy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just like the rest of us, our friends at Bayside High school grew up and became adults too.  The push for an actual reunion show became a pop culture hot button issue last year; not so much to see the actors again, but to see the characters they portrayed.  I like to think that Zack and Kelly are still together; they probably have twin girls and a rascal of a little boy.  I imagine A.C. is divorced from his first wife, and Jessie would be Obama’s choice for the Supreme Court Justice spot.  Lisa is the chief editor at a fashion magazine and Screech is either a science teacher at Bayside or is a porn star.  Today, our friends from Bayside are probably a lot like we are.  They wake up and get ready for work, walk the dog, grab a quick breakfast and worry about their 401ks.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theislandshoegirl.com&blog=7028389&post=290&subd=theislandshoegirl&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theislandshoegirl.com/2010/01/17/saved-by-the-bell-therapy/</link>
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		<title>The Straying Shoe Girl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If my shoes could talk they probably could tell a few tales I don’t want out there…especially the ones that I wore during the last Fantasy Fest!   If there is a shoe gossip fest behind my closet door, I hope the older shoes are breaking it gently to the new shoes.  I can see it now—the Betsy Johnson silver maryjane’s calmly explain to the Juicy Couture pumps that I won’t be calling on either of them tonight.  This leads me to wonder if my shoes tell themselves the same things “the other women” frequently say in the aftermath, “she told me she loved me,” or “when she picked me up she said I was different from all the others.”<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theislandshoegirl.com&blog=7028389&post=285&subd=theislandshoegirl&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://theislandshoegirl.com/2010/01/10/the-straying-shoe-girl/</link>
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